# Executive summary

Use the import + export tool and a text editor to replace a few data points.  

1. Export your posts to xml
2. Use a text editor with a search + replace tool to replace a few fields
3. Import the updated xml
 
# Search + replace details


- Format
  - S: `search string`
  - R: `replace string`

1. convert categories to portfolio types
  - S: `domain="category"`
  - R: `domain="jetpack-portfolio-type"`
2. convert tags to portfolio tags
  - S: `domain="post_tag"`
  - R: `domain="jetpack-portfolio-tag"`
3. convert post type to jetpack portfolio type
  - S: `<wp:post_type><![CDATA[post]]></wp:post_type>`
  - R: `<wp:post_type><![CDATA[jetpack-portfolio]]></wp:post_type>`
4. update url link
  - use the regular expression option for this search
  - S: `<link>https://example.com/\d{4}/\d{2}/`
  - R: `<link>https://example.com/portfolio/`
  - summary: converts  `<link>https://example.com/2005/07/project-slug/</link>` becomes `<link>https://example.com/portfolio/project-slug/</link>`
5. update guid field
  - S: `<guid isPermaLink="false">https://example.com/?p=`
  - R: `<guid isPermaLink="false">https://example.com/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=`
  - summary: `<guid isPermaLink="false">https://example.com/?p=158</guid>` becomes `<guid isPermaLink="false">https://example.com/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=158</guid>`

 
Once you import, WordPress does the rest.  WP creates all the tags and types and updates all the ids.