Title: Import Ninja Forms Last modified: August 11, 2018 --- # Import Ninja Forms * Resolved [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/) * (@lestexas60) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/) * I’m trying to import forms from one site to another. The Export worked fine but on import I’m getting a security error about the file type. I added to the wp- config.php – define(‘ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS’, true); * I also installed a plugin but it doesn’t have the NFF file type and I can’t find the entry specifics for that type. * Any help would be appreciated. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Thread Starter [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/) * (@lestexas60) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/#post-10581543) * My mistake. Cancel. * You can’t drag the file in from your download folder, it has to be selected by the Import menu. * [Gabor Lippert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunule/) * (@lunule) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/#post-10664511) * Hi LesTexas60, * Hopefully you’ll be notified about this ‘update’ – I have the same issue, form export from one site works, but form import on the other site doesn’t. Similarly to the above described issue I get an error message mentioning “not a valid format”. * I don’t understand how you could solve the issue though. I use the Ninja Forms import feature, more specifically the Browse button to choose the exported .nff form file, but on Import button click I always get the same error message, independently of the UTF-8 encoding checkbox state. * Could you please help me out with this – how exactly did you solve the issue? * Thanks, Lunule * [Gabor Lippert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunule/) * (@lunule) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/#post-10664599) * Nevermind – a plugin check revealed the culprit. It’s the WP Cerber security plugin that doesn’t allow the import of .nff files. * Thread Starter [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/) * (@lestexas60) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/#post-10664783) * I kept trying to just drag the file from my local drive into the media area. Thought that would be easy. When I went to “Import” and specified my local drive where the file was downloaded to, everything worked fine. Hope this helps. * [Gabor Lippert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunule/) * (@lunule) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/#post-10665050) * Thanks, LesTexas60 – the problem on my side was caused by a security plugin. WP Cerber doesn’t allow the import of .nff files and considers the format as “ not valid”, suspicious. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ * Anyways – I’m glad both of us could solve the import issues. - This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [Gabor Lippert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunule/). * Thread Starter [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/) * (@lestexas60) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/#post-10665128) * So, Did you turn the security plugin off, import the files and then turn it back on? * [Gabor Lippert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunule/) * (@lunule) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/#post-10666221) * Exactly – there’s no other way to solve the conflict. So the process looks like: - form export from site 1 -WP Cerber deactivate on site 2 -form import on site 2 -WP Cerber reactivate on site 2 * I wrote about the conflict to the NF support but they didn’t seem to be enthousiastic of the idea to fix the conflict by means of some co-working with the other plugin’s dev team – so it’s worth taking a knowledge base note of the issue and the current solution, as most probably it will not be fixed ‘officially’. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Import Ninja Forms’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/ninja-forms/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1649747) * [Ninja Forms - The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ninja-forms/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ninja-forms/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ninja-forms/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ninja-forms/reviews/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Gabor Lippert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lunule/) * Last activity: [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-ninja-forms/#post-10666221) * Status: resolved