"Technical difficulties" error trying to import RSS to new site

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  sararentas · Member · Jun 6, 2019 at 5:30 am

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  I’m following instructions to transfer an old Wix blog to a new site on WordPress. I got to import RSS and it keeps saying “The site is experiencing technical difficulties. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.” I have no emails and I’m not sure how to fix this.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jun 6, 2019 at 7:03 am

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  Hi there, are you trying to import to a new site hosted here on WordPressdotcom? If so, try this guide: https://transferto.wordpress.com/wix/

  Let us know how that goes.

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  sararentas · Member · Jun 6, 2019 at 4:35 pm

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  Yes, l ready did that, I saved the RSS from my wix site following these instructions https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-switch-from-wix-to-wordpress-step-by-step/
  Everything seems fine until I click import and I get the error message.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jun 6, 2019 at 5:54 pm

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  If you are setting up a new site here on WordPressdotcom, please follow the instructions in the support guide I linked to. Instructions from other sites, like wpbeginner, are not relevant for our platform.

  If you are setting up a new site using the open source WordPress software on 3rd party hosting (like bluehost, dreamhost, etc.), then you’ll want to head over to the support forums for WordPress at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/ for assistance from users who are using your software.

  Just to clarify, this support forum assists users of the WordPressdotcom platform. WordPressdotcom (where we are ) and WordPress are separate entities with different documentation and support forums. More information about the differences can be found here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/