Importing WordPress Site with Import Tool

  • Hi,

    I am trying to move an existing site from a host to my own server.

    I have already done this on the same server but this time it is not working for some reason that I do not understand.

    I have created a new virtual server on my webmin/Virtualmin managed VPS, installed pgpmyadmin 5.2.1 and wordpress 6.2. I then exported the wordpress site to generate an XML text file. So far so good.

    I then went to the admin pages of my new server (that is not a live domain) and tried to import the file. I chose to install the WordPress Importer and it quickly stopped and gave this message:

    Installation failed: <!DOCTYPE HTML> Login to Webmin document.addEventListener(“DOMContentLoaded”, function(event) {var a=document.querySelectorAll(‘input[type=”password”]’);i=0; for(length=a.length;i<length;i++){var b=document.createElement(“span”),d=30<a[i].offsetHeight?1:0;b.classList.add(“input_warning_caps”);b.setAttribute(“title”,”Caps Lock”);d&&b.classList.add(“large”);a[i].classList.add(“use_input_warning_caps”);a[i].parentNode.insertBefore(b,a[i].nextSibling);a[i].addEventListener(“blur”,function(){this.nextSibling.classList.remove(“visible”)});a[i].addEventListener(“keydown”,function(c){“function”===typeof c.getModifierState&&((state=20===c.keyCode?!c.getModifierState(“CapsLock”): c.getModifierState(“CapsLock”))?this.nextSibling.classList.add(“visible”):this.nextSibling.classList.remove(“visible”))})};});function spinner() {var x = document.querySelector(‘button i.fa-sign-in:not(.invisible)’) || document.querySelector(‘button i.fa-qrcode:not(.invisible)’),s = ”;if(x){x.classList.add(“invisible”); x.insertAdjacentHTML(‘afterend’, s);x.parentNode.classList.add(“disabled”);x.parentNode.disabled=true}}setTimeout(function(){if(navigator&&navigator.oscpu){var t=navigator.oscpu,i=document.querySelector(“html”),e=”data-platform”;t.indexOf(“Linux”)>-1?i.setAttribute(e,”linux”):t.indexOf(“Windows”)>-1&&i.setAttribute(e,”windows”)}}); 404File not found&nbsp; — /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

    No idea what it refers to or why it is not working so would appreciate any help to get it working please.

    Geoff

    • This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by geoffatmm.
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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    WordPress has documentation on Moving WordPress site. please review it and see if you missed anything.

    Thread Starter geoffatmm

    (@geoffatmm)

    Already done all that. As I said, I did this only a month or so ago and the issue is not the import (I have not got that far yet) but the installation of the importer.

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    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    installation of the importer

    When you say “importer”, are you referring to some plugin?

    Thread Starter geoffatmm

    (@geoffatmm)

    Well I assume it is a plug-in but the default one in the system. For the first import I have to choose the type of import (WordPress) which it then tries to install. I assume it is a WordPress plug-in or one they have approved.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    issue is not the import (I have not got that far yet) but the installation of the importer.

    If you think it’s a plugin, then I recommend asking at that plugin’s dedicated support forum so its developers and support community can help you with this.

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