Title: WordPress Data Restoring
Last modified: July 23, 2023

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# WordPress Data Restoring

 *  [naijamomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naijamomo/)
 * (@naijamomo)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-data-restoring/)
 * Hi, I was trying to import my backup WordPress Data, everything was successful
   but I’m unable to restore the images, I get a notification says ‘**failed to 
   import images**‘ what causes the problem
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwordpress-data-restoring%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-data-restoring/#post-16915484)
 * How exactly did you build the backup you attempted to restore?
 *  Thread Starter [naijamomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naijamomo/)
 * (@naijamomo)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-data-restoring/#post-16930087)
 * i export it directly under tools
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-data-restoring/#post-16930680)
 * That’s only for moving your content from one site to another, it’s not a complete
   backup.
 * It only contains post, page, and comment text. That’s why the file is so small.
   Within the posts and pages, it references the URLs of any attached images from
   the original site, and if that site is still online, the importing site downloads
   them from the original site.
 * If the original is no longer online, or the images are otherwise gone, then unless
   you have a complete backup, they’re gone for good.
 * If the original site is still online, you can make a proper backup with these
   options: [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/wordpress-backups/](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/wordpress-backups/)

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

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-data-restoring/#post-16930680)
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