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user1400854
user1400854

Reputation: 297

WordPress importer plugin

I am trying to import an .xml backup from an old WordPress to another WordPress installation. I have used the WordPress Imported plugin to import my back up .xml file. It presents me with the screen that allows me to match the authors etc and then after I click import, it says there is a system error. File does not exist.

I had some issues with the blog lately so I thought better to re install the version all together to the 3.5.1. During this process I also updated the WordPress Importer 0.6.1 version as well.

Trying to import my back up .xml again but now I get just an empty page, nothing is happening.

I can confirm that I have edited the maximum file size and memory size so thats not an issue.

Any help, please!!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3260

Answers (2)

Cyrois
Cyrois

Reputation: 479

I was getting the issue on my 4.7.2 on ec2 and rds.

How I found the problem

I added this to my wp-config.php file:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
/**
 * Just a convenient check so you can leave the next few lines unchanged
 * for next time you need debugging, and just switch true/false above.
 */
if (WP_DEBUG) {
    //Handle all errors regardless of error level
    ini_set('error_reporting', -1);
    //Display errors directly in the browser
    ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
}

The settings above enabled debug mode for me to find the error that the OP got.

What I did to fix the problem

Then I looked at another WordPress issue tracker and found that I needed to run:

sudo yum install php-xml

This command installs the php xml library so that WordPress can actually read the xml file.

Upvotes: 1

Andrew Bartel
Andrew Bartel

Reputation: 579

@Rikesh's method in your comments should work, but if you're still having trouble using the WordPress importer, I've had a lot of luck with the WP Migrate DB plugin for the database used in tandem with just FTPing the files over to the new server.

Upvotes: 0

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