{"id":11694,"date":"2026-06-03T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/?post_type=docs&p=11694"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:15:28","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-update-old-image-links-after-importing","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/docs\/url-image-importer\/how-do-i-update-old-image-links-after-importing\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Update Old Image Links After Importing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After any batch import, click Download URL Mapping CSV<\/strong>. You'll get a spreadsheet that pairs each original web URL with its new location in your Media Library, listed as Old URL → New URL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is especially handy when replacing externally hosted images: run a find-and-replace in your database using the mapping file, and every old image link across your posts updates to point at your local Media Library copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> Only users with permission to upload media can download the mapping file. Partial mapping files are cleaned up automatically if an import is canceled.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After any batch import, click Download URL Mapping CSV. You’ll get a spreadsheet that pairs each original web URL with its new location in your Media Library, listed as Old URL → New URL. This is especially handy when replacing externally hosted images: run a find-and-replace in your database using the mapping file, and every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3787,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_doc_category":0,"wds_primary_doc_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[169],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11694","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-url-image-importer"],"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":95,"total_views":"19","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Blake Whittle","author_nicename":"blakew","author_url":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/blog\/author\/blakew\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"URL Image Importer","term_url":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/docs-category\/url-image-importer\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=11694"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=11694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}