Invalid WXR/Missing Number – Trying to move from self-hosted to wordpress.com

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  casket4mytears · Member · Oct 18, 2015 at 11:08 pm

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  Hi there,

  I’ve done some Googling but can’t find anything recent enough that matches my problem and is up to date.

  Currently, I have a self-hosted wordpress blog via InMotion (if that’s relevant). I’m no longer updating it, but want to keep the content online, so my intention is to back up the self hosted blog, import to WordPress.com and redirect my domain.

  I’ve followed the directions on WordPress but when I get to the Import step, I keep getting this error message:

  Sorry, there has been an error.
  This does not appear to be a WXR file, missing/invalid WXR version number

  I’ve tried the export twice from WordPress.org/InMotion, but it’s still giving me this message. Can anyone advise me? I’m doing a full content export (posts/comments etc)

  Thanks in advance!

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  casket4mytears · Member · Oct 24, 2015 at 11:36 pm

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  Boosting – would really appreciate the help as my self-hosted expires very soon.

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 25, 2015 at 3:32 am

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  Hi @casket4mytears, what version of WordPress are you running?

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  casket4mytears · Member · Oct 25, 2015 at 1:39 pm

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  Looks like 4.1.8 – like I said, I don’t update the blog anymore. Should I try updating and exporting again?

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 26, 2015 at 4:55 am

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  Yeah, if I were in your shoes, I’d make a backup, then update WordPress and try exporting again. If that still doesn’t work, let us know and we’ll take a look at your export file.

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  casket4mytears · Member · Oct 29, 2015 at 1:14 am

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  Okay gave it a go and still have the same error. :(

  How do I post the export file?

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 29, 2015 at 6:47 pm

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  I’ll email you so you can attach it. Cheers! :)