Recently a number of improvements to the export and import process using WordPress eXtended RSS (WXR) files were made. However, there are still a few things missed out in an export/import cycle.

This task is to implement the correct importing of any featured image associated with a post. The relevant trac ticket for this is http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14847. To complete the task it will be necessary to write a patch for the WordPress importer (http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordpress-importer/trunk/).

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