Images and media fail to import silently
Images and media attachments silently fail to import, leaving posts with missing pictures on the new site.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
11 public reports · first reported 23 September 2017 · last reported 8 June 2026
What's going wrong
This is the most common complaint about the WordPress Importer. Site owners moving blogs, shops and themed demo sites find that some or all images do not appear after an import, even when the posts themselves come through. Errors such as a generic failure message beside each file name, or no error at all, leave people guessing whether a setting or a server limit is the cause. Many end up downloading images from the old site and uploading them by hand, post by post. Migration freelancers and theme sellers are the people who report it most.
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Products affected
WordPress Importer.
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Who has this problem
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