Questions tagged [import]
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Convert single and double quotes, dashes, etc. to correct character encoding in WXR import file?
I've exported a WordPress export file for import into a new WordPress site.
However, I get the error "This does not appear to be a WXR file, missing/invalid WXR version number"
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Does using the WordPress Import tool still include attachment data if “Download and import file attachments” is not selected?
I'm in a unique situation where I have to import WordPress content into a production server, but I don't have SSH access to the server files or database. I can't install plugins on the production ...
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Wordpress Importer “Failed to import Media”
I'm trying to rescue a Wordpress site for someone who's host dropped them.
I have a file-level copy of the Wordpress files (for the theme) and the WXR export.
When I try to import the WXR file [Tools &...
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affixing a parent category when importing xml into woocommerce
I configure import according to this manual.Categories are imported without hierarchy, all at the same level. What needs to be corrected in the code so that the hierarchy is taken into account when ...
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Importing a Google Group to bbPress
I'm trying to migrate a google group to a bbPress forum on a wordpress site. I ran into this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-export-for-bbpress/ but it doesn't have a UI. This might be a ...
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How to import Countries->States/provinces->Cities as a custom hierarchal taxonomy
I'm building a website where people can upload custom posts on the front end and add countries/cities as a custom taxonomy (location categories) that are easily searchable.
I've been able to add all ...
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Import large database in php my admin
I have Wordpress website. I am importing large database into "Php my admin" but showing an error.
You probably tried to upload a file that is too large. Please refer to documentation for a ...
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Export / import
I have a GeneratePress theme website on a multisite wordpress and I am having a problem with duplicating the site.
Everything is imported correctly, but one field is always missing after import - ...
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WXR file - Media import failed - how to force import?
Say I have one Wordpress A that I want to move to Wordpress B (different IP addresses, different servers, different subnets). Server A is behind a private IP address.
When selecting export function on ...
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How to make demo import function using xml in WordPress theme development
I just want to develop a WordPress website with demo content import! I hope I'll get a solution from here thank you so much in advanced.
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Uncaught TypeError: r is not a function
I built a plugin that registers a Gutenberg block that prints a simple Mailchimp form. The plugin works with no issues. But, if I activate Jetpack and try to edit any page or post, I get a blank ...
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Request failed due to an error: (http_request_fail
I uploaded the XML file to get back up information such as posts, pages, and media files. either media files, everything came.
but for the media files, WordPress gives an error.as a note, the media ...
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The content doesn't get imported on custom importer / plugin activation script
I'm working on a starter sites plugin. It's based on One Click Demo Import script and native WordPress plugin-install.php and wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php. When you select a demo, it shows ...
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Updating staging site posts before live push
I wanted to know if anyone had a work around to update a staging to mirror all the posts on a live site, Our website has over 7000 posts (news blog) with lots of media files. I have already attempted ...
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Using wp-cli to run WP All Import
So my client has multiple imports running over cron using WP All Import and for one import you need to trigger it and then process.
Now as it should be much faster over WP-CLI I set it up, I can see ...
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best way to upload a large file to wordpress using wp all import
i am trying to import a csv file that has 50,000 entries to woo commerce. i am using wp all import plugin. now i know there are certain criteria that can be met to speed up the process however having ...
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WP All Import - Using Xpath to set a select value
I'm working on setting up an import using WP All Import, the idea is to update/add/remove posts within a custom post type which contain ACF fields.
The CSV we are importing contains a column called &...
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Featured image error after importing blog posts
I exported blog posts to an xml file from a WordPress website and then imported them to another. I moved over all the images in their correct folders via FTP and then used a plugin to register them in ...
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WooCommerce product taxonomies and menu export
I need to move my data to the new site. I want to export my category menu and product categories and child categories and import them into new WordPress website. I have tried all available plugins I ...
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How much of my site can I recover from public_html?
While exporting our site in order to migrate it to another hosting, I failed to import the database. This is necessary since all the posts and pages are kept only in the database, and I'm afraid the ...
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How do I migrate blog post images from one domain to a new one?
The conflicting articles I am finding on the web are leaving me more confused... :)
For backstory, I work for a company that has been acquired by another. I am now tasked with moving all the blog post ...
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Reuse a custom WordPress menu on another WordPress website
My WordPress website consists of two separate WordPress installs (one lives in a subdirectory). From a visitor's perspective it feels like one single website. To achieve this I had to manually ...
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WordPress does not import all pages and post
I moved my site from WordPress.com to WordPress.org using its own tools (export/import/.xml file) I followed the import feature provided, but at the end WordPress.org does not imported all the pages, ...
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How to Import Media with a name more than 100 character?
I want to Import media from another site that I've exported.
When I import media, WordPress automatically changes media names with more than 100 characters and deletes first words of the name and ...
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INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE failes in postmeta table
INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE Mysql query is not working with Postmeta table. It adds new/duplicate rows to the table. I couldn't find a way to solve this. I need to use this as part of a bulk import ...
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I am trying to match the wpallimport using the Xpath Filter
While Matching the Xpath Filter to set not to import properties having the city
Gandia , this works but some properties are having Gandía , Jávea. So it is not matching.
Issue seems to be with this í ,...
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Importing New Posts from Live Site into Local Dev Site
I'm currently developing an updated version of a live site in a local environment. It's a very large site and the local dev site is using a entirely new theme without many of the live site's plugins ...
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Export/import wordpress posts with comments
I would like to export/import posts with their comments, but after import comments are not assigned to a specific post, but some random. The reason is that the posts have different id. How can I ...
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Iterating through $wpdb query without using get_results for large query results
Traditionally, whenever I've needed a real mysqli_fetch for things like importing thousands of rows of data, I've used my own database connection and framework. But I was thinking there must be a way ...
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Embedding another query database
I am asked to design a travel agency website. They want to import another website’s tours database into the site and sell them. They also want this to be tracked in order to know what is sold. Any ...
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CSV syntax for WP All Import upload without ACF
I need to import listings into the Listeo theme of Wordpress using WP All Import plugin. All works fine, however, I am unable to import values for custom fields which have a type of Checkbox.
I've ...
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Merge Multisites with Shared Network Media Library
So have a multisite setup which no longer needs to be a multisite but I'm left with a bit of a mess since I used Network Media Library plugin to host images for all sites on the network. I'll try to ...
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'Invalid post type' error when importing from one site to another
Our existing corporate site was developed by a 3rd party vendor. I am in the process of creating a new version of our site, in a new WP instance. I need to export the 'News' articles, from the current ...
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Programmatically save one/any post
I am using WP All import in order to import listings in a website. Everything works well except displaying all listings in a map. If i edit any listing, and then click Update (without making any ...
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Error importing website: “There has been a critical error on your website.”
I'm trying to upload my website to a new hosting server.
I've already contacted them about this issue.
When I try to run the wordpress importer plugin it shows me an error.
I thought it was because ...
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Bulk import images on past posts
Have 300 old posts that are published without images.
I would like to add at least 1 image to each post (feature image).
Was thinking of importing all images to media library first, then to somehow ...
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adding page menu items after demo import
I am trying to build a importer which once import everything including pages will assign the some pages to the menus I have added during import. I have so far maanged to import pages, post , images ...
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Wordpress importer tool generated new image folder and image name
In previous month, I migrated blog post to new web by using importer tool by:
(1) export the post
(2) upload the relavant image folders in the Upload to new site
(3) use import tool to import the xml ...
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ACF Values Don't Show After Import Unless I Edit/Update Post
I am importing CPT's using WP All Import which include ACF field values. When I import, the values don't show on the front end unless I open/edit/publish. I have tried several options including bulk ...
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Migrate image from my old blog
I'm migrating my old blog to Wordpress. I imported all old posts. I copied all images from the old website under uploads and the posts display everything correctly.
The problem is when I try to ...
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Is it possible to import several xml from different sites to another?
I already have one site running on wordpress, but there are other two I want to combine into this one without losing any content. Is the default import tool helpful in this scenario? I don't want to ...
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Allow custom REST route to return before doing long operation
I have a custom REST route that imports a CSV file. Everything works so far, but I get a timeout error because it's a really big CSV and it takes a long time. I want to make my REST route start the ...
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After importing items are not displaying
I found an issue after importing the items. New items cant't be displayed on the list in frontend but they are added to the admin dashboard. Manually updated I can see them on the list.
CMS: ...
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Does Wordpress Importer notify imported Users?
I have exported an XML/WXR from one site with many posts and many users, using the Export tool.
I want to migrate that to another site.
I have begun using the Import tool. Because none of the users ...
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I made a website using WordPress, but the server is ColdFusion, how can I make it work?
I made a website using Wordpress, and when it came time to turn it live, I was told the site server uses Coldfusion. I don't know anything about it but they claim it wouldn't work. Is there anything I ...
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imported post image as normal image instead encoded image
i wonder if i can imported post image as normal image url instead encoded image, when i export-import posts (contains image) from one to other wordpress using wordpress importer, every post image ...
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How to add more names in Baby Name Page?
I have created Page of Baby Name and added some names of baby with customs fields of Name Meaning and Religion.
Please help me How can I add more names through importing from CSV or excel file ?
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How to import posts correctly?
There are 2 tasks, there is a site X on which there are 1,500 posts, each entry has a title, a thumbnail and 3 metadata.
You need to export these entries to other sites. Those. first you need to write ...
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WP ALL Import plugin - import data from certain ids
I want to import xml file including items with p tags with ids. But the order od p tags in different items are different, so the imported values are not corresponding values from ids. For example ...
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Merging two databases without borking it
Does anyone have a solution to the following issue:
I have a staging and production server. We've done work on staging but things have been changed on production so we can't just move the DB from ST->...
