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I am trying to export data but it is not working. I go to Tools -> Export -> All Content and click on DownloadExport File but the page just goes blank. Can you advise please
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there!
Sorry about that. I can send you an export link. Can you confirm the site you need an export of?
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I tried importing the file using – WordPress Importer – to a new install of WordPress 4 on my server, but there were problem, not all the data imported, I copied the file to the server and am now using WP All Import Pro to try and import the data but it does not seem to work.
Can youi check the file please
Many thanks
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I have been advised by WP All Import Pro to ” If you are trying to restore a WordPress backup in XML format, you would need to use the WordPress importer function that si developed by the WordPress team. You should find it under the Tools > Import menu.”
But I see
“Upload your WordPress eXtended RSS (WXR) file and we’ll import the posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, and tags into this site.”
And I only have xml files in a zip file
Can you advise please
Also the files are very large and I am working from a dongle, is there anyway to to do this via ssh? I have ssh access to the new site
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Hi there!
I’m sorry, I can’t really help you with issues associated with your self-hosted site. You should be able to follow these directions to import this file. (A WXR file is a WordPress eXtended RSS file and is an .xml file):
http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content#WordPress
I understand you’re running into some errors with that. You can find support for your self-hosted WordPress site here:
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I am not having problems with the site I am having problems with the data that you have provided
I have tried importing the file you sent me and have had errors, I do not see this as a “self hosted site” problem on a fresh install of the latest version of WordPress but to do with the data file that you sent me.
Happiness is a bit one sided at the moment
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Hello,
I’m sorry, I misunderstood the issue you’re having. Can you tell me the exact error message your getting? Or is it that there’s content missing from the import?
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The blog I am attempting to move consists of
1,488 Posts
4 Pages
308,388 CommentsAnd the file sizes are
01 – 157.6 MB
02 – 269.5 MB
03 – 58.2 MB
so it is a question of resourcesI have managed to import
342 Posts
4 Pages
57,638 CommentsBut it is taking an eternity and I am doing it on a local server, rather than a remore one that the new site will be on.
After setting the site to display errors I found it reporting – Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 262142 bytes) in /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/readymade-wordpress-importer-061/parsers.php on line 443
Following some research, I found a post with that problem and despite being able to configure the server to allow as much resources to the site as I wanted I found the restriction was with WordPress itself, I edited the file wp-includes/default-constants.php
// set memory limits
if ( !defined(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’) ) {
if( is_multisite() ) {
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘940M’);
} else {
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘940M’);
}
}
if ( ! defined( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’ ) ) {
define( ‘WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘940M’ );
}Probably a little extreme but it is working slowly…
The original was 64M / 64M / 256M
I would have thought there would be a simple way of doing this but not found it yet.
To move it to the new remote server I will probably just do a mysql export, which will take no time at all.
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I’m glad you figured out what was causing this! The folks over in the WordPress.org forums may be able to help further with this.
For example, here’s a thread I found about this error:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/allowed-memory-size-exhausted-3
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Your link relates to a problem that is 4 years old and there is far more info in my above reply than that you are offering me via an outdated link, and if I am working on a local server that I own on a private network I have already increased all available resouces to that server, or did you miss that point?
The problem still exists and I am still struggling to import the data file you sent me.
The joke is that I am also gettingan error message saying your import plugin is not compatible with your latest version of WordPress.
I have reinstalled with a 3.9 version but still having problems.
Is there anybody else other than you that is able to help in a way that is of help?
I guess the end result is that we have to PAY you to do the data transfer, is that how you make your money? By making it as hard as possible for people to move away from your service?
Customer service, do you really understand the meaning of the words?
Moving data should be easy, why do you make it so hard?
As I said before Happiness is very one sided and I guess once you take $129 from us it will make you even happier….
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Hi there,
I understand this is frustrating. However, the error is related to your import plugin, which means that it is not an error with the data file and you’ll need to look for a solution over in the WordPress.org forums.
I would suggest installing WordPress 4.0, which is the latest version. If that doesn’t work, you can check in with the users over in the WordPress.org forums:
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