Trying to import media from an old domain to my new server with a new domain. After running the importer and selecting “upload attachments” it fails with multiple “Failed to import Media” errors.
Can’t import media wordpress – Failed to import Media “xxxâ
These are the steps I took (which are probably essentially what the importer plugin is trying to do):
1 – Delete the following tables on the new server using PhpMyAdmin: wp_postmeta, wp_posts
2 – Import these tables from the old server
3 – Copy all files from the wp-content/uploads folder from the old to the new server.
Note: It may be possible to import posts using the plugin and skipping the delete and import of the wp_posts table. Need to confirm.
Notes:
If you are running a Bitnami image for your wordpress server, in order to access PhpMyAdmin, you have to use reverse port tunnel your website url to 127.0.0.1:8888. In the command line this is:
$
ssh -N -L 8888:127.0.0.1:80 username@www.newwebsite.comMake sure your hosting have available space and WordPress has the right permissions.