I was thinking about my blogs, and I may want to merge them somehow. Keeping up a blog is a lot of work from the admin point-of-view. If I could have one blog this could be easier. Is there a way to merge the information? Or do I have to copy and paste all of my posts? Or just give up the one blog? Thanks for your input...
Is it possible to merge blogs?
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It could be possible, but I'm not sure how you'd do it. Hopefully, you have or no someone that has 'techie' skills.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi Sarah
It is possible, but you would definitely want someone with technical expertise to help, because if you have any pages on the blog(s) that will be 'going away' (as the content is merged into another one) that has been indexed by the search engines or linked to from other sites, you will want to have redirects set up to the new pages.
Also, you may want to consider carefully how the remaining blog left standing will benefit - is the content that you'll be merging into it relevant and focused on the same niche? If not, then it doesn't make sense to move it - you'll just make your remaining blog appear confusing.
If your biggest issue is the amount of time it take to keep posting new content, you might consider posting less often, and seeking out guest authors to help with contributing quality content. One of the blogs I regularly visit only posts new content once a month, but it's good enough that I always read it.
All that said, if you really want to get rid of some blogs, and you decide the content will serve the remaining blog well, then I'd advise you to seek out a WP expert to help - they will know how to export the posts from the old blog and import into the new one, without your needing to copy & paste (unless you just have a few posts, in which case it's easier to copy & paste), and how to set up a redirect from the old content pages to the new ones.
Good luck!
Posted 1 year ago #
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