Questions tagged [import]
The import tag has no usage guidance.
439
questions
0
votes
1answer
24 views
How to transform a custom made static HTML website to a WordPress website [closed]
I have an assignment from a customer to transform a custom made static HTML website to a WordPress website.
First I thought "That's easy, just make a theme & import it all there & link it ...
0
votes
1answer
107 views
Create a form with custom autocomplete address field and CSV import values
I want to create a contact form with 2 sections.
The first section includes an address field.
I have a repository of 100,000 addresses in CSV format.
I need to import all addresses into the address ...
1
vote
1answer
70 views
Sample -- test -- data for large WordPress install
I'm working on a plugin, Index WP MySQL for Speed. For testing it would be helpful to have a very large WordPress installation containing many thousands of posts, pages, metadata entries, media items, ...
0
votes
0answers
14 views
All-in-one-migration
I just took over a WP site that uses EC2. I am trying to create a new instance using Wordpress By Bitnami to make it easier to handle files for people who don't know AWS. I am trying to test this on ...
0
votes
0answers
12 views
Upgrading to WP 5+ with block content - Export & Import Page Content
I'm upgrading a pre-Wordpress 5.0 site to the latest WP version using blocks. I created a staging site and went through all the pages/posts and converted the content into blocks. Now I need to ...
1
vote
0answers
18 views
How can I get the total number of installed importers?
WordPress lists available importers at Tools > Import. As an administrator I can install importers from this list.
How can I get a count of the installed importers?
get_importers() seems useful but ...
0
votes
0answers
18 views
Export Pages with Block Content
I've been updating a staging site's content and would like to export then import this content into a production site. All of the content is built using custom blocks I've created. What is the best ...
0
votes
1answer
30 views
Bulk Edit Media Library alt, caption, image names
I need to bulk edit images names, alt and captions of about 300+ images. My edit is to remove underscores that were auto generated to replace spaces and use them as alt. A CSV will help a lot but I ...
0
votes
0answers
23 views
Syncing WP Database Changes Between Environments: How To Handle Merging w/o touching database
I have a staging site which is originally a clone of the live site.
On a staging site, I made some changes such as creating new pages, installing new plugins, adding new medias etc.
Meanwhile the live ...
0
votes
0answers
25 views
Wordpress xml import too slow
I'm trying to import posts and media with xml but is really slow, because there are 160000 posts and 160000 media.
Further many posts are duplicated (same title, different categories and obviously ...
0
votes
0answers
21 views
Import WordPress content to my website
I have a website just like WordPress which displays blogs. Now I want to import WordPress content to my blog. Is there any API available or any other way or documentation? Kindly help, I am not sure ...
0
votes
0answers
16 views
Existing posts hidden after WP import
I migrated a collection of posts (with attachments box checked) from one wp installation to another using the native Importer/Exporter.
On import, all the existing posts/pages on the destination site ...
0
votes
0answers
119 views
Importing authenticated JSON feed as posts using WP All Import
I have been trying to adapt this piece of code to import an authenticated JSON feed with WP All Import.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to recognise the JSON. Is there anything wrong my code?
function ...
0
votes
0answers
33 views
Is there a way to export Wordpress comments to a non-wordpress, HTML coded site?
As the title says.
I would like to recreate a Wordpress.org website I have, as a HTML coded site. Would like to export wordpress comments and import them to my new, non-wordpress site. Would be great ...
0
votes
0answers
19 views
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"
After some ...
0
votes
0answers
18 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
43 views
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 &...
0
votes
0answers
21 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
19 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
90 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
44 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
20 views
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 - ...
0
votes
0answers
16 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
13 views
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.
0
votes
0answers
911 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
75 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
16 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
7 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
283 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
264 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
432 views
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 &...
0
votes
1answer
354 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
21 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
177 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
19 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
21 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
15 views
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, ...
1
vote
1answer
132 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
135 views
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 ,...
2
votes
2answers
92 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
84 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
141 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
382 views
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 ...
2
votes
0answers
290 views
'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 ...
1
vote
0answers
36 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
379 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
24 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
89 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
15 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
19 views
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 ...
