Media import from XML file issue

  • Resolved hasanshebops

    (@hasanshebops)


    8 years, 3 months ago

    I have tried importing my old site into WordPress.org but, while I have managed to get all of my posts up, only random media files have transfered. I don’t know if this is because there are two WordPress.com XML files? One has everything from my site’s creation in December 2015 up until late August 2017 and is 4.3MB in size, whereas the second file has everything from the remainder of August 2017 until November 2017. I have tried importing both XML files, but importing one XML file to my new, self-hosted replaces the other upload. All of my articles are now on my new site, it’s just the media files from the larger XML file which are not migrating correctly.

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  • tkgnewseed

    (@tkgnewseed)

    8 years, 3 months ago

    A few things.

    Might check the php.ini on your host to bump up the upload size. Look for…
    upload_max_filesize = 2M

    Increase it to 8M which should be enough.

    If that does not work you can use a file splitter to split the large xml file. You can try using WFX File Splitter or something similar.

    I hope this helps.

    Thread Starter hasanshebops

    (@hasanshebops)

    8 years, 3 months ago

    I have now managed to import all of my media files. I achieved this by exporting and importing each month’s media files individually. It was a little time consuming, but it was just as time consuming trying to find a ‘quick fix’ solution.

    Thanks for your help with this situation.

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