Title: WordPress Importer
Author: WordPress.org
Published: <strong>20 de Maio, 2010</strong>
Last modified: 5 de Novembro, 2025

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# WordPress Importer

 Por [WordPress.org](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpressdotorg/)

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 * [Detalles](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/#description)
 * [Valoracións](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/#reviews)
 *  [Instalación](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/#installation)
 * [Desenvolvemento](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/#developers)

 [Soporte](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-importer/)

## Descrición

The WordPress Importer will import the following content from a WordPress export
file:

 * Posts, pages and other custom post types
 * Comments and comment meta
 * Custom fields and post meta
 * Categories, tags and terms from custom taxonomies and term meta
 * Authors

For further information and instructions please see the [documention on Importing Content](https://wordpress.org/support/article/importing-content/#wordpress).

### Filters

The importer has a couple of filters to allow you to completely enable/block certain
features:

 * `import_allow_create_users`: return false if you only want to allow mapping to
   existing users
 * `import_allow_fetch_attachments`: return false if you do not wish to allow importing
   and downloading of attachments
 * `import_attachment_size_limit`: return an integer value for the maximum file 
   size in bytes to save (default is 0, which is unlimited)

There are also a few actions available to hook into:

 * `import_start`: occurs after the export file has been uploaded and author import
   settings have been chosen
 * `import_end`: called after the last output from the importer

## Instalación

The quickest method for installing the importer is:

 1. Visit Tools -> Import in the WordPress dashboard
 2. Click on the WordPress link in the list of importers
 3. Click “Install Now”
 4. Finally click “Activate Plugin & Run Importer”

If you would prefer to do things manually then follow these instructions:

 1. Upload the `wordpress-importer` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to the Tools -> Import screen, click on WordPress

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Help! I’m getting out of memory errors or a blank screen.

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](https://wordpress.org/support/article/importing-content/#before-importing)

## Comentarios

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### 󠀁[Good but Basic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-but-basic-2/)󠁿

 [kortney2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kortney2/) 7 de Abril, 2026

Works fine for simple imports, 👍 helped me move content quickly. Setup was easy,
no confusion, but lacks some advanced options tbh. still useful for basic needs.
tnkz!

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### 󠀁[Simple Import Tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-import-tool-2/)󠁿

 [sidney77](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sidney77/) 6 de Abril, 2026

Super easy to use. Imported my content without any hassle. Took just a few mins.
Works perfectly for basic needs tnkz 👍

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### 󠀁[Works but Basic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-but-basic-2/)󠁿

 [iyana303](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iyana303/) 3 de Abril, 2026

WordPress Importer did the main job and helped me move content fast. But the process
felt a bit plain, and I had to check a few things myself after import. So 3 stars
from me.

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### 󠀁[Simple Import Tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-import-tool/)󠁿

 [tariqarsenault](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tariqarsenault/) 25 de Marzo, 2026

Used this to import old site content, and it worked fine. The process was simple
n didn’t take much time. No issues so far, does exactly what it should. Pretty useful,
tnkz 👍

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### 󠀁[Smooth Import Tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smooth-import-tool-2/)󠁿

 [averypulido](https://profiles.wordpress.org/averypulido/) 5 de Marzo, 2026

Used WordPress Importer to move some posts from another site. The process was simple
and worked fine. Took a bit of time on bigger files, but overall, it did the job
well. Tnkz devs.

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### 󠀁[Smooth Import Tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smooth-import-tool/)󠁿

 [thomas452](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thomas452/) 17 de Febreiro, 2026

Used WordPress Importer to move demo content. Worked fine most of the time. Setup
was easy & import was smooth. Had small issue with big files but retry fixed it.
Helpful tool overall. tnkz 👍

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## Colaboradores e desenvolvedores

“WordPress Importer” é un software de código aberto. As seguintes persoas colaboraron
con este plugin.

Colaboradores

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## Rexistro de cambios

#### 0.9.5

 * Rewrite CSS URLs in block markup (e.g., cover blocks with background images).
 * Code refactoring: Extract import processing logic into separate methods to prepare
   for future streaming support.
 * Update Playwright and @playwright/test dependencies from 1.55.0 to 1.56.1.
 * Clean up vendor-patched dependencies by removing dotfiles and GitHub workflow
   files.

#### 0.9.4

 * Fix a bug that caused self-closing blocks to be incorrectly serialized during
   URL rewriting.

#### 0.9.3

 * Rewrite attachment URLs to the new URL structure

#### 0.9.2

 * Rewrite site URLs in block attributes.

#### 0.9.1

 * Add support for rewriting site URLs in post content and excerpts.

#### 0.9.0

 * Introduce a new XML parser class `WXR_Parser_XML_Processor` that replaces the
   
   deprecated `WXR_Parser_Regex` class.

#### 0.8.4

 * Fix a bug on deserialization of untrusted input.
 * Update compatibility tested-up-to to WordPress 6.7.2.

#### 0.8.3

 * Update compatibility tested-up-to to WordPress 6.7.
 * Update call to `post_exists` to include `post_type` in the query
 * PHP 8.4 compatibility fixes.

#### 0.8.2

 * Update compatibility tested-up-to to WordPress 6.4.2.
 * Update doc URL references.
 * Adjust workflow triggers.

#### 0.8.1

 * Update compatibility tested-up-to to WordPress 6.2.
 * Update paths to build status badges.

#### 0.8

 * Update minimum WordPress requirement to 5.2.
 * Update minimum PHP requirement to 5.6.
 * Update compatibility tested-up-to to WordPress 6.1.
 * PHP 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 compatibility fixes.
 * Fix a bug causing blank lines in content to be ignored when using the Regex Parser.
 * Fix a bug resulting in a PHP fatal error when IMPORT_DEBUG is enabled and a category
   creation error occurs.
 * Improved Unit testing & automated testing.

#### 0.7

 * Update minimum WordPress requirement to 3.7 and ensure compatibility with PHP
   7.4.
 * Fix bug that caused not importing term meta.
 * Fix bug that caused slashes to be stripped from imported meta data.
 * Fix bug that prevented import of serialized meta data.
 * Fix file size check after download of remote files with HTTP compression enabled.
 * Improve accessibility of form fields by adding missing labels.
 * Improve imports for remote file URLs without name and/or extension.
 * Add support for `wp:base_blog_url` field to allow importing multiple files with
   WP-CLI.
 * Add support for term meta parsing when using the regular expressions or XML parser.
 * Developers: All PHP classes have been moved into their own files.
 * Developers: Allow to change `IMPORT_DEBUG` via `wp-config.php` and change default
   value to the value of `WP_DEBUG`.

#### 0.6.4

 * Improve PHP7 compatibility.
 * Fix bug that caused slashes to be stripped from imported comments.
 * Fix for various deprecation notices including `wp_get_http()` and `screen_icon()`.
 * Fix for importing export files with multiline term meta data.

#### 0.6.3

 * Add support for import term metadata.
 * Fix bug that caused slashes to be stripped from imported content.
 * Fix bug that caused characters to be stripped inside of CDATA in some cases.
 * Fix PHP notices.

#### 0.6.2

 * Add `wp_import_existing_post` filter, see [Trac ticket #33721](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33721).

#### 0.6

 * Support for WXR 1.2 and multiple CDATA sections
 * Post aren’t duplicates if their post_type’s are different

#### 0.5.2

 * Double check that the uploaded export file exists before processing it. This 
   prevents incorrect error messages when
    an export file is uploaded to a server
   with bad permissions and WordPress 3.3 or 3.3.1 is being used.

#### 0.5

 * Import comment meta (requires export from WordPress 3.2)
 * Minor bugfixes and enhancements

#### 0.4

 * Map comment user_id where possible
 * Import attachments from `wp:attachment_url`
 * Upload attachments to correct directory
 * Remap resized image URLs correctly

#### 0.3

 * Use an XML Parser if possible
 * Proper import support for nav menus
 * … and much more, see [Trac ticket #15197](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15197)

#### 0.1

 * Initial release

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