Problems importing media library from wordpress.com to wordpress.org

  • padcreative

    (@padcreative)


    13 years, 9 months ago

    Hi there

    Having posted this issue on the wordpress.com forum, I was told to contact support at wordpress.org.

    We are trying to migrate from a .com blog to a .org installation.

    We have successfully exported the database via the Export option. I have tried repeatedly to import the content to numerous different installations (including a local installation with massive memory limits set) and the import gives up when the option to transfer images is checked. The main column in WP just stays blank (sometimes I get an unable to allocate memory error message – asking for over 2gbs). When I look in the Uploads folder, about 70 of the 568 images from the media library are uploaded. Each attempt downloads the same images then gives up – regardless of memory allocations.

    If I try to import with the transfer images option unchecked, it returns a list of (what seems to be) all the images, with a ‘failed to transfer’ message. It does import the posts though.

    The guys at wordpress.com support did an export their end and said the data looked fine and suggested it was an import problem.

    If you need any further information, just let me know.

    Many thanks in advance
    Pete

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  • Sparkie025

    (@sparkie025)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    If you are trying to transfer the images that you have uploaded to your original site the best way to do this would be by using an FTP client, FileZilla is a free one that is quite good. Transfer the images from WordPress\wp-content\uploads\. and all sub-directories, maintaining the directory structure to your local computer, the upload them to the new site in the same location.

    When an image is uploaded to your site the image is stored in the location above, and a link is added to your post that tells WordPress where to find the image. If yo look at one of your posts in the editor you will have the option to view the post as HTML, this will show the links the bit your are interested in is http://your-site.com, this will need to be changed to http://your-site.org. The best way to do this is to use a plug-in called “search-and-replace”, this plugin allows you to search and replace all the references in your database in one go. You will only need to search the posts section of your data base.

    Hope this helps

    Thread Starter padcreative

    (@padcreative)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for your response.

    I should have been more specific. This is a wordpress.com (ie. WordPress-hosted) blog that I’ve exported from and I’m trying to upload the database and images to a wordpress.org (ie. self-installed and self-hosted) blog.

    I cannot get FTP access to a wordpress.com blog – at least not that I know of.

    I’ve already spoken to the wordpress.com support team and they’ve suggested it’s a problem with the importer.

    Would appreciate any ideas on how to resolve this.

    Sparkie025

    (@sparkie025)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Hi again

    I’m not very familiar with wordpress.com, as I have only used WordPress for a local intranet site, and normally write software for other systems. However after a little research it seems that the problem is with WordPress.com despite their insistence that it’s not. You’re not the only person with this problem by a long way, but I assume that with your new WordPress.org site you will be able to use Filezilla or something similar to download your images.

    If this is the case then you just need to get the files back onto your local computer. To help with this try this site
    “http://michaelsync.net/2008/01/28/bulk-image-downloader-for-wordpress-users” this should get the files to your local computer, and maintain the directory structure from the WordPress.com site.

    If you transfer your site without images, it should leave the HTML references to all the images that exist, so anyone viewing your site will see the images from the original site.

    Then you should be able to use my original post to get the images transferred.

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