Title: Problem with Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Problem with * Resolved [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/) * I am having a problem doing the import from my WP.com blog. I created the export file, went to the WP.org Import menu, and I see this: Upload your WordPress eXtended RSS (WXR) file * The WP.com export file is in XML. When I attempted the import, it stopped at 6.9 MB and I got this message:The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini. * I changed the file size in the php.ini to 10 MB. Does anyone have any suggestions? My blog is [http://table4five.net](http://table4five.net). Thank you. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442366) * Oh, sorry, the import didn’t get to 6.9. I was watching it in NetPerSec and forgot to hit the reset data button. I just tried it again and it died at 1.9 MB. * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442367) * Are you using the WP plugin that knows about WXR files? [http://www.technosailor.com/wordpress-to-wordpress-import/](http://www.technosailor.com/wordpress-to-wordpress-import/) * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442372) * Yes, I uploaded both the xmlmigrate and .php files. I went to my Plugin menu and activated WordPress XML Export. * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442376) * And to be clear: on your wp.org blog, under Import you see “WordPress” as an option? * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442377) * Yes. I have this: Import posts from a WordPress export file * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442378) * Ok, thanks. Just wanted to make sure. 🙂 * So, how big is the xml file that you’re importing? Do you have access to php. ini (or your host’s support) to see what the `upload_max_filesize` directive is? * This is the point where someone brighter than I usually pops in and says, “oh, you can override that with this interestingly obscure command in .htaccess…” Hopefully… * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442380) * The original filesize in the php.ini was 2M. We increased it to 10M, which didn’t make any difference. * I found another question in the forum about this, and it said to put “php_value upload_max_filesize 10M // max size in Mb” in the .htaccess file. I tried that, and it crashed the blog, and the server added a line saying that php directives go in the php.ini file. Do I need to contact BlueHost about restarting the web service? * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442381) * If you increased it in php.ini, I think you need to restart apache to pick that up (I think?). * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442382) * All I have in my BlueHost cPanel is a link to Apache Handlers. phpAdmin had a Restart, but access was denied. So contact BlueHost then? * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442385) * I reckon, yeah. Not sure what else to suggest beyond that. * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442393) * Thanks for your time, Handy. I’ll leave the thread open for a day or two in case anyone else picks up on it and has a suggestion. And I’ll open a support ticket with BlueHost. * I got the impression that moving from WP.com to WP.org was going to be a few easy clicks, so it’s frustrating to find it not so easy to do. * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442536) * I called BlueHost, and the problem is not with WP but with BlueHost having a limit in the phpAdmin file of 7 KB for transfers. I have to manually upload the XML file to the root directory/public html and then request that BlueHost install it. * Hope this helps other users who are with BlueHost. * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442539) * Well, I’m back, because I am impatient that way. I manually ftp’d the XML file to my host to get around the upload limit. How do I point the importer to an XML file already on the server, if that’s even possible? * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442541) * > _How do I point the importer to an XML file already on the server, if that’s > even possible?_ * That’s a great question. Here’s one thing to try: When you go to the WordPress importer, instead of clicking the button to browse to a file on your PC, put in the url to the file on your server (http://yourdomain.com/files/myXML.xml). Maybe that would work? * If not I only see two options: * 1) Get BlueHost to let you upload a larger file. * 2) Hack the WP importer plugin to point to a file in the local file system. * Thread Starter [table4five](https://wordpress.org/support/users/table4five/) * (@table4five) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/#post-442542) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Problem with’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/) * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/) * [xml](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xml/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 22 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [nodblogcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nodblogcom/) * Last activity: [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with/page/2/#post-442663) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics