Import didn’t work

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  ssmortgage · Member · Jun 26, 2019 at 5:32 pm

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  I exported the file from my self hosted wordpress site and then imported to my new free wordpress site, but the import didn’t work. Not sure where to go from here. TIA

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  supernovia · Staff · Jun 27, 2019 at 4:12 am

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  Hi @ssmortgage, could you let us know what went wrong with the import? Did all of the posts and pages come through?

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  ssmortgage · Member · Jun 27, 2019 at 5:25 pm

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  Sorry for the lack of information. I exported all from the self hosted site in the wordpress menu to the XML file. I imported this to the wordpress.com site I created and received an email that is was successful. The wordpress site however is generic and none of my posts or pages transferred over.

  I appreciate any insight.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 27, 2019 at 6:05 pm

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  That’s rather odd, would you please try the import one more time? It won’t bring in duplicate content, and should catch what it missed.

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  ssmortgage · Member · Jun 28, 2019 at 3:01 pm

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  So it looks like the pages did show up, but the main page is not there which caused some issue. Some of the microsoft webapps are also no longer embedded. Will just take some work.

  Thanks for your assistance folks.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 28, 2019 at 6:01 pm

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  The main page may be imported, just not set as the home page, so double-check that: https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

  As for the Microsoft elements, they may not fall under our allowed embeds: https://en.support.wordpress.com/category/embedding-content/

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  ssmortgage · Member · Jun 28, 2019 at 6:13 pm

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  Thank you very much for your assistance. That was quick fix. Looks like I can also embed what I want too. Just need some time to make the changes.