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What is this? I found the WordPress Importer plugin is good for importing posts and comments, but is lacking when it comes to importing large attachments (like images) from large sites. My import would often time out and crash. I wrote this plugin to help with my own blog migrations, but I hope you find it useful too. Usage As a prerequisite, import your WXR file using the WordPress importer, but do not select the option to Download and Import Attachments. I have found that an import file up to 15MB big will work as long as you don’t import attachments. Navigate to the Attachment Importer screen. Select your WXR export file. Select the user you would like to be the owner of the downloaded images. Default: current user. Sit back and let the importer run. The process can take as little as 10 seconds for 10 images, or about two hours for 2000 images. These times depend on the server that hosts your WordPress site. If you receive any errors during the process, try running the file again after it finishes. The plugin is programmed to ignore files that match the following criteria: Same name Same file name Same upload date Same file size How it works. This plugin uses FileReader and to parse the XML file in the...
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- Minimal impact on memory usage The memory usage of this plugin is less than the average memory usage of other plugins on WordPress.org + 200KB. Check FAQ for more.
- Minimal impact on pagespeed The impact of this plugin on PageSpeed is less than the average impact of other plugins on WordPress.org + 1000 milliseconds
- No PHP errors, warning, notices WP Hive automated test found no PHP error while activating this plugin on our server
- No Javascript issues WP Hive automated test found no JavaScrip error while activating this plugin on our server
- Latest PHP 7.2.16 compatible The latest version of the plugin is compatible with the latest PHP version
- Latest WordPress 5.3 compatible The latest version of the plugin is compatible with the latest PHP version
- Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
- No activation errors WP Hive automated test found no activation error while activating this plugin on our server
- No resource errors WP Hive automated test found no resource error/s while trying this plugin on our server
- Frequently updated The plugin was not updated at least once in the last 90 days
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Total Downloads
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Active Installation
8 years
On WordPress
0.0%
Growth Rate
1
Support Thread
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About Attachment Importer
Description
What is this? I found the WordPress Importer plugin is good for importing posts and comments, but is lacking when it comes to importing large attachments (like images) from large sites. My import would often time out and crash. I wrote this plugin to help with my own blog migrations, but I hope you find it useful too. Usage As....
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Memory Usage
- Average memory usage is -0.4 KB
- This is less than 99% plugins
Page Speed
- Average page loading time is increased by 0.04 s
- This is faster than 99% plugins
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- Before plugin activation
- After plugin activation
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Average Change
- 0.04s
/(front page)
- 0.21s
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 0.07s
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
- 0.1s
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 0.05s
/wp-admin/index.php
- 0.07s
/wp-admin/media-new.php
- 0s
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.01s
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 0s
/wp-admin/post-new.php
- 0.07s
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 0.02s
/wp-admin/upload.php
- 0.17s
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- Before plugin activation
- After plugin activation
Pages
Benchmark
Change
Average Change
- 0.4KB
/ (front page)
+ 0.65KB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 0.68KB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 0.82KB
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 0.83KB
/wp-admin/index.php
+ 0.83KB
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 0.71KB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.75KB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 10.99KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 2.67KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 1.82KB
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 0.69KB
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Frequently Updated
- The plugin has not been updated in the last 90 days.
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