Importing a big fWordPress.org xml file

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  dileeshus · Member · Mar 26, 2026 at 9:50 pm

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  I want to migrate my WordPress self-hosted site back to WordPress.com. I have an xml file and it got “stuck” when I used the Importer because it is rather large. I started the import again with smaller xml files because I thought I could upload those separately. Nope. This doesn’t work because WordPress thinks that the import is done and won’t run more files through the importer. I get the “Hooray! Choose your design” message. Help!

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  justjennifer · Member · Mar 27, 2026 at 10:17 am

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  Hi there, I’ve flagged your thread for staff assistance in resetting the importer.

  Can you say how large the XML file is?

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  dileeshus · Member · Mar 27, 2026 at 10:37 am

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  Thank you. It’s just over 8MB.

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  lindajoyshaw · Member · Mar 27, 2026 at 2:50 pm

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  it’s a small file

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  dileeshus · Member · Mar 27, 2026 at 9:25 pm

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  Yes, you’re right. I thought it was big because it got stuck during the import… I didn’t check the properties of the file (as in file size) until I saw the 15MB limit.