Title: import problem – missing files
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# import problem – missing files

 *  [nub1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nub1/)
 * (@nub1)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem-missing-files/)
 * I am migrating my site from one hosting company to another. I have the lastest
   version of wordpress running on the new host as well as the old one. I go to 
   the export page and download the xml file to my computer. I then sign in to my
   new wordpress blog. At the import page I click import. Everything seems to be
   going fine. I then click “view my website”. The new blog has all of the older
   listings but I am missing the last six months of posts. Aug 07 to Jan 08 do not
   appear. What am I doing wrong?
 * The file size is about 650k.
    No images imported. The first month with images
   was Aug 07. I received no error codes at any time.
 * Could using images have stopped the xml file from including all the posts from
   that time onward?
 * I’m into guessing right now.

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 *  [stanch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stanch/)
 * (@stanch)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem-missing-files/#post-686687)
 * why didn’t you try to backup your wp blog to *sql file, its more easier than *.
   xml file (cmiiw) 🙂
 *  [zeepvrij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeepvrij/)
 * (@zeepvrij)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem-missing-files/#post-686885)
 * I have exactly the same problem: missing the last 6 months of posts after importing
   a WordPress .xml-file, even though I can see the missing posts and comments in
   the xml-file. Is there something wrong with the file? It’s too late to create
   a sql-file because my website moved to another hosting…
 *  [zeepvrij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeepvrij/)
 * (@zeepvrij)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem-missing-files/#post-686886)
 * By the way: here is the xml-file: [http://www.zeepvrij.nl/Backups/wordpress.2008-01-24.xml](http://www.zeepvrij.nl/Backups/wordpress.2008-01-24.xml)
 *  [zeepvrij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeepvrij/)
 * (@zeepvrij)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem-missing-files/#post-686934)
 * Never mind, everything is okay now thanks to a backup file in sql-format from
   the hosting company. Hope that nub1 also solved his problem!

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem-missing-files/#post-686934)
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