Completed work
Repairing images after a WordPress migration
The posts moved. Some of their images did not follow properly. A migration repair based on reconnecting the existing material.
The problem behind the job
If a WordPress migration leaves pages live but images broken, the repair job is about reconnecting the right assets to the right content rather than simply uploading files again.
What I was working with
After a website migration, posts had missing or broken image references and featured-image assignments needed repair. I worked on matching the post and file information so that the existing images could be reconnected rather than treating every affected page as a manual rebuild.
Work out what is actually missing
A broken image on a page does not by itself explain whether the file is absent, the reference is wrong or the featured-image relationship has been lost. Those situations need different fixes.
The documented repair involved image references and the relationship between media and posts.
Use the identity already available
The work used filenames and post identifiers to match the material. Where a featured image was missing, the approach included assigning a suitable existing internal image.
The point was to use evidence in the migrated content rather than guess from unrelated pictures.
Repair the relationships
I relinked the affected post images and repaired the featured-image assignments.
The exact client, page totals and original media are not included in this public account.
Did the content move but leave the images behind?
If your problem looks similar, send me the current setup and the outcome you need. The implementation may be different, but the same kind of thinking usually applies.
Keep the limit clear
This was not a claim that any missing image file can be recovered. It was work on reconnecting material for which usable source information existed.
A genuinely absent asset would still need a separate recovery or replacement decision.
Useful checks for another migration
I'd sample the old and new post content, the available media and the stored featured-image relationships before deciding how to automate the repair. The migration checklist includes those connections.
See migration and recovery for the wider work.
HAVE SOMETHING AWKWARD?
Did the content move but leave the images behind?
Send me the URL, what is happening, what you have already tried and what a useful result would look like. A small anonymised sample is enough to start - do not send passwords, credentials or sensitive customer data.