Title: WordPress importer
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress importer

 *  [JPeroutek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jperoutek/)
 * (@jperoutek)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-2/)
 * I have recently installed WordPress for a company Website, and I am having a 
   big issue with the importer. The old company website was a WP site, but they 
   wanted me to make a new one, with the same posts and stuff. They gave me the 
   exported xml file, and when I try to upload, I get an error that the file size
   is too large. Upon going into the php.ini file, the max post size and max upload
   size are both set at 2M, and my file I need to upload is 65.5M. I tried changing
   the values in the php.ini file, but that did not work. Does anyone have any suggestions
   on how to get the file to upload properly? Or to bypass the upload step and just
   read the file from a local server directory?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-2/#post-3892093)
 * Have a look at [http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2008/11/splitting_wordpress_export_import_file/](http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2008/11/splitting_wordpress_export_import_file/)
 *  Thread Starter [JPeroutek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jperoutek/)
 * (@jperoutek)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-2/#post-3892094)
 * will give that a try, thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [JPeroutek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jperoutek/)
 * (@jperoutek)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-2/#post-3892109)
 * The linked program did not work. It says that my file has too many lines, any
   other suggestions?

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## Tags

 * [export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/export/)
 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)
 * [xml](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xml/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [JPeroutek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jperoutek/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-2/#post-3892109)
 * Status: not resolved

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