Title: WordPress Importer PHP deprecated
Last modified: December 14, 2021

---

# WordPress Importer PHP deprecated

 *  Resolved [ArtGoddess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artgoddess/)
 * (@artgoddess)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-php-deprecated/)
 * Hello,
 * When running importer, I can read this PHP warning:
 *     ```
       Deprecated: Function libxml_disable_entity_loader() is deprecated in /home/user/domain.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-importer/parsers/class-wxr-parser-simplexml.php on line 21
   
       Deprecated: Function libxml_disable_entity_loader() is deprecated in /home/user/domain.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-importer/parsers/class-wxr-parser-simplexml.php on line 25
       ```
   
 * PHP 8 with Apache server
    WordPress 5.8.2
 * Many thanks.

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-php-deprecated/#post-15164132)
 * It means that the PHP funtion that the importer uses (libxml_disable_entity_loader)
   is deprecated (still around, but highly discouraged as it will be removed soon)
   on PHP 8, which your server is running.
 * The only way to “fix” this is to reprot it to the plugins author and wait for
   them to update the code to remove that function.
 *  Thread Starter [ArtGoddess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artgoddess/)
 * (@artgoddess)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-php-deprecated/#post-15164800)
 * Thank you [@catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/) for
   your help.
 * I thought it was a core tool. I have just reported it here:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-php-deprecated-2/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-php-deprecated-2/)
 * Many thanks!

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

The topic ‘WordPress Importer PHP deprecated’ is closed to new replies.

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [ArtGoddess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artgoddess/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-importer-php-deprecated/#post-15164800)
 * Status: resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics