Title: Import WordPress posts/comments using FTP?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Import WordPress posts/comments using FTP?

 *  [nikkikrish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikkikrish/)
 * (@nikkikrish)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-wordpress-postscomments-using-ftp/)
 * I know WordPress has the option to import posts and comments which have been 
   exported from another WordPress blog. However, I have problems setting up the
   necessary write permissions for the uploads directory and rather than leaving
   my blog open to hackers, I would prefer to import my blog by FTP – is this possible?

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 *  [SimonJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simonj/)
 * (@simonj)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-wordpress-postscomments-using-ftp/#post-700747)
 * Hola nikkikrish
 * The short answer is no. With the WP import function, you must leave the importer
   uploads the xml file for you… There is no way to upload it by yourself via FTP…
   The import function only gives you the possibility to browse and choose a file
   on your computer.
 * What problem do you have with the directory permission ?
 * Any decent ftp client will give you the possibility to chmod the “uploads” directory
   in wp-content/ with the right permission.
 * Then, after, if you feel insecure about this permission, just set it back the
   way you want…
 * But, if you use the file uploads function of WP, you will still need to leave
   it at 755 or 777…
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 * S.
 *  [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/)
 * (@hairypotter)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-wordpress-postscomments-using-ftp/#post-700919)
 * The main problem with that wordpress import routine is that it simply do not 
   works unless you have 3 or 4 posts. Try it with 10,000 posts. Try it with 900,000
   posts, as I am trying for a week.

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 * [Comments](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comments/)
 * [ftp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ftp/)
 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)
 * [posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/posts/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)
 * [write permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/write-permissions/)

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-wordpress-postscomments-using-ftp/#post-700919)
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