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RAMP Docs » What does the GUID Fix Plugin do?

What does this plugin do?

Corrects duplicate GUID values created with versions of WordPress that exhibited a non-unique GUID bug. If you used WordPress 3.0.x or earlier on your site, run this plugin to fix potential bad data that might prevent RAMP from working correctly. There were earlier versions of WordPress pior to 3.1 that created non-unique GUIDs in the post table. The bug that initially caused this problem is fixed, but the bad data persists in many WordPress installs. The GUID Fix plugin can be run to fix the non-unique GUIDs in the post table.

How to Use this Plugin?

  1. Download the latest version
  2. Install the plugin to your plugins directory

  3. Activate the Plugin

  4. Click on the "CF GUID-Fix" link under the "Tools" menu or "Run GUID-Fix" from the Plugins list page.

  5. Click on Run GUID-fix

  6. You will receive a confirmation "Post GUIDs are now unique! You should now disable and remove this plugin."

  7. After GUID Fix has been successfully run it is not recommended to run the plugin again and should be removed from your plugin directory.

If the plugin is not able to update the duplicate GUIDs you will receive an error message that will need to be addressed before running again.