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This method pulls titles, SEO titles, authors, author images, publish dates, and metadata directly into HubSpot's blog system. If REST API is not available, XML or CSV export and import works as a fallback. The critical SEO step is URL structure. If your blog posts lived at yoursite.com/blog/post-title on WordPress, they should live at the same path on HubSpot. Any URL changes require individual 301 redirects. After import, review each post for formatting issues: embedded images, internal links, code blocks, and custom shortcodes often need manual cleanup because WordPress shortcodes do not exist in HubSpot. Update all internal links across the site to point to new URLs. Blog comments present a separate challenge because HubSpot does not have a native blog commenting system equivalent to WordPress. Most teams accept this tradeoff or use a third-party commenting tool. 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