Import Settings Will Not Import

  • Resolved Howdy_McGee

    (@howdy_mcgee)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    For some reason I cannot import my AIOWS Settings. I’ve exported it (which it did to a text file) but when I import it, I upload the file and click “Import Into Post” then Upload and ti tells me:

    > The contents of your settings file appear invalid. Please check the contents of the file you are trying to import settings from.

    > The file you uploaded was also deleted for security purposes because it contains security settings details.

    Is there a better way for me to import my settings? I’m trying to use this plugin on 50+ of my sites (moving away from Limit Login Attempts + Captcha) and would like to import settings to speed up the process.

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  • Plugin Contributor wpsolutions

    (@wpsolutions)

    Examine the contents of the settings text file which you exported and can you confirm that you see something similar to the following example excerpt?

    {"aiowps_remove_wp_generator_meta_info":"1","aiowps_enable_login_lockdown":"","aiowps_max_login_attempts":"3","aiowps_retry_time_period":"8",.......
    Plugin Contributor wpsolutions

    (@wpsolutions)

    I also forgot to ask you if you can please check your server logs to see if there are any error entries which might shed some light on the problem you are experiencing.

    Mateo

    (@photogmateo)

    I too am getting this error.

    The JSON string looks great:

    {"aiowps_remove_wp_generator_meta_info":"1","aiowps_prevent_hotlinking":"1","aiowps_enable_login_lockdown":"1",...

    There are no errors in my server’s error log.

    Is there another way to get these settings integrated? Perhaps a plain text copy and paste, a file upload that doesn’t use the default media uploader, or even a MySQL query string that can be copied and pasted into MyPHPAdmin. Please advise.

    UPDATE: I was able to successfully import my settings by…

    1. uploading my aiowps_{…}.txt file to the server via ftp
    2. manually entering the full URL path in the input field (e.g., https://mywebsite.com/aiowps_{…}.txt)
    3. pressing the import button

    Therefore, I think the issue might be with the default wordpress media upload tool…thus please consider the alternatives stated above for future releases.

    Plugin Contributor wpsolutions

    (@wpsolutions)

    Hi @mateo,
    Thanks for the useful info.
    It’s strange that via the media upload tool for some sites this is failing.
    We will have to dig further to see why.

    I’ve had this problem on 3 sites
    Thanks Mateo your solution worked for me

    uploading my aiowps_{…}.txt file to the server via ftp
    manually entering the full URL path in the input field (e.g., https://mywebsite.com/aiowps_{…}.txt)
    pressing the import button

    Plugin Contributor wpsolutions

    (@wpsolutions)

    In one of the previous releases we have introduced an alternative way to import settings by pasting the contents of the import file directly into a text box.
    So if you have problems using the file uploader, you can use the alternative method.
    See the import/export tab page for more info.

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