I cannot get my Blogger export to work on my new WP site

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  emergingrunner · Member · Sep 19, 2019 at 8:17 pm

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  I have a Blogger site with approx 2,200 posts. I used the only export option in Blogger (Back up content) which created a 17.4 MB XML file. I uploaded to WP using the import tool. Upload was successful but the screen display said: Original SIte/The Emerging Runner -> Choose an author…

  Below it says Cancel or Export. Export is grayed out nothing else on the screen responds when I click on it. The XML file is my library but the posts do not show up under posts.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 20, 2019 at 6:28 pm

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  I have reset your importer, would you please try again?

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  emergingrunner · Member · Sep 20, 2019 at 7:04 pm

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  Thank you! Not knowing you had done that, I installed the desktop version and was able to properly import it. I’m thrilled to have all the posts and will transfer my domain to WordPress.

  I noticed in Media that all the imported images are duplicated in my library. I there a way to de-dupe that?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 20, 2019 at 7:12 pm

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  No, not directly, they would need to be individually deleted.

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  emergingrunner · Member · Sep 20, 2019 at 7:27 pm

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  Okay, I understand. Thanks again.

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  bernuydecoca · Member · Sep 21, 2019 at 10:21 pm

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  I have to import a 182 MB xml from blogger.
  I have teh archive:

  blog-02-06-2019.xml

  but it results in an error. Always, with any security copy.

  Why?

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Sep 22, 2019 at 10:51 am

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  bernuydecoca – What’s the exact text of the error message?