Title: import stalls
Last modified: September 14, 2017

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# import stalls

 *  Resolved [peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/)
 * (@peteremil)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/)
 * Cloned a live site for local development. Export went smooth, but import stalls.
   Retried several times, the import stalled on diverse moments; sometimes on 60-
   70% restoring files, sometimes on the database. Problem arises on a non-repeatable
   basis. When refreshing the stalled import-screen, I am greeted with an error 
   message about missing files. Mostly to do with one of the 20+ plugins. Total 
   size wpress is 348MB so that’s not an issue.
 * Tried jasonpaxtoncooper (@jasonpaxtoncooper) solution: “Then I manually copied
   the export file to the ai1wm-backups folder and used the Backups feature. This
   worked.” but to no avail.
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by [peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Yani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniiliev/)
 * (@yaniiliev)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/#post-9499454)
 * [@peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/)
 * Try increasing max execution time to 60seconds and also increase memory limit
   to a higher number.
 *  Thread Starter [peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/)
 * (@peteremil)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/#post-9503067)
 * Issue not resolved. Where do I increase the max execution time?
 *  Plugin Author [Yani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniiliev/)
 * (@yaniiliev)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/#post-9503109)
 * [@peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/)
    You will have to
   contact your hosting provider to do it for you.
 *  Thread Starter [peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/)
 * (@peteremil)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/#post-9505486)
 * Hi Yani, in this case I’m cloning to a local development so I’m in control 🙂
   Do I put in an extra line in the config.php or somewhere in the configs for apache?
   The otherwise easy cloning procedure is just broken off at the end by the looks
   of it.
 *  Plugin Author [Yani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniiliev/)
 * (@yaniiliev)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/#post-9505508)
 * 1. You need to find your php.ini file.
    2. Edit your php.ini file and change:–
   set max_execution_time to 120 – set memory_limit to 256M 3. Save php.ini 4. Restart
   your webserver
 *  Thread Starter [peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/)
 * (@peteremil)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/#post-9505585)
 * Thanks Yani for your quick response. I initially had the memory_limit already
   on 512MB but max_execution_time was 30. Cranked it up to 120.
    Created a clean
   folder, installed a fresh WordPress copy from source, installed only the all 
   in one WP migration plugin. Still the import freezes / hangs on 79% of restoring
   the files. Can’t click on the stop import button as well. A bit frustrating 🙁
   Sorry mate, but you’ve got any idea what can cause this?
 *  Thread Starter [peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/)
 * (@peteremil)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/#post-9506419)
 * To finish this thread for real I can say that there was a difference in php version
   on the live server and on the local server. When I ironed that out the import
   went uninterrupted.

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## Tags

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

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 * Last reply from: [peteremil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteremil/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-stalls-4/#post-9506419)
 * Status: resolved