Title: WordPress Import HTTP Error (500) API request.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Import HTTP Error (500) API request.

 *  [manuakasam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuakasam/)
 * (@manuakasam)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-import-http-error-500-api-request/)
 * Hello everyone,
 * I’m trying to get posts from an older version of wordpress into my new wordpress
   3 site. Though i appear to be unable to solve this…
 * I’m doing the following:
    Tools -> Import -> clicking on ‘WordPress’
 * Following error occurs:
    An Unexpected HTTP Error occurred during the API request.
 * Going by close to all forum posts I’ve found are related to server timeouts. 
   I’ve checked this, too:
    I set every TIMEOUT in class-http.php up to 30 but it
   doesn’t even last that long to get this error. So it has to be something else…
 * Does wordpress do any external URL calls during that process?
    I’m asking this
   because i don’t really know if the importer is installed at all (should be by
   default in my opinion btw) “Install the WordPress importer to import posts, pages,
   comments, custom fields, categories, and tags from a WordPress export file.”
 * But i don’t see any external URL calls on firebug, nor do i see appropriate errors
   in my apaches error_log. I’m really running out of ideas here, maybe someone 
   of you experienced something similar, too.
 * I’m happy to hear your thoughts.
 * Thanks in adwance

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 *  [dbp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimus203/)
 * (@optimus203)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-import-http-error-500-api-request/#post-1750150)
 * I’m having this same issue. Running MAMP locally on my system. Any ideas?
 *  [dbp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimus203/)
 * (@optimus203)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-import-http-error-500-api-request/#post-1750151)
 * To expand on my error, there doesn’t seem to be a timeout issue. It appears there
   is no elapsed time for trying to connect to API (error message appears instantly
   when trying to process Tools > Import > WordPress.
 * My MAMP is setup to host files in a location different from program location (
   ie – path for WordPress files are located at user/mamp/wp instead of applications/
   mamp/htdocs). That shouldn’t make a difference right? The MAMP app is pointing
   to the first path and I’m able to access WordPress admin panel, so I’m assuming
   that’s not an issue.
 * Please help. This issue has been driving me crazy for a few days now.
 *  [dbp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimus203/)
 * (@optimus203)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-import-http-error-500-api-request/#post-1750153)
 * So i figured out the problem, if anyone is having this issue. The WordPress importer
   is not installed in the default installation of WordPress. You have to add the
   plugin to your installation. [Here are instructions](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-importer/)
   on how to get this working.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [dbp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimus203/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-import-http-error-500-api-request/#post-1750153)
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