Wordpress File format for Posts?

[thediesel1]

Does anyone have information on the specific wordpress file format used for posts?

I'm working on some custom tools and I need to figure out the wordpress format
so I can bulk-upload posts.

 

[stmadeveloper]

Any reason you can't use xml-rpc to make the posts?

 

[nvanprooyen]

Any reason you can't use xml-rpc to make the posts?

This.

Check out this link: WordPress XMLRPC

 

[thediesel1]

I'd prefer wordpress format as well, because I won't be able to post to all the wordpress blogs remotely.

 

[jryan21]

Are you talking about inserting them directly into MySQL DB? That's generally a bad idea.

Otherwise, use the 'export' feature in the WP Admin and you can generate an XML file (you can choose among several formats, including Wordpress)to see what it looks like, then you can just make files to conform to that format and use the API to duplicate the 'import' functionality.

 

[jaxstar]

Not sure exactly what you're trying to do but for one site I bulk upload 100's of posts a day using CSV importer plugin. But, I also use my own excel sheet that creates an XML file I then upload to wordpress. If you want to know how wordpress stores the posts in an XML file, just download your site in an XML file and study how its laid out. Or, you can pm me and I can try and help.