---
title: Smarter blog post import lookup
date: 2026-05-20
description: Blog post imports can now find articles by Title, allow duplicate handles across blogs, and default missing blog references to your store's first blog.
tags: ["Blog posts"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-05-20-blog-post-import-lookup/
---


A handful of changes to make blog post imports easier to write and more forgiving when your data isn't perfectly normalized.

### What's new

- **Find articles by Title** - update or delete an article by its `Title` when you don't have its `ID` or `Handle`. If the title isn't unique, the row fails with a clear error so you can disambiguate (see [BLG009](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490216-error-and-warning-codes#BLG009)).
- **Default blog fallback** - article rows that don't specify `Blog: ID`, `Blog: Handle`, or `Blog: Title` now attach to your store's first blog automatically. The `Blog: Handle` column is no longer required to be present on the import file.

### Improvements

- **Duplicate handles across blogs** - the same article handle can now exist in different blogs, matching how Shopify scopes article URLs. Use a `Blog:` column on the row to tell the import which copy to update.
- **Blog disambiguation** - when an article `Handle` or `Title` matches more than one article, set `Blog: ID`, `Blog: Handle`, or `Blog: Title` on the row to pick the right one.