Title: Exporting/Importing Last modified: October 11, 2019 --- # Exporting/Importing * [jbeisick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbeisick/) * (@jbeisick) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/) * I exported my blog from wordpress.com and then went through all the steps to import all the content and files into my new blog at wordpress.org, but for some reason only the images imported. There are no pages or posts. - This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/). * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fexporting-importing-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12018643) * On the assumption that you missed a step, give it another go. We can’t see your new site because you have a coming-soon thingie. * Thread Starter [jbeisick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbeisick/) * (@jbeisick) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12018747) * I did the export/import steps 3 times. It’s pretty simple and I am pretty sure I did it all. I will try once more. How do I get the coming-soon thingy to go away? * Thread Starter [jbeisick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbeisick/) * (@jbeisick) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12018771) * Ok, I did it all again and Launched my site. Still just shows the new site and none of my old content, pages, etc. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12018774) * If you look at the file you exported, is the post/page content there? If not, you need to ask the wordpress.com people about it. If so, then let’s talk. * Thread Starter [jbeisick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbeisick/) * (@jbeisick) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12018791) * Below are some snippets of what is in the XML file. It appears everything is in the file. * _[ Deleted ]_ - This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/). - This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/). * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12020145) * Please do not post large code or responses like that here, it doesn’t work after ~10 lines or so. * If you need share that data please use [https://pastebin.com/](https://pastebin.com/) instead and post the link to that paste. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12020396) * How are you importing it to the self-hosted site? * Thread Starter [jbeisick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbeisick/) * (@jbeisick) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12021221) * I am just going into TOOLS>IMPORT and then selecting my XML file I exported from my WordPress hosted site. During the export process I made sure the EXPORT ALL FILES box was checked. So after importing when I click on the Media in the menus, it shows all my photos from my blog. But when I go to Posts or Pages, none of that seems to have imported. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12021264) * That should work. But the import plugin is not well-maintained, so give this one a try: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-import/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-import/) * Thread Starter [jbeisick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbeisick/) * (@jbeisick) * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12021558) * Ok, so far, so good. When it comes to the step where it says “Import data from this file into…” and then my options are “New Items” or “Existing Items” and then my choices in those drop-downs are Posts, Pages, etc. What do I select? * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12021670) * I recommend asking at [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-all-import/#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-all-import/#new-post) so the plugin’s developers and support community can help you with this. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Exporting/Importing’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/export/) * [exporting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/exporting/) * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/) * [importing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/importing/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-importing-3/#post-12021670) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics