# How to update wordpress post without overwriting content **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** wordpress\ **Created:** [November 20, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-update-wordpress-post-without-overwriting-content/61892 "2024-11-20T08:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Hellmuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Peter\_Hellmuth](https://community.make.com/u/Peter_Hellmuth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-update-wordpress-post-without-overwriting-content/61892/1 "2024-11-20T08:07:50Z")
Hi everyone I want to change some specific values in all of my texts, but at the same time I do not want to overwrite current content. I have tried to follow the advices here ([Update wordpress post without overwriting content - #4](https://community.make.com/t/update-wordpress-post-without-overwriting-content/17529/4)), but nothing happens. ![Skærmbillede 2024-11-20 kl. 09.04.52](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/7/b/7bed9f501573a1699cde72c6baf285bd107df8ba.png) ![Skærmbillede 2024-11-20 kl. 09.06.37](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/3/b/3ba472226d5fb71c29e20777d6be0fce4522eae2.png) ![Skærmbillede 2024-11-20 kl. 09.07.04](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/9/e/9e1e6dbeb5a61c5c2f5ad6b410b3e2d9ef7ce6c7.png) ![Skærmbillede 2024-11-20 kl. 09.07.21](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/7/5/75c2a8baa25da2ff4cf04efbfa8d0ce71cedda55.png) Could anyone please tell me, what I have to change. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Hellmuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Peter\_Hellmuth](https://community.make.com/u/Peter_Hellmuth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-update-wordpress-post-without-overwriting-content/61892/2 "2024-11-20T08:19:25Z")
As you can see, I have added a Sheet module. The reason for this is, I want to use some information from Sheet in a custom field ---
**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-update-wordpress-post-without-overwriting-content/61892/3 "2024-11-20T12:23:36Z")
Welcome to the Make community! > [@Peter\_Hellmuth](#): > > The reason for this is, I want to **use some information from Sheet in a custom field** and how is that overriding existing data? You did not mention what is the existing data that is being overridden. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Hellmuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Peter\_Hellmuth](https://community.make.com/u/Peter_Hellmuth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-update-wordpress-post-without-overwriting-content/61892/4 "2024-11-21T06:33:14Z")
Hi Samliew Sorry for not being 100% clear on what I’m trying to achieve. I used Make to add a lot of blog posts to my website. When the posts were in the backend, I discovered a flaw in my flow, meaning that I accidentally added the wrong rows to the wrong custom fields. So now I am trying to update the custom fields with the right data from a Google Sheet. My flow goes like this: WordPress - Search Posts (to get the posts) Google Sheets - Search Rows (to get the new rows) WordPress - Update a Post. I have set a limit of 150 posts to return in the first WP module, but when I run the flow I update 500+ posts if I don’t stop it. Is there a better/smarter way to update posts in WordPress? I tried following this method: > [@Update wordpress post without overwriting content](https://community.make.com/t/update-wordpress-post-without-overwriting-content/17529): > > Hi guys, This is a fairly general question. In the past, when I’ve used the update Wordpress post module to add anything to the “content” section, it works fine but overwrites anything that’s already contained in the post. This wasn’t an issue then because the posts were already empty. However, now I’d like to add a small amount of HTML to the end of a Wordpress post that already exists without erasing its content. Am I missing something here? What modules and general workflow would you use t… ![image_2024_11_19T17_02_17_475Z](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/e/e/ee4c295a6548bcfa97d12953762de66862de2082.png) ---
**Author:** ![Make\_Bot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/make_bot/32/14661_2.png) [@Make\_Bot](https://community.make.com/u/Make_Bot)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-update-wordpress-post-without-overwriting-content/61892/5 "2025-02-19T06:46:42Z")
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