Export / Import with Domain Mapping involved

  • m-Aurelius

    (@m-aurelius)


    9 years ago

    I have a site that is within a multisite, and it is domain mapped using the WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin.

    I am trying to export the site, then import it into its own new standard/standalone install (which does not have domain mapping, obviously).

    The problem I am facing is when I attempt to import, all my media files say, “Failed to import Media”. My hunch is that this is due to the MU domain mapping. I saw another post online a while back that seemed to indicate this.

    Is there a solution to be able to do this?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/

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  • Plugin Author Ron Rennick

    (@wpmuguru)

    9 years ago

    Check your hosting setup to see if you have image hotlinking disabled/blocked.

    Thread Starter m-Aurelius

    (@m-aurelius)

    9 years ago

    Hi Ron,
    I checked and image hotlinking is not blocked. Doesn’t look like that’s the issue.
    Thanks,
    -Mark

    Thread Starter m-Aurelius

    (@m-aurelius)

    9 years ago

    I ended up purchasing a 3rd party tool that was able to accomplish this. I tried a whole bunch of different methods and could never get it to work with the WordPress standard import/export. If anyone else faces a similar challenge, I’d definitely recommend the tool I tried: BackupBuddy. It worked great and allowed me to extract a sub-site out of my network that was activated with MU Domain Mapping, and install it as a standalone site.

    Plugin Author Ron Rennick

    (@wpmuguru)

    9 years ago

    If you had already moved the domain DNS then the new site would not have been able to contact the original site to request the images.

    Thread Starter m-Aurelius

    (@m-aurelius)

    9 years ago

    No, I had not moved the DNS to make sure that wouldn’t be the issue

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