Title: Error when trying to import from wordpress.com
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error when trying to import from wordpress.com

 *  Resolved [VeryNewToWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verynewtowp/)
 * (@verynewtowp)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-trying-to-import-from-wordpresscom/)
 * Hello. 🙂 First, my username might be somewhat deceptive, as I’m not so much 
   new to wordpress, as I have a wordpress.com blog, but I’m new to wordpress.org.
 * I’d like to import my wordpress.com blog to my wordpress.org blog. So I exported
   my wp.com blog to an xml file.
 * When I tried to import it to my wp.org blog, I got the following message:
 * > Sorry, there has been an error.
   > The uploaded file could not be moved to /home/a9554068/public_html/wordpress/
   > wp-content/uploads.
 * I tried just uploading the file directly into said directory via my web host’s
   file manager, but that doesn’t seem to be importing, even though the file is 
   now listed in the directory.
 * Any ideas?

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 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-trying-to-import-from-wordpresscom/#post-1501992)
 * Hi,
 * Assign 755 recursive permissions to wp-content directory with the help of your
   web developer which will resolve the case.
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  Thread Starter [VeryNewToWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verynewtowp/)
 * (@verynewtowp)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-trying-to-import-from-wordpresscom/#post-1502184)
 * Thanks. 🙂
 * It actually was 755, but I got it to work at 777.

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 * [wordpress.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-com/)

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 * Last reply from: [VeryNewToWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verynewtowp/)
 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-trying-to-import-from-wordpresscom/#post-1502184)
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