--- wordpress_import.module.orig	2009-02-08 17:10:28.000000000 -0500
+++ wordpress_import.module	2009-08-04 15:24:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -199,6 +199,15 @@
       '#collapsible' => TRUE
     );
     
+    // Skip posts
+
+    $form['options']['skip_posts'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#title' => 'Skip blog posts',
+      '#default_value' => '0',
+      '#size' => 5,
+      );
+    
     // Blog content type
     
     $node_types = node_get_types();
@@ -342,6 +351,7 @@
       $_SESSION['wordpress_import']['users_map'] = wordpress_import_apply_default_user_mapping($form_state['values']['users_map'], $form_state['values']['default_user_mapping']);
       $_SESSION['wordpress_import']['alias'] = $form_state['values']['alias'];
       $_SESSION['wordpress_import']['blog_type'] = $form_state['values']['blog_type'];
+      $_SESSION['wordpress_import']['skip_posts'] = $form_state['values']['skip_posts'];
       
       if (!wordpress_import_must_create_users($form_state['values']['users_map'])) {
         wordpress_import_import_blog($_SESSION['wordpress_import']);
@@ -509,7 +519,15 @@
 function wordpress_import_posts($wordpress, $params) {
   $params['format'] = wordpress_import_get_format();
 
+  $skip = 0;
+
   foreach ($wordpress['posts'] as $post_value) {
+
+    if ($skip < $params['skip_posts']) {
+      $skip++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
     $post_info = wordpress_import_post($post_value, $params);
 
     if ($post_info && $params['alias']) {