[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18602: Media Library imported, but all items Unattached

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#18602: Media Library imported, but all items Unattached
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 Reporter:  awallin            |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Import             |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |
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Comment (by awallin):

 I have now tried this with a local wordpress install. On this install
 importing the entire 7.5Mb XML file does not timeout, and media library
 items do get attached to their correct posts.

 So the issue is that importing a 7.5Mb XML file which has 1.5Gb media
 (about 11000 files in /wp-content/upload/) associated with it seems to
 timeout, or result in "500 Internal Server error" on my main webhost.
 Googling turns up a number of fixes such as this:
 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cp-import-tips-and-tricks-
 avoiding-script-time-out
 or this:
 http://nick-hoffman.blogspot.com/2009/09/importing-large-wordpress-
 blogs.html
 but they require access to the php and/or apache configuration files on
 the host, which I suspect most people will not have.

 Thus it would be nice if wordpress-import/export could be made to work
 correctly on sites where the user does not have access to php/apache
 config-files and any large (>1Mb) XML-file will result in a timeout or 500
 error.

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