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The lesson covers the process of importing and structuring city and state data into a WordPress site, including custom post types, internal linking, and site enhancements for improved user experience and SEO.

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Importing Cities and States into WordPress

In this update, I've completed several tasks to populate our WordPress site with city and state data:

  1. Imported nearly 42,000 cities into the "cities" post type.
  2. Created a state-level template and imported 51 states (including the District of Columbia) into a new "states" post type.
  3. Imported USA data as a single post, which serves as the homepage.

Modifications to the Import Process

Before running the city import, I made the following changes:

  1. Added a "state slug" field, created using an online slugification tool.
  2. Implemented internal linking from cities to their respective states using the...

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