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diff --git a/local.db-shm b/local.db-shm
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diff --git a/local.db-wal b/local.db-wal
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diff --git a/packages/studiocms_devapps/package.json b/packages/studiocms_devapps/package.json
index 3d9578537d..f37ea6049e 100644
--- a/packages/studiocms_devapps/package.json
+++ b/packages/studiocms_devapps/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
     "cheerio": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/cheerio": "^0.22.35",
     "turndown": "^7.2.0",
-    "@types/turndown": "^5.0.5"
+    "@types/turndown": "^5.0.5",
+    "html-entities": "^2.5.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@astrojs/db": "catalog:min",
diff --git a/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/routes/wp-api-importer.ts b/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/routes/wp-api-importer.ts
index 56436f8371..4f4a433e58 100644
--- a/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/routes/wp-api-importer.ts
+++ b/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/routes/wp-api-importer.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const POST: APIRoute = async ({ request }: APIContext) => {
 		});
 	}
 
-	if (typeof url !== 'string' || typeof type !== 'string' || typeof useBlogPlugin !== 'string') {
+	if (typeof url !== 'string' || typeof type !== 'string') {
 		return new Response(null, {
 			status: 400,
 			statusText: 'Bad Request',
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ export const POST: APIRoute = async ({ request }: APIContext) => {
 		});
 	}
 
+	const useBlogPluginValue = useBlogPlugin === 'true';
+
 	switch (type) {
 		case 'pages':
 			await importPagesFromWPAPI(url);
 			break;
 		case 'posts':
-			await importPostsFromWPAPI(url, useBlogPlugin === 'true');
+			await importPostsFromWPAPI(url, useBlogPluginValue);
 			break;
 		default:
 			throw new Error('Invalid import type');
diff --git a/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/utils/wp-api/converters.ts b/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/utils/wp-api/converters.ts
index 14bf37a7d0..6ed38a7771 100644
--- a/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/utils/wp-api/converters.ts
+++ b/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/utils/wp-api/converters.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 import Config from 'virtual:studiocms-devapps/wp-api/configPath';
+import { decode } from 'html-entities';
 import TurndownService from 'turndown';
 import type { Page, Post } from '../../schema/wp-api';
 import type { PageContent, PageData } from './index';
@@ -16,12 +17,11 @@ export const ConvertToPageData = (page: unknown): PageData => {
 	const pageData: PageData = {
 		id: crypto.randomUUID(),
 		title: data.title.rendered,
-		description: stripHtml(data.excerpt.rendered),
+		description: decode(stripHtml(data.excerpt.rendered)),
 		slug: data.slug,
 		publishedAt: new Date(data.date_gmt),
 		updatedAt: new Date(data.modified_gmt),
 		showOnNav: false,
-		heroImage: '',
 		contentLang: 'default',
 		package: 'studiocms',
 	};
@@ -68,12 +68,11 @@ export const ConvertToPostData = (post: unknown, useBlogPkg: boolean): PageData
 	const pageData: PageData = {
 		id: crypto.randomUUID(),
 		title: data.title.rendered,
-		description: stripHtml(data.excerpt.rendered),
+		description: decode(stripHtml(data.excerpt.rendered)),
 		slug: data.slug,
 		publishedAt: new Date(data.date_gmt),
 		updatedAt: new Date(data.modified_gmt),
 		showOnNav: false,
-		heroImage: '',
 		contentLang: 'default',
 		package: pkg,
 	};
diff --git a/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/utils/wp-api/index.ts b/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/utils/wp-api/index.ts
index ca7691f8ea..9484a1a87a 100644
--- a/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/utils/wp-api/index.ts
+++ b/packages/studiocms_devapps/src/utils/wp-api/index.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ export const importPagesFromWPAPI = async (endpoint: string) => {
 	const url = apiEndpoint(endpoint, 'pages');
 	const pages: Page[] = await fetchAll(url);
 
+	console.log('pages', pages.length);
+
 	try {
 		for (const page of pages) {
+			console.log('importing page:', page.title.rendered);
 			await importPage(page);
 		}
 	} catch (error) {
@@ -94,10 +97,16 @@ const importPost = async (post: unknown, useBlogPkg: boolean) => {
 
 export const importPostsFromWPAPI = async (endpoint: string, useBlogPkg: boolean) => {
 	const url = apiEndpoint(endpoint, 'posts');
+
+	console.log('fetching posts from:', url.origin);
+
 	const posts: Page[] = await fetchAll(url);
 
+	console.log('posts', posts.length);
+
 	try {
 		for (const post of posts) {
+			console.log('importing post:', post.title.rendered);
 			await importPost(post, useBlogPkg);
 		}
 	} catch (error) {
diff --git a/playgrounds/node/public/wp-import/pages/RS-Restore-screen-1.png b/playgrounds/node/public/wp-import/pages/RS-Restore-screen-1.png
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index 0000000000..0a614cebe9
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diff --git a/playgrounds/node/public/wp-import/pages/lazyload-fallback.gif b/playgrounds/node/public/wp-import/pages/lazyload-fallback.gif
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diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 346055b595..0234d9c223 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -662,6 +662,9 @@ importers:
       cheerio:
         specifier: ^1.0.0
         version: 1.0.0
+      html-entities:
+        specifier: ^2.5.2
+        version: 2.5.2
       turndown:
         specifier: ^7.2.0
         version: 7.2.0