moving from wordpress.org to wordpress.com

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  bkarl2018 · Member · Apr 1, 2015 at 11:43 am

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  Hello, I want to move my selfhosted wp to wordpress.com. The wxr-file I exported has a size of 35 MB. How can I manage to import it anyway?

  Thanks a lot for your help,
  Bernd

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Apr 1, 2015 at 3:56 pm

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  Hi Bernd,

  With a file that large, the importer is most likely going to keep getting stuck and not complete. The best way to make the import smoother is to separate the file into multiple smaller ones (about 1MB each) and import each of them separately.

  Let me know if you’d like help with that separation process. I can have the file separated out and then email you links to download each portion.

  If you prefer to manually separate it yourself, here are the steps:

  1. Export the XML file.
  2. Open the XML file with Notepad or another text editor. Open at least one other instance of Notepad (which will become part 2, etc.)
  3. Copy the XML file headers from the master file. Stop highlighting just before the first tag, and copy this into File Part 2.
  4. Depending on the size of the master, and if you need to break it into 2, 3, 4 pieces, scroll halfway/one-third down the Master file. Find the next tag (do a search) at this point in the Master file. Select and highlight starting from the tag. If dividing the file into two, select until the end of the Master file, copy and paste into File Part 2. Save Part 2 as an .xml file. DELETE the part copied into Part 2 from the Master file. Save Master file.
  5. If dividing into 3 or more parts, for each part highlight approximately 1/3 of the Master file, making sure to BEGIN highlighting with and end with otherwise it will break. You’ll need the xml headers for each Part X file as indicated in Step 3.
  6. After saving the pieces, go to Tools > Import > WordPress and upload each file. The order in which the files are uploaded is not important.

  Let me know. :)

  -Alex G.

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  bkarl2018 · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 1:35 pm

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  Hi Alex, thanks for your answer. I separated the xml file in 7 parts as you proposed and wanted to import them, but then I saw that the import tool is locked. Have you any idea what is wrong?

  Cheers & happy easter
  Bernd

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 2:01 pm

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  Hi Bernd,

  Looks like the importer got stuck from the first attempt. I’ve reset it — please let me know if it gets stuck again. :)

  -Alex G.

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  bkarl2018 · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 5:21 pm

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  Hi Alex, it’s done, thank your for the help. It took some hours to import 32 MB in 7 files, but it was the safe way.

  Cheers,
  Bernd

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 6:36 pm

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  Hi Bernd,

  Yay! I’m glad that worked out. :)

  -Alex G.