WordPress Importer

Description

The WordPress Importer allows you to import various content types from a WordPress export file. You can import posts, pages, and other custom post types, along with comments and their metadata. It also supports importing custom fields, categories, tags, and terms from custom taxonomies.

This plugin can handle authors as well, making it a comprehensive solution for migrating content. Additional filters are available to enable or block specific features, such as user creation and attachment fetching.

For detailed instructions, refer to the documentation on Importing Content.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free WordPress Importer plugin.

WordPress import

content migration

import posts

FAQ

If your exported file is very large, the import script may run into your host’s configured memory limit for PHP.

A message like “Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted” indicates that the script can’t successfully import your XML file under the current PHP memory limit. If you have access to the php.ini file, you can manually increase the limit; if you do not (your WordPress installation is hosted on a shared server, for instance), you might have to break your exported XML file into several smaller pieces and run the import script one at a time.

For those with shared hosting, the best alternative may be to consult hosting support to determine the safest approach for running the import. A host may be willing to temporarily lift the memory limit and/or run the process directly from their end.

— Support Article: Importing Content