Wordpress XML (to SXA) import script (messy output)

Import.ps1

$xmlPath = "$AppPath\sugcon.xml"
$pageTemplate = "Project/Community/Page"
$siteHome = "master:\content\Community\SUGCON\Home"
$sitepath = "master:\content\Community\SUGCON"


[string[]]$content = get-content $xmlPath
[xml]$xml = $content

$pages = $xml.rss.channel.item | %{ [PSCustomObject]@{
     creator=&{$_.creator."#cdata-section" };
     guid=&{$_.guid."#text" }; 
     is_sticky = &{$_.is_sticky};
     link = &{$_.link};
     menu_order = &{$_.menu_order};
     post_meta = &{@($_.postmeta | %{[System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($_.meta_key."#cdata-section") + "=" + [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($_.meta_value."#cdata-section") }) -join "&"};
     post_date = &{$_.post_date."#cdata-section" }; 
     post_date_gmt = &{$_.post_date_gmt."#cdata-section" }; 
     post_id = &{$_.post_id};
     post_name = &{$_.post_name."#cdata-section" }; 
     post_parent = &{$_.post_parent};
     post_type = &{$_.post_type."#cdata-section" }; 
     pubDate = &{$_.pubDate};
     status = &{$_.status."#cdata-section"};
     title = &{$_.title};
     content = "$(&{$_.encoded.'#cdata-section'})";
     children = @()
}}

#fix names
$pages | ? { $_.post_name -eq "" -or $_.post_name -eq $null } |
    % {
        $_.post_name = "$($_.post_id)"
        Write-Host "fixing name of post: $($_.post_id)"
    }

# build tree of pages
$pages | ? { 
        $_.post_parent -ne 0 
    } | % {
        $post_parent = $_.post_parent;
        $parent = $null
        $parent = $pages | ? {$_.post_id -eq $post_parent } 
        if($parent -eq $null){
            "no parent"
        } else {
            $parent.children += $_
        }
    }

#cleanup pages that are rooted in other pages
$pages = $pages | ? { $_.post_parent -eq 0 }


function Create-Pages { 
    param(
        [PSCustomObject[]] $pages,
        [Item] $parentItem)

    $pages | % { 
        $newPage = $_;
        $NewItemName = "$($parentItem.ProviderPath)\$($newPage.post_name)"
        Write-Host "Creating $NewItemName"
        $newPageItem = New-Item -Path $NewItemName -ItemType $pageTemplate
        $newPageItem.creator         = $newPage.creator
        $newPageItem.guid            = $newPage.guid
        $newPageItem.is_sticky       = $newPage.is_sticky
        $newPageItem.link            = $newPage.link
        $newPageItem.menu_order      = $newPage.menu_order
        $newPageItem.post_meta       = $newPage.post_meta
        $newPageItem.post_date       = $newPage.post_date
        $newPageItem.post_id         = $newPage.post_id
        $newPageItem.post_parent     = $newPage.post_parent
        $newPageItem.pubDate         = $newPage.pubDate
        $newPageItem.title           = $newPage.title
        $newPageItem.content         = "$($newPage.content)"

        if($newPage.children.count -gt 0){
            Create-Pages $newPage.children $newPageItem
        }
    }
}

"Removing Pages under $siteHome"
#gci $siteHome | ? {$_.Templatename -eq "Page"} | %{ Remove-Item -Path $_.ProviderPath -Force -recurse }
gci $siteHome | ? {$_.Templatename -eq "Page"} | Remove-Item -recurse
"Removed children of $siteHome"
Create-Pages $pages (Get-Item $siteHome)