Title: import media failed
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# import media failed

 *  [meganfoxy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meganfoxy/)
 * (@meganfoxy)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-media-failed-2/)
 * Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with something. I decided to give up
   on WordPress and started to work on another platform. But when I came back to
   wordpress and imported the xml file,the media was not uploaded succesfully. Now
   all my pictures are not showing. Do you know how I can fix that? Thanks

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-media-failed-2/#post-6153028)
 * The XML export file only contains references to the location of attached media
   files, not the media files themselves.
 * If the media files are still where they used to be when the export was made, 
   they’ll be imported. If the media files were deleted or moved from where they
   were when the export was made, they cannot be imported.
 * Do you still have a backup of the media files?

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## Tags

 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)
 * [media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media/)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-media-failed-2/#post-6153028)
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