Cannot get Correct Export File from my blog

rasisrs · Member · Feb 14, 2017 at 6:00 am
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staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 14, 2017 at 5:46 pm
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Hi –

Are these the instructions you’re following? https://en.support.wordpress.com/export/#export-your-content-to-another-blog-or-platform
tanvictor24 · Member · Feb 14, 2017 at 9:34 pm
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Hi,

I’m having something of a similar problem. After I unzip the folder provided to me via a link to my email, the XML files in it doesn’t give me all of my content when I import to my .org site.

Please let me know how I should proceed. My site is newdayreview.com. Thanks for your help!
staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 15, 2017 at 4:32 pm
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tanvictor24 – Can you let me know which content is missing from the file?
tanvictor24 · Member · Feb 15, 2017 at 5:09 pm
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Hi lizkarkoski,

Hope you’re doing well.

So I’ve imported to my WordPress.org dashboard about 179 of my posts. In total from my WordPress.com dashboard, I have 414 posts. From the looks of it, not all of the media (photos primarily) transferred either.

So, I’m still missing a significant amount of content. Oddly enough, 174 of 179 posts are authored by me. But even then, not all of my posts that I specifically have authored are there. I have approximately 286 total authored posts on the WordPress.com site.

Thanks for your help!
staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 16, 2017 at 3:11 pm
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Good Morning –

I just finished up testing your imports. There were 2 files that needed to be imported. Did you try importing both files?

My results were 415 posts that imported and 1.8GB of media images also imported. It looks like it is all there.

My first idea is to check and make sure both files were imported, and if so, then try the export + import process one more time.

Let me know how that works out.
tanvictor24 · Member · Feb 16, 2017 at 3:15 pm
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Hi lizkarkoski,

What I ended up doing was just kept importing those two files, mainly the bigger one, over and over again until all 415 of my posts were on WordPress.org. I’d say it took me about 15-20 times to complete the whole process.

Thanks for your help, lizkarkoski!
staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 16, 2017 at 3:34 pm
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I’m glad to hear that you have it sorted out now. Best of luck :)
everywherebucketlist · Member · Feb 17, 2017 at 3:01 pm
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Hi – when I try to export my site files – I receive on on page notification that I will receive a download link in my email inbox. It has never come. I have tried numerous times over the last 3 weeks and never a link.

What do I do?!
staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 17, 2017 at 4:45 pm
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everywherebucketlist –

The email will be delivered to the email address listed at wordpress.com/me/account/ Is that the address you’re checking? Also check your spam and other folders.
everywherebucketlist · Member · Feb 17, 2017 at 4:53 pm
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Hi there – I found the email in my spam! Thanks.

New issue: Of my 73 posts and 31 drafts, I have only 28 posts and 18 drafts that have imported. I’ve run the imports for the exported files twice each with the same result.

Help!!
staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 17, 2017 at 4:57 pm
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Can you create a new export file and start over with a fresh file? Then retry the import.
everywherebucketlist · Member · Feb 18, 2017 at 3:54 pm
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I have exported a few times now and imported – to no avail. I can’t get any more than 36 posts uploaded or my 73 posts.

What can I do now, besides manually migrate them one-by one?

Thanks for your help!
staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 19, 2017 at 3:30 pm
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Hi there –

I ran an export of the site to test and there are 2 xml files that are being created. Have you tried importing both of those?

I’ve emailed the file link to the email address on your account too.

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