Can’t import WordPress WXR files

  • I’m trying to move my WordPress blog from one server to another. I’ve set up the WordPress installation on the new server, and exported a WXR file from my original server. However, when I tell the new server to import the file, using the Tools->Import tool, I don’t get any error messages, but it never imports anything.

    It gets past the screen where I can map existing users, but when I click to start the process, the page acts like it’s doing something, but then just loads a blank import page and doesn’t actually do anything. I’ve tried with several different WXR files, ranging from around 450k to a little under 2MB. These files represent different date ranges on my original blog.

    Does anyone know what might be happening, or how I can get the import to work? I’ve done several imports in the past and all of them worked fine, so I can’t figure out why I can’t get this one working.

    Thanks in advance for any help!

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  • dlawton is right (and I forgot to mention this), if the smaller WXR files fail or hang during import, you usually can just hit “reload” on your browser and then the “resend” button and it should pick-up from where it left off.

    Also, for users of the 1and1.com service, I found this advice on .htaccess very helpful. It made Imports work better and allowed auto-upgrades to work as well. (previously they wouldn’t work without this one line in the .htaccess file.)

    We’re having the same issues. In our case it’s 16MB file. Our PHP.INI is already 64MB. This seems to be a gigantic issue and it doesn’t seem as if WordPress is fixing it anytime soon.

    The .htaccess doesn’t work for me either. And there are about 1,900 posts which needs uploading so splitting isn’t an ideal solution at all. It would take several billable hours which isn’t good for anyone.

    Can the Wordpres people PLEASE STEP IN and help us out?

    import it to a local install then export to sql

    the size restriction was much larger on my local install (128M as far as I remember) so maybe it’s a server restriction, no idea

    Disable all plugins before import.

    A plugin was throwing an error on page load.. was stalling the importer. Would not import more than 1 or 2 items at a time.

    [Fri Mar 26 00:24:44 2010] [error] [client 68.3.**.***] PHP Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: Filename cannot be empty in /*****/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/wp-to-twitter/wp-to-twitter.php on line 287, referer: https://****/wp-admin/admin.php?import=wordpress&step=1&_wpnonce=4e75534c93

    I disabled all plugins.. import of over 1000 items worked fine.. took some time, but it all worked.

    Hope it helps.

    Can someone say when Import was working last?

    I was hoping WXR would be the magic bullet …
    … my import from LJ “worked”, but it turns out that a lot of posts are missing, so I have to re-do from start.
    (I posted on -hackers … got reply from 1 guy but basically no sing of interest.)

    FWIW some guys are working on GCode: https://code.google.com/p/google-blog-converters-appengine/ but only Blogger => WP so far.

    Hopefully my experience will help someone.

    I wanted to export my self hosted wordpress to a new self hosted service. I couldn’t even Export the posts using the tools within WP. Nothing got exported.

    So, I found the Advanced Export Plugin and it succeeded in creating a XML with all my data. Now the problem was with importing in the new WP.
    I uploaded the file and got to the screen for mapping authors. Then nothing happened. Just a blank screen.

    I searched for a solution and found a simple one: Edit wp-settings.php, line 13, and change memory from 32 to 64. It worked like a charm.

    I must mention that my XML was only 2.6 mb, so this shouldn’t be an issue, but that was the solution.

    These forums have helped me a lot, so hopefully I can help someone too with this tip.

    Greetings!

    Advanced Export Plugin: https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/advanced-export-for-wp-wpmu/

    Changing the memory in wp-settings.php was all it needed to work for me as well, acrofilo!

    I know this is SUPER late but, why not try using a WXR File Splitter? Here’s the link to the programme: https://www.rangerpretzel.com/content/view/20/19/

    It saved my life!

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