Force the WordPress importer to update existing posts instead of skipping them

wordpress-import-update.php

<?php

/**
 * When using the WordPress Importer, update existing 
 * posts instead of skipping them. Updates content according
 * to the import file even if the existing post was updated
 * more recently.
 * 
 * To use, drop this file into your /mu-plugins/ folder or
 * copy this code into your functions.php file.
 */

class WPImporterUpdate {

	protected $existing_post;

	function __construct() {
		add_filter( 'wp_import_existing_post', [ $this, 'wp_import_existing_post' ], 10, 2 );
		add_filter( 'wp_import_post_data_processed', [ $this, 'wp_import_post_data_processed' ], 10, 2 );
	}

	function wp_import_existing_post( $post_id, $post ) {
		if ( $this->existing_post = $post_id ) {
			error_log('old post id found: '. $post_id); // log old post id
			if ( get_post_type( $post_id ) == 'attachment' ) { // check if this is attachment
    				error_log("but " . $post_id . " is an attachement, so ignoring"); // log attachement ignoring
    				$post_id = $post_id; // if attachment ignore, set post_id to real id
			} else {
				global $wpdb;
				$wpdb->delete( 'wp_postmeta', array( 'post_id' => $post_id ) ); //delete existing meta (assumes import contains all meta needed for post)
				$post_id = 0; // force the post to be imported
			}
		} else {
			error_log('new post created.'); // log new post created
		}
		return $post_id;
	}

	function wp_import_post_data_processed( $postdata, $post ) {
		if ( $this->existing_post ) {
			// update the existing post
			$postdata['ID'] = $this->existing_post;
		}
		return $postdata;
	}

}
new WPImporterUpdate;