Title: File archive import
Last modified: April 21, 2020

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# File archive import

 *  Resolved [hw2junkyarddawg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homdax/)
 * (@homdax)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-archive-import/)
 * Greetings
 * I am well on my way in building a new site for game modding, I am transferring
   content from another platform to WP. In this is included a file archive just 
   below 4GB large and 228 files and 26 folders.
 * The question I have is how to import them in to Media Gallery with relevant naming
   and folder/category sorting unchanged. How would you do it maintaining the structure…
    -  This topic was modified 6 years ago by [hw2junkyarddawg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homdax/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ffile-archive-import%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-archive-import/#post-12722729)
 * Thanks for your question. I regret that MLA does not provide any explicit support
   for the particular import task you have outlined. MLA adds some functions to 
   the WordPress file uploader, but does not participate in the upload process itself.
 * There are a few earlier MLA support topics that mentioned this plugin:
 * [Add From Server](https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/)
 * In my own testing a few years back it seemed to work well enough, but it looks
   like it has not been maintained for a while. My WordPress Repository search also
   turned up this alternative:
 * [Media from FTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-from-ftp/)
 * I do not have any direct experience with it but it looks better supported.
 * I do not know your application well enough to advise you further. For what it’s
   worth, my recommendation would be to rethink your application more along the 
   lines WordPress encourages. You wrote about “**_naming and folder/category sorting_**“.
   You can use the taxonomy support MLA provides and you can use metadata in image
   files to assign terms. You can use MLA’s mapping rules to construct item names
   and other values. File names and folder hierarchies can be replaced with more
   database-centric techniques.
 * I regret the news is not better, but I am marking this topic resolved because
   I have answered your question to the best of my ability given what I know. I 
   wish you every success with your application and thank you for your interest 
   in MLA.
 *  Thread Starter [hw2junkyarddawg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homdax/)
 * (@homdax)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-archive-import/#post-12724198)
 * Well, it was kinda expected, adding the files manually is of course more work,
   but they still have to be tagged and categorized nevertheless so using drag-and-
   drop would in any event lead to that work.
 * Thanks for the tips though.

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 * Last reply from: [hw2junkyarddawg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homdax/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-archive-import/#post-12724198)
 * Status: resolved