Migrating a WordPress site is no easy task. It can either be done manually, which requires some advanced skills or with a migration plugin.
If you are reading this article, there is a good chance that you encountered the All-in-One WP migration import stuck error during the export or import process.
This process has to be done meticulously to make sure everything goes right. It’s a vital step for your site if you intend to move it elsewhere. So it makes sense that the migration has to be perfect to avoid any data corruption or data loss.
Unfortunately, on some occasions, the migration process can get stuck during the export, or you will be unable to import. Mostly because of one of the following reasons:
- The free version doesn’t allow importing big backup files
- Timeout issues
- Server space saturated
But rest assured, in this guide, I’ll show you exactly how you can fix all in one wp migration import problem. So let’s get started!
- 1) Solution #1: Download the Plugin with 2000GB limit
- 2) Solution #2: Install and Edit old version of plugin – 6.7
- 3) Solution #3: Disk quota exceeded in cPanel
- 4) Solution #4: Hosting Limitations
- 5) Solution #5: Use Free Migration Service
- 6) Conclusion
Solution #1: Download the Plugin with 2000GB limit
To save you time, here is an old version of the plugin that I increased its upload limit myself. This will allow you to upload files up to 2 TB.
Yes, you heard me right, that’s over 1000 GB 🙂
Once you are done with the plugin, remember to update it to a newer version or delete it.
Solution #2: Install and Edit old version of plugin – 6.7
If you want to edit the plugin yourself, then this solution is for you.
So, the second solution to try would be to use the restore feature of the plugin to import your backup. But this feature isn’t available in the free version of All in One wp migration plugin.
This is why we are going to use an “old version of the plugin” that will allow you to use the restoration feature. Here are the simple steps to install it:
- First, Delete your current version of All-in-one migration plugin
- Second, Download the older version of “All-in-on WP Migration Plugin 6.7”
- Third, Upload your zip file through your WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
Basically, the following process consists of 3 major steps:
1. Export your WordPress website backup .wpress file
Start by exporting your backup file. When the export finishes, you’ll get a .wpress file.
Keep in mind that this step may take a long time, depending on how big the size of your site is.
2. After you download the backup file, upload the .wpress file to your new server through FTP
After you download your .wpress file, it is time to upload it to the new server.
You can either upload it by FTP through Filezilla or better I recommend directly from within your hosting file manager, this method allows for a way faster upload.
Connect to your hosting panel, and click on File Manager.
Assuming you have already installed All in One wp migration plugin at your new server, then navigate to wp-content/ai1wm-backups/ directory and upload your file there.
3. Use the restore feature to install the .wpress file on your site
Once the .wpress file is successfully uploaded inside the ai1wm-backups directory, you’ll need to download the older version of the plugin so you can use the restore feature.
So if you already have installed the newest version of the plugin, delete it and upload the old plugin version provided above.
If you go to Backups settings, you’ll be able to find a new backup file you uploaded earlier, all that is left for you to do is to click the Restore button.
After you initiate the restoration process, you’ll get a popup notifying you that your current site data will be overwritten with the new restoration. Click on Proceed.
Now that your backup restoration has finished. You have one more thing left to do, which is to update your permalink settings. Basically you just need to save them again, and your migration process will be completed.
4. Your backup file size is too big?
Sometimes, if the file that you’re trying to import exceeds the maximum upload file size of the free version of the plugin, here is what you can do to bypass this limit:
STEP 1: Open the Plugin Editor
From your left menu, go to Plugins and click on Editor.
STEP 2: Select Your Plugin
Among the list of plugins, select All-in-one WP migration
STEP 3: Open constants.php file
Once you have selected your plugin, you should be able to see on your right a PHP file called “constants.php”, click on it, because that’s where we will increase the upload limit.
STEP 4: Edit the constants.php file
Scroll down to find a line with a comment of “Max File Size“, it should be on line 284. If you can’t find it there, then just search for the comment “Max File Size” with “Ctrl + F” and you should be able to find it.
Once there, replace 28 with a higher number like 32 (increasing the number by one will double the size)
Click on Update File. And Voila!!
Solution #3: Disk quota exceeded in cPanel
One of the reasons why you might not be able to generate a new backup of your site is that your disk space is full. Therefore, you need to clear some space for it in order to create your backup file.
This problem can easily happen if you are adding content to your site on a regular basis. The two main causes to watch out for are the uploads (media) directory which contains files such as (images, audio, documents, videos, etc.) and the backup directory which contains all your website backups.
I have created a dedicated guide for this matter on how you can free more disk space on your hosting account.
Solution #4: Hosting Limitations
This happens because of the time limitation set by default in your hosting account settings.
Timeout issues
Basically, this means that your hosting has a maximum time limit for how long a request should last. Let’s say “exporting a backup” takes an hour to be completed and your server’s maximum execution time is only 20 minutes, then this will likely cause a timeout error.
The bigger the size of your website, the more time it will need to generate the .wpress file.
Sometimes the time to generate the file can take long. That’s why it is best to increase the time limitation on your server. There are two ways you can increase this limitation:
- Editing .htaccess file
- Editing wp-config.php
To edit the mentioned files, you can do it from your hosting file manager. Sometimes the htaccess file is hidden by default, so you need to select this option to make it visible.
.htaccess
php_value upload_max_filesize 256M
php_value post_max_size 256M
php_value memory_limit 256M
php_value max_execution_time 300
php_value max_input_time 300
Change the numbers to the values you need. Keep in mind that the first three lines are related to memory values in Megabytes. As for the last two lines, they represent values in seconds. So increase them if you feel that it’s necessary to do.
wp-config.php
@ini_set( ‘upload_max_filesize’ , ‘256M’ );
@ini_set( ‘post_max_size’, ‘256M’);
@ini_set( ‘memory_limit’, ‘256M’ );
@ini_set( ‘max_execution_time’, ‘300’ );
@ini_set( ‘max_input_time’, ‘300’ );
Server Firewall
Sometimes the reason can be the blockage of your hosting’s firewall, like ModSecurity which prevents the migration from going through.
So in this case, what you want to do is reach out to your web hosting support and ask them to add a rule to whitelist your hosting account in their firewall.
Solution #5: Use Free Migration Service
In some cases, some of these problems are caused because some web hosting companies set limitations on their servers.
Unfortunately, some of these limitations cannot be changed simply because the hosting company wishes to save on its server’s resources. That’s why it’s essential that you choose a web hosting that doesn’t impose these kinds of limitations on its users.
For this purpose, I highly recommend Cloudways for the following reasons:
- They offer a Free Migration Service, which means you don’t have to do a thing, they take care of everything for you.
- Cloudways has HTTP/3 Supported Servers, which means you can transfer files like .wpress at a high speed.
- On top of all, Cloudways offers Free Backups, Free SSL on their plans, so those are fewer expenses that you’ll have to worry about.
- They have Built-in Server Cache, so your site is guaranteed to run faster than most other web hosts.
- Cloudways offers High-Quality Support along with the most reliable security in the web hosting industry.
Conclusion
I have used Duplicator plugin in the past and I think that it’s a good alternative in case you are considering a new backup and migration plugin.
With that said, I hope this article helped you solve your problem!
If you are still facing any issues with your migration, do let me know in the comment section and I will help you in the best way I can 🙂
I was stuck! Thank you very much!
Excellent post. Its working 100% I used second solution.
Great TKS
This page saved me once again. Thank you so much!! Perhaps I’m just unlucky but this Ai1 plugin never works for me properly despite trying on completely different websites hosted on different servers.
I’m curious, which solution worked for you?
Thank you so much for this. Legend
Happy to hear that it helped you Miles 🙂
Could you update the post slightly? The plugin editor seems to have been moved under the ‘Tools’ section instead of the ‘Plugins’ section
Magnifico articulo me fue de gran utilidad, pude resolver mi problema con la 1 solución. Muchísimas gracias, un saludo!
De nada Juan 🙂 Gracis para tu mensaje amable
Thank you. It worked perfectly.
Nothing works in my case, sad. Currently have 6GB WordPress file to restore and already have the pro version of the All in One plugin.
Here’s the progress: after the “Activating mu plugins…” status, I’m stuck at “Restoring database… 0% complete”. And so I’ve checked the front-end site, the error is “Error establishing database connection”.
Any other tips, solutions for this?
So Riz, just to be sure, your migration has an file upload limit above the 6GB?
And how are you trying to upload the .wpress file? is it through FTP or directly from your PC?
Hi there, yes, it’s unlimited.
I’ve uploaded the .wpress file though FTP and then Restore the backup through the plugin.
I’m assuming you have placed the .wpress file in the right folder of the backup plugin as shown in the tutorial.
If Yes, what’s the size of .wpress file marked inside your plugin? Does it say 6GB?
Also, have you increased the PHP values limitations of your hosting? (makes sure you create a php.info file to check the values)
Yep, it’s 5.91 GB to be exact.
And yes, the php.ini file has been adjusted:
php_value memory_limit 8000M
php_value upload_max_filesize 8000M
php_value post_max_size 8000M
php_value max_execution_time 0
I’ve even set this on .htaccess as well.
But when you create a phpinfo file, does it reveal the same values you set inside the file?
Another thing, sometimes the hosts have a database size limitation, so it would be useful to know how much of those 5.91GB your database size is?
In case you don’t know how to do it, you can access your cPanel -> PHPMyAdmin -> Export dumb file sql (you’ll get the real size then)
The option to restore from FPT its with a payment. 2024
Fail
Which solution worked for you?
God Bless You Sir. Method 3 work 100% for me.
I’m glad to hear it. Thank you for your kind comment Sir 🙂
Lemme just say this, YOU ARE EFFING BRILLIANT.
Thank you for this.
Hello, thanks for this post.
I think I had a problem that can be added to this post :
Because I have the free version of ai1wpm (v.7.79), I wanted to import my previously saved backup in order to restore it.
But I got stock at 100%.
The problem was that I left the backup in “backups”. It seems that name conflict was the problem.
The solution was simply delete the stored backup before importing it for restore.
Thank you for us in advance 🙂
Thank you so much Atmadja for sharing your solution with us. Indeed, this will be really useful to other users 🙂
Just to confirm, you said you alread had a .wpress file in the folder ai1wpm-backups, so you deleted the .wpress file and imported a new one?
Yeah, that’s what i did and it worked.
But when i tried to repeat the operation a second time, i still get stuck at 100%…
I tried many manipulations without success, so i had to use your technique with an older version of ai1wm.
Still don’t know what was the problem…
That’s really good to know. Much appreciate Atmadja. You might not know this, but thanks to your comment, it will help a lot of people 🙂
Thank you once again for having taken the time to share your experience with us, and glad that it got sorted out for you ^^
I had it stuck at 100% but there was nothing in my folder. I then downloaded an older version uploaded the backup to the folder and hit restore which is free in the older version.
It seems to me that since they were not getting a lot of sales they disabled the restore button in the free version and put a bug so that it gets stuck for large files or randomly gets stuck and hoping they can force us to buy the paid version.
Doesn’t work after WordPress 6.4 Update ;/ Any solution for this issue?
Not sure if it is related to the WordPress update. But to be sure, try reverting to an earlier WordPress version and try again with all the methods mentioned in the tutorial.
Similar issues. In the middle of migrating 18 wordpress sites and the update to 6.4 happened right in the middle of it. Only problem is I cannot downgrade WP – because previous host’s file manager and FTP is non op. Nightmares beyond all imagination.
WP mentions something about ‘improvements’ to object caching, wonder if it is related.
https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/10/17/improvements-to-object-caching-in-wordpress-6-4/
I had the same problem did not work for me. The only solution is install an older version like for me 5.4 worked. Then restore the update and then update your wordpress and plugins. Worked for me.
I always see this error message while trying to restore the backup file “Unable to retrieve status of the import. Is your server running?”
What do the error logs say Zubby?
Thank you so much! Lifesaver!
Hi, I wanted to thank you for such useful information.
I have followed all your steps and after importing the backup I have an error in the database and now I have no access to the admin part both on hostig and on wordpress itself.
If you want to know more about the steps, I created a backup in another account in wordpress and now I tried to transfer it to another account, then I downloaded and activated the plugin, changed the max file size and now I have what I described above.
Did you check the other comments, there are some other useful suggestions you might find there, like first, what do the error log files say?
hello, please i got stuck in “restoring files” 96%. please how do i fix it?
Hello Gson,
I got to ask. Did you try all the steps on this tutorial?
Just wanted to say thank you
You are most welcome 🙂
Mine gets stuck at “restoring database finished”…
Hi Cristian,
Did you check the “Error logs”? What do they say?
This was such a helpful resource. It helped me install my WordPress file in a matter of minutes. I’ve been stressing for hours trying to troubleshoot the problem and waiting even longer to receive tech support. But this was such an amazing guide
I was having the issue “Cannot read Files while importing Using WP Migration”:
1) Deleted the new version.
2) Download and Activated the version 6.7 given above in Solution#1.
IMPORTING WAS SUCESSFULL!
Thanks for the Help Brother…
what a way to understand people problems and you solved all coming problem
Thank you so much!! Life saver article! 🙂
How long should I expect the restoration to take? My .wpress file is under 350megs. Using the newest plugin, the process stalled at 32%. Then I found your explanation and the restoration stalled at 30%. When I refreshed the page to stop the process, I broke the WP install. I’m thinking about trying again but am wondering if that’s just folly. Any thoughts?
Sorry for the late response Adam. To answer your question, it really depends on the hosting’s server on which you’re uploading the .wpress file, some hosts unlike other have slow FTP upload speed.
But if you need a rough estimation, it should take less than an hour.
On which hosting are you trying to upload your file?
Fantastic article! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Thanks a lot, dude, phew!
Amazing! your tutorial and guide is very clear as day light. Hoping to see more tuts like this, by following website. Thank you so much for a very big help.
Your words are very encourage Ernie. Thank you so much 🙂
i am seriously grateful for this article, you just saved me from a serious heart attack, a backup of 3gb has been giving me headache after i have already cleared the website content, thanks a lot, it currently importing now
Thank God you safe and sound now 😀 Haha
Glad to hear it mate
It saved me from a heart attack, thanks buddy, this blog is super useful.
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I’m glad it was helpful to you 🙂
What am i doing wrong? I keep getting this message.
Unable to import
Unable to open file for reading. File: /home/u840900416/domains/mywebsite-com.preview-domain.com/public_html/wp-content/ai1wm-backups/mywebsite-com.preview-domain.com-20230531-103154-em6khl.wpress
Did you increase all your PHP parameters?
Adding my name to the long list of saved lives (sites)!!
😀
Hello I uploaded my websites backup file through the file manager an after upload done the backup appeared on my site dashboard I tried restoring it but it got stuck at 57% when I tried again it when to 68% ,90% but never reached 100 % it keep getting stucked an decreasing then later increase an get stuck , the file size is 635mb the all in in migrate space is unlimited don’t know what’s wrong
same issue
Thank you u made my day!
I am surprised that so many people ignore the hard work of the developers of this plugin instead of contributing to its innovation. The end result will be an unsupported and outdated plugin that eventually stops working. Try and contribute to WordPress development.
Thanks Bro! You Saved my Site. Love you 3000
This post really saved me from start my website from scratch. Thank you very much!
Hey bro. You are a lagend. I was searching this for a month and found it today. My issue is resolved now. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your work. Once again many thanks
Many thanks for taking the time to leave your comment. Your encouragement is deeply appreciated 🙂
Thank you so much,this really helped after import option failed at 87% numerous times
I uploaded backup using ftp on new server then used the old version migration plugin to restore
I just moved back over to Hostgator after moving away for years. Now my backup file is stuck on 100% even though the file size is only half of the limit. All In One WP Migration support sounded pissed off at Hostgator and offered no solution.
I’d sure appreciate a viable option that is not crazy complicated. Will your prior version with ftp solution be the way to go or is there something simpler?
Thanks!
Yes Kevin, most definitely, go with the FTP approach.
Well, I followed the process with the older versin of ALL In One Wp migration but had not set set WordPress to debug mode. Got passed the 100% uploaded stall out error and made it to 67% restoring database before freezing. It totally hosed the WP website.
So, did a fressh install of WordPress and went through all of the steps only this time first turning on debug mode in the wpconfig file. This time it made to 87% restoring database before freezin. Now the EP installation is completely currupted again and will need to reinstall again.
This really sucks as I have so many websites backed with this plugin but now am afraid to rely on it any more. Need to find a better pluging option.
Meanwhile I guess I will need to restore website on my bluehost account then find a different way to migrate it over to Hostgator. It is so frustrating as this should be the easy step to restore a website but has become a nightmare.
Thanks for your article as it was helpful and explains some of the issurs.
Actually, the plugin is reliable, it’s just that there are so many variables (site attributes, hosting, etc…) out there that may prevent the migration to be fully completed.
Try to go through the comments you may be able to find one of the users who have faced the exact issue.
Also, it is worth mentioning that HostGator offers a free migration service within the first 30-days of signup, so perhaps you want to take advantage of that and give it a shot.
Greatly Helped! Thank you so much. Just a little hurdle I faced my file size was 581mb unfortunately, and plugin 6.7 supports 512mb. So, I searched for more older version with unlimited support. This worked for me 🙂
That’s great to know Syed. Thanks for sharing your experience with us 🙂
You don’t have any idea about how much ur tutorial helped. Thnkx a loooot! now my blog is up again, bcz of u!
Thanks. Your words are music to my ears 🙂 Glad this tutorial helped you solve your problem.
You’re a live saver 😀 Thanks man
You are most welcome Ram. Thank you for your kind words.
Thank you for this, particularly the idea of downgrading to get the file uploaded from FTP. It’s fair that the devs of this plugin seek money by making whatever features they want into premium, but the free version is useless if it fails to import files (the only way to restore with the latest version of All-In-One WP Migration).
hi i am facing issue “”Restoring database…
6% complete”” all in one migration stuck
How big is your database size?
i do not know because i am restoring backup from wp
all in one migration
Perhaps the database is big, you want to increase the max_execution_time have you tried doing that?
Can you let us know the total size of your .wpress file?
To which hosting provider are you trying to migrate to? Because initially they put various limitations for the upload.
i have a back up of my website i think like 13GB, and i’m using the restoring backup feature and i’m stuck at 97%.
If the initial backup file is in your old server, if you are on a VPS you can try to transfer it via ssh. Otherwise, it would help to know which hosts are involved in your migration attempt to recognize the kind of limitations related to them.
THANK YOU !!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this solution! It has saved me an incredible amount of sweat and tears!
Hi there, I’ve been pulling my hair at this problem for a couple days. Using A2 Hosting and have a fresh installation of WordPress. The upload works fine, it’s only after uploading is where it gets stuck when trying to unpack. “unpacking archive 0% complete”. I even tried restoring from backup and same thing.
Did you try only one of the steps or every single one of them?
Because some steps might work for you and might not work for other, and vise versa.
I have some good and bad news for you.
Good news: my backup file itself was corrupted which is why the plugin wouldn’t unpack. To verify it’s not corrupted, go to plugin backups, click the 3 dot menu and click list. If it reads the backup that means it’s not corrupted. I uploaded it again using SFTP and now the unpacking worked.
Bad news: Getting a different error now after it hits 100% (Unable to export Out of disk space) even though my hosting service has unlimited disk space. I’m looking into it.
To which host did you migrate to? Try to increase the max_file_size limit like it was instructed in this tutorial.
Preferably try using all the mentioned methods for it.
Well, this by far is the best solution I have found. I have read through the comments and have not seen anyone going from WPEngine to GoDaddy. I got stuck with #1 at 93% Complete on “Restoring 18667 files”: new to the whole WP thing. That seems like a ton of files. Maybe it’s not stuck and just needs more time to finish, but it seems stuck.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Hello Dan,
Why would you go from WPEngine to Godaddy? You’ll get a lot of headaches with that host. So you know the reasons why we don’t recommend Godaddy, here is a in-depth review about it.
By the way, did you try Solution 3 to increase the queries execution time?
Godaddy has a lot of limitations, and this could be one of them. If that doesn’t work, try to upload through FTP the .wpress file directly to your site folder in godaddy server and then try to import the backup again, it will go much quick there.
Haha, because I did not know any better. The move was happening because I was working with a company that wanted to move away from their current web/IT situation. I thought it best, but I will now stay with WPEngine. Thanks for the intel.
Well, anything beside Godaddy will be a better choice 🙂
Thank you, you are a Life Saver Sir 🙂
Been trying to upload the site to a client server from my staging server since last week. But the All In One Plugin was always getting stuck at 50%
Your first solution worked perfectly for me.
Thank you once again.
Thank you, Solution #1 saved me money today. Almost purchased the annual subscription.
This page so saved me today as I tried migrating from one hosting provider to another!!! I was stuck with the export from one host freezing partway through. Then also when trying to import to the next host, it was freezing there, too. I used Solution #1 with success. I’m sooo appreciative of this documentation!!!! Thank you!
You are most welcome Julie 🙂 Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
Can you tell us which hosts you had trouble with during your migration process?
Hey there! It was from Siteground to Hostinger.
Thank you Julie 🙂 We do indeed see more people migrating from SiteGround due to their increased renewal prices.
Appreciate your valuable comment !!
It will be a crime if I don’t say thanks to you! I have tried to migrate my site form local to live since 2 days with all in one recent version. Every time it stucked on 29%. I did try hundred times but got same result. Then i have migrate manually but lot of features missed in live server, site was not same as localhost. I did try to fix it with all possible way. It mad me completely! Then i have found this, and at one chance its done 🙂
Thank you !
You are most welcome 🙂
May I know which Solution worked for you?
Thank you man. It worked. Was looking for the solution and found it on your blog
Glad it did Tania! Thank you for your kind comment 🙂
Man, this is a life saver! Thanks much!
Thank you for this article. It helps me resolves the import issue!
Thanks, you saved lots of time man!
My Pleasure mate!
Hello, thanks for the guide.
I’m migrating from a shared hosting to a self-hosted VPS (Vultr).
I tried changing the file size and the execution time but it’s still showing “Unable to import”.
The file size is 800Mb and prior to this site, I successfully migrated another site with a size around 400Mb and didn’t encounter any issues.
Thank you!
I was looking for this older version for a long time !
Thank you so much for this content !
This guide was SO helpful, so easy to follow. Thank you a lot!
Genius! I initially thought it was just a version issues so i installed using the Zip file and tried again and got the Max Size limitation error and you’re a godsend to have a tutorial on how to increase the upload size too!! This saved me. Kudos to you, my friend
Hi there,
Thanks so much for this article. I was stuck with the All In One Migration Plugin and read many posts trying to fix this. Your post was the only one that worked for me and was so easy to follow.
Keep up the great work.
Ryan
Appreciate Ryan!! Your words of encouragement mean a lot 🙂
Hi great article
don’t know if you can help, but maybe a suggestion
I used the article and the old version of the plugin as suggested and it all seemed to work well, until I tried to save the permalinks.
I received the following Warnings
woocommerce/packages/woocommerce-blocks/src/StoreApi/deprecated.php on line 9
on every line through to line 67
and another Warning
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/customer/www/staging15.atcproducts.com.au/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/packages/woocommerce-blocks/src/StoreApi/deprecated.php:9) in /home/customer/www/staging15.atcproducts.com.au/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 1421
I am trying to work our GA4 on a staging site. I am starting over after messing up the first attempt which was no problem to import.
I have no clue whether it is a woocommerce issue or an import issue. Your article got me past the stuck at 100% stage. I appreciate the effort and knowledge imparted.
any suggestions welcome
best regards Rick
Hi Rick,
I’ll be glad to help you 🙂
This seems like an incompatibility issue related to Woocommerce. What you need to do is:
Once the above is done, you can try again with resaving your permalinks. Let me know how it goes!
PS: If you have any caching plugins or on the server level, you want to deactivate them during this process.
Thank you so much for this post! Saved me a lot of time.
Sadly I’m getting the same result
Restoring database…
98% complete
I backed up before an upgrade and don’t have another export (yikes!)
Any ideas what I can do if anything?
Which Step Have you tried in this guide?
Any news about this? I am stuck on 95%. :/
Did everything from the list. And I am on Hostinger.
Can you turn the debug-mode “ON” inside wp-config.php, try the migration again, and let us know this time what kind of error message you’re getting inside your log file?
Dont see my reply from the other day so I apologise if it is duplicate.
After turning debug ON this is what I get on my localsite and live server.
[09-Jul-2022 17:21:13 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught RedisCachePro\Exceptions\PhpRedisMissingException: Object Cache Pro requires the PHP extension PhpRedis 3.1.1 or newer. The PhpRedis extension is not loaded in this environment (cgi-fcgi). If it was installed, be sure to load the extension in your php.ini and to restart your PHP and web server processes. in C:\Users\Milan\Local Sites\testing\app\public\wp-content\mu-plugins\redis-cache-pro\src\Connectors\PhpRedisConnector.php:40
I am trying to move a website from Cloudways to Hostinger.
Go to your cloudways settings in “Manage services”, and disable “Varnish cache”. Also if you are using a caching plugin on your site you want to clear it and then disable it, and then retry with the migration.
By the way, if you find this too difficult, as a reminder, if you have already purchased a hosting plan with Hostinger, you are eligible to request a free migration from Hostinger support, you can do so by following this short guide:
https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-migrate-wordpress
By the way, what is the total size of your .wpress file?
Unfortunately I don’t have an access to Cloudways, just file alone that was sent to me, which is 530mb.
And this is the only way I can upload site to the new hosting. :/
In this case, since you have access to the .wpress file, try to upload it directly to Hostinger through FTP inside the all-in-one wp migration folder located at: wp-content/ai1wm-backups
Transfering this file to FTP might take a few hours, but once it’s completely there on the server, then you’ll be able to migrate your site within seconds/minutes.
Out of all people its not working for me. 🙁
Still stuck. Now at 92%.
Thanks for the help anyway!
I’ll reach out to you in your email!
YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST 🙂 HAPPY DAYS
Thank you very much ^_^
Great info thanks. Got me out of a real mess.
Happy to help Dave ^^
Good job on this article! I really like how you presented your facts and how you made them interesting and easy to understand. Thank you.
Thank you Christy! I’m pleased to hear that you like this tutorial 🙂
It means a lot!!
thank you so much i thought i have to buy extention for that but i got it for free:)
We wouldn’t want you to do that. Good thing you landed on this tutorial 🙂
This was the best advice. I was struggling with it for hours and now its online.
Thank you !
Thanks so much for your detailed tutorial on how to resolve the timeout issue with the WP All-In-One Migration plugin. There is nothing worse than migrating a client’s website only to have the process stalled by a plugin issue. Kudos and much success in the future.
This is the only guide that worked, awesome, thanks a lot!
Hi,
Thnx for providing this very valuable info!! Helped me a lot, other blogs write similair, but this one is complete, incl. download link!
Thank you Cornelis!
That was the point behind this tutorial, is to make it as detailed as possible to help as many people as possible 🙂
yeeeaaaahhh 100% works thanks a lot
Thank you very much friends, of the many ways I tried to fail, method 2) Solution #1: All in one wp migration stuck at 100% or less very cool, once again thank you very much, I hope you are always healthy.
I appreciate the kind words Fery 🙂 That means a lot to me ^^
THANK YOU!!!! You saved me a lot of head banging with your solution. 🙂
Hostinger is the best.
I’m trying to import the only backup I have to a new domain, I solved the size issue, but it always gets stuck below 50% after about 90 sec.
I tried every solution out there and it’s not working, when I try to use the older version solution, it says that I need to pay in order to restore the backup file.
Would really appreciate some advice. TIA
Hi Nate,
Surely, I’ll be happy to help in any way I can.
May I ask you which hosting provider you are importing your file into?
What do your error log files say?
i am facing same problem my hosting provider is digital ocean and it just stucks at 46%
What do your error log files say?
Are you using the old version of the plugin?
I stuck at the step of “bonus”, you save my website.
thank you so much
I’m Glad that helped. Thank you for pointing that out Tao!
I like the precision, the attention to detail…. This is really helpful. Thank you for this beautiful content.
Much appreciated for your supportive comment. That made my day 🙂
i usually dont leave any comments but i had to for this one.
big thank you for easy and detailed step by step explanation.
you truly saved my life.
Your comment means a lot to me Kay. Thank you for your kind words 🙂
Thanks for this, you have just saved a soul here, will definitely share this article with my friends. I have a question, can i update the all in one wp migration? cause am done with the steps and it worked but the plugin is telling me to update it since am using the older version.
I’m glad that my tutorial solved your problem Ernny (^_^) Thank you for the kind words!
About your question, yes, you should definitely update the plugin, or better yet delete it if you no longer intend to use it, as it has served its purpose.
Please the last website i wanted to back up can’t upload because the file size is 1.2 gig. Your tutorial here said we should edit plugin editor but there’s no plugin editor in my WordPress admin.
Normally there is, it’s just that for some sites it’s not appearing because that feature is disabled from your wp-config.php file.
In order to activate access the very same file and make sure the following line has the value “False” in it:
define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', false );I’m sure this the best guide to all in one wp migration anyone could find on the web. Hats off, great work!
Thank you so much Jude for your beautiful words 🙂 Your feedback only motivates me to work even harder.
Your message made my day !!
Thanks Bro, this article saves my life. Thank you so much.
I got a problem while restoring my backup using All in one WP. The restore gets stuck at 83%. Have enabled debug and the error message I am getting is “[18-Jan-2022 14:57:47 UTC] PHP Warning: An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.) in C:\usbwebserver_Griscom\root\wp-includes\update.php on line 175″
What could be the problem?
Hi Charles,
I see that you running your WordPress site on your Windows localhost. In that case, you can try the following:
Locate the “php.ini” file, and look for:
;extension=php_curl.dll
Remove the semicolon at the beginning before the text to activate the above extension. Once that’s done, you can restart your server. Hopefully this will solve it! Let me now how it goes 😉
very interesting info about this plugin!
i have this issue: All in One plugin says: input is limited to 64 MB but i set the input limit with my host to 512 MB fot this domain and they confirmed that it is indeed 512 MB; why does the input function of the plugin says: max file size for upload is 64 MB ??
Hi Cezi,
Did you try to increase the limit also in your wp-config.php file?
could not make it work, let my host do the job, now solved;
thx for your reply!
Glad to know that it all worked out in the end!
Would you mind sharing with us how your host solved this issue for you? (in case someone faces the same issue as yours)
Thanks for providing the old copy of he plugin. I was finally able to move my site. The new version kept getting stuck.
Hi, What if I’m moving from exampledomain.com to domainexample.com/oldserver?
Should I do any change in backup file? It stuck in 91% and backup file in nearly 2GB
Thanks
Hey Lim 🙂
After you successfully import your backup file, you should update your permalinks.
However, since your backup file got stuck at 91% I would redo the procedure all over again, even if it gets stuck at 99%. All it takes is one corruption in a WordPress entry in the database, to miss up a few things in your site.
9% missing from your 2GB, that’s equivalent to 180mb of data, that’s a lot of data man, it could be images, articles, settings, anything!
So my answer to your question, you should definitely restart again! and let me know how it goes!
I asked hosting support for a help. They transfer it over. After migration I had few errors like:
Warning: require(/usr/share/php/wp-stack-cache.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/*****/domains/*mydomain.com/public_html/backup/wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-stack-cache.php on line 31
To fix this I renamed wp-stack-cache.php to wp-stack-cache.php_old and was able to login.
Thank you for keeping me on the loop Lim.
I’m happy to hear that it was all sorted out at the end.
If you don’t mind me asking, May I know in which hosting provider you had this error on?
Thanks!!!!! the restore approach worked like charm!
I followed your steps using backup, and saving paramlinks. migrated successfully with original pages and posts but when open the website it still give me the the initial home not the current.
Hello Mohammad,
Try adding the following lines of codes in your wp-config.php file:
define(‘WP_HOME’,’http://currentdomain.com’);
define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’http://currentdomain.com’);
Let me know if this works
Thank you very much. I switched hosting companies and really needed to use the all in one plugin. Adding the ‘storage’ folders did the trick.
Merci !
Je galerais bien avec mon site que je vais devoir mettre en production dans qq jours. j’ai jamais réussi avec Duplicator, d’habitude All-in-one wp migration, aucun souci, mais là je sais pas pourquoi, ça n’allait pas.
Bref, cet article m’a sauvé la vie !
Mais du coup, comme le plugin n’est pas dans sa derniere maj, il faut le désinstaller une fois qu’on en a fini avec lui ?
Merci Aline pour ton commentaire! Ca se trouve que je parle le français aussi 😉
Ca me fait vraiment plaisir d’apprendre que tu as pu résoudre ton problème pour de bon!
Concernant ta question, oui il faut absolument désinstaller le plugin une fois fini avec la migration (peu importe qu’il soit à jour ou pas, il n’a plus aucune utilité maintenant, puisqu’il a servi son but).
Thanks, The only articles that help me backup and reinstall my website.
Thank you Shashwata 🙂 It pleases me to know that this tutorial was of help to you !!
Thank you very much indeed!
I tried many ways of increase max size upload but none did change default values of the import plugin. I think is because GCP limit it according to my small features contracted. Solved with your Solution #1
This is the best documentation I have found on the web. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words Lindsey. I’m glad this was helpful to you 🙂
Thank you, I installed the old version of the plugin and boom the upload worked.
The best explanation, thanks!
big big thanks !! it helps a lot, i as stuck because of my server or the size of the file 1Go…
thank you again 🙂
Thank you sooooo much! This is a lifesaver!
My import stucks at “done preparing blogs” and then nothing happened for a long time, afterwords i closed the window and now the website is broken…
Any ideas?? the website is yessincubation.eu
Sure! Let’s try the following: (assuming you tried all the steps in this tutorial)
1. Activate WP_DEBUG in your WordPress
2. Then try to import the file again
3. Afterwards, check the “error log file” and get the latest lines that have the same hour time as the time where you were importing the file.
This should help us determine the source of the problem.
Waiting patiently for your answer 🙂
PS: By the way, what hosting are you importing the file to?
Hi! I’ve just run into this problem, first time since using this plugin. How do I activate WP_DEBUG in my WordPress?
Hi Lucie,
You basically login through either FTP or your file manager and you change the word “false” to “true” in your wp-config.php file.
You can find out how to edit your file by following this tutorial.
Hi, i have the same problem. how did you handle it. Do you have any idea?
Thanks man, I tried it on my website but get an error saying “unable to import”
Hey Douglas,
Hmm, this seems to be like a file permission issue set by the hosting provider. Can you tell me the hosting company to which you are importing your backup file?
“Assuming you exported your backup file successfully”
Thanks alot for your response. It’s was a plug-in conflict error, after I deleted all the plug-in, I was able to restore my website.
I’m glad to hear that your issue was resolved Douglas. Thanks for taking the time to let us know about the source of the issue.
Would you mind telling me which plugin that was conflicting in case someone faces the same issue?
YOU ARE MAGIC!!! Thank you so much for the detailed and very easy to follow help.
Thanks a lot friend, there were many other similar older plugins mentioned on different websites but none of them worked except yours!
Hello. I’ve been trying to use this method. Installed an older version of All-in-One migration, but the wordpress doesn’t allow me to activate it, saying that there’s a newer version that I should update to. But, the newer version gets stuck at 100% so I can’t import the website. Anyone having the same issue?
Hi Lucia, That’s weird that WordPress doesn’t let you activate the plugin. I’ve never heard of such a case before except for some managed WordPress hosts who prevent using such plugins because they’re in their blacklists.
Hi Support, thank you for your message. I’m with Dreamhost, and I had to build my website the second time on the live server, just by looking at the ready one on the local server. PHP version that runs on the host server is 7.4.20. I don’t think I’m allowed to mess up with their server?
Thanks Lucia for clarifying.
When you are on your plugins page, you can either use the “Activate” link, which I’m sure you already tried, or just “check the box” of the plugin, and then go up on the top of the list, and then choose from the “select box” -> Activate and press “Apply”.
On a different note, surely you can change the PHP version, the feature to select a different PHP version exists for a reason, so the worst-case scenario if changing the PHP version affects some of your website’s functionalities, you can always set it back to the original version. It’s always reversible, so don’t worry about that.
So, kindly try another version (older one) and let me know about your results.
he needs to delete the version that he has first , then he should upload the older version of the plugin
Thank you so so much for this! I was tearing my hair out trying to find a fix and you just made my whole weekend!
Thanks a million times!!! This article was most helpful
This saved me a lot of time!! Thanks!!
Great guide.
Thank you SO MUCH! I was nearly dying since my website broke after a PHP update… This is really working. Thank you again!
You are very much welcome Sabrina 😊 Glad it worked out for you!!
I was so frustrated trying to transfer my local site to my new host, and I was about to give up when I found this guide. The steps were so simple and they solved my importing problem in two minutes. Thank you so much!!!
Hi there, I only can said that you are amazing and I’ll be praying for your success.
Thanks
Thank you so much for your comment Nel! Truly, it means so much to me 😊
God Bless You.
Hey, appreciate your post. It really helped me. I was stuck at 100% with latest all in one wp migration plugin. Now am happy as uploading a older plugin version helped me. Thank you.
You are most welcome Jai 😊
Thank you for your kind words!
thank you so much for sharing this information, its really a big help for me. god bless you
I’m pleased to know that this solved your problem. Thanks for your comment 😊
Tried a lot of plugins and tutorials, and this one was straight to the point! Nice!!!!
Thanks Brotherrrrr!!!!!!!
Saved my a bunch of work!!!!!
Thank you so much
After weeks of working day and night, i came across this and it helped
Thank you! You are a lifesaver!
I’m glad this tutorial was helpful to you 😊
I need help. I did all the steps, but it sucks on “Please do not close this browser window or your import will fail”
Hi Nada,
I might be able to help you out with your problem. If I may ask, what hosting are you using?
I am having the same issue I am on A2 hosting and have used this plugin many times and now it just keeps sticking at either 64% o r66% I have even tried putting the file in the backup folder and restoring from a back up and the same sticking point. I am wondering if it is a PHP Version conflict
Hi Glen,
If you just moved up to A2 Hosting and you’re trying to migrate your website there, in case you didn’t know, as a new client you have a “Free Migration” service that you can use, their support team will take care of the migration for you.
But if you want to do it yourself, first you need to enable the “debug_mode” of WordPress, afterwards, you try the import again, and see what you get in the “error log”. Let me know what you find there so I can be able to better help.
Thank you very much for the help.
You are most welcome! I’m glad this was helpful to you!!
Thanks heaps!
You are most welcome Cindy!!
Thank you for this article it helped me a lot!
Great Blog!
Thank you very much, Sir! I’m Glad you like it ^_^
Awesome, man! Thanks a lot for all..Solved my problems . Hugs
Thank you for your comment! My Pleasure ^^
Awesome information! Very very clear! Thanks! It helps a lot!!!!
Thank you very much!
You are most welcome Tausif 🙂
Thank you. Work fine
Thank You very much, I am finally relieved only because of you.
You are very much welcome 🙂 Thank you for your kind comment! I’m glad everything is sorted out!
I am migrating a site for a client. I am having this issue with All In One being stuck at 100 during import. The client is not providing the hosting account information, is there a way to upload into FTP without the hosting account info?
If your client can provide you with the hosting information it would make the job a lot easier and quicker to complete.
For starters, you can install the WordPress plugin called “Advanced File Manager“, which will allow you to directly edit the core files like .htaccess or wp-config.php of your site so you can increase some of the PHP variables that might be causing this backup process to get stuck.
Please note that this procedure is not recommended, because if you type something wrong in the code and you save it, this might trigger a fatal error and crash your site, and in order to unlock it, you’d need access to the FTP or hosting panel to correct the mistake. So I’d be careful with this method!
The best course would be to explain this to your client, as this will make their migration safer, smoother, and quicker. They might understand 🙂
THANK YOU! finally got it to work because of you, thanks!
thank you, but the solution for big file is increase the file size in import action
but still there is a problem in the upload file size which is restricted to 15MB.
Thanks again
Glad to help Mona! Well the same procedure worked for the others. Perhaps you can copy-paste the line for “increase the file size” to check if you’ve done it properly!
The upload limit of “15MB” is way too low, even for a default configuration. You either entered the wrong value in the file size, or your host is setting a very restrictive limitation.
Hi Mona,
I accidentally fixed it! Downloaded and activated the latest All-in-one migration plugin and then used the WP File Manager to change the max file size as shown above. That alone doesn’t do shit, but when go to ‘import’ and click on ‘get unlimited’ you can get an extension plugin for up to 512mb. Once you install and activate that extension for All-in-on migration you initial changes to the max file size push through. I now have over 2000TB!
Hope this helps!
Thank you this works And solves a stupid problem that shouldn’t be needed. No more tears and hair tearing
Your backup method worked perfectly. I appreciate your post as I have spent an hour trying to migrate from local to the hosting site in vain. Much appreciate it.
Thank you for your kind comment Yohan, it means a lot 🙂 I’m happy to know that you solved your problem!
Thank you so much. Works perfectly. I really struggled for many hours before I found this solution
You are most welcome Leigh 🙂 I’m glad I could help !!
Thanks for this. Worked perfectly!
Hello, I am trying to import my backup on local machine, but still nothing happens, it stuck at some point, I do have full version of plugin “All in on migration” it does not help, I did downgrade of wordpress it did not helped, I tried to increase size with steps you provided, it did not help 🙂 any suggestions what I can do ? I am using xampp
Hi Denisas 🙂
Could you please elaborate on result you’re getting “nothing happens”? Does the upload start and get stuck at some point? How big is the file you’re trying to restore? Did you please directly in the folder? You might want to check your php configuration aswell by creating info.php file to check if the php values are right like I mentioned.
Let me know how it goes Denisas!
one of the things that happens -> devtools throws error “admin-ajax.php:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error)” , but my xampp is running correctly, at least I think it is 🙂
my file is 600MG size, and allowed import value is 8GB or if I upload full version it is unlimite
Hmm, usually the 500 error indicates a problem originating from the hosting server, but in your case since you are using Xampp, we shall assume that it’s coming from it’s local server configuration.
Can you try to increase the value of “max_execution_time” to 600, because even if the “max_size” of your file is good, you’d still get an error. So make sure to restart your server after increasing the value and check the info.php file to make sure that it went up.
By the way, what do your xampp “php error log files” say? This sounds more like either a conflict, or low memory issues server side.
PS: Try to disable all your other plugins while going through this procedure.
I tried everything expect suggestions about the server, because I am trying to run in local host 🙂
Thank you very very much…the perfect solution…
Thanks for this info! The first option saved me tearing my hair out when migrating my websites and kept getting the stuck on a certain percentage issue!
Hehe! You are not the only one, almost everyone who was in the process of migration faced this issue at least once at some point ^_^ Anyway I’m glad everything is sorted out 🙂
I was stuck all day long trying to figure it out!How to upload my site!
You made it happened!
Amazing!Well explained and finally it worked out pretty well!
Thanks Mate
I’m really please to know that my solution worked for you. By the way, which solution worked for you?
My import is stuck at around 26-36 %. I have increased server limitations, didn’t help. I am trying the restore backup but even the old version of plugin is limited to 512 mb and my file is larger…
Thank you for your comment Maja. I noticed that you are not the only one facing the 512 mb limitation issue, so I took the liberty of updating this tutorial by adding a dedicated section to help you increase the upload limit, kindly check it:
New Section Link
Let me know if this helps!
Thank you the first option solved my problem.
That’s Great to hear! Thanks for your precious comment.
Thanks, My site is now up and running.
I migrated my local site to my hosting package, i have been tring to upload the new site for months.
Thanks Again
Thank you for your comment Andrew 🙂 I’m pleased to hear that this guide helped solve the issue you were having with your site!
WOW thank you! Solution #1 worked for me.
Man, that was a lifesaver… Thanks a lot mate!
You are very much welcome Yoram 🙂 I’m happy that it worked for you ^^
Thank you. It worked perfectly.
Thanks my friend I had a big problem that solves with your solution, I give you 5+ Stars
Thanks Julian! It means a lot hearing you say that! I’m really glad that my article was able to help you with your problem.
Just wanted to say thank you for providing these instructions. You saved me from pulling my hair out on a WordPress xfer that kept getting stuck. Method #1 worked like a charm. Much appreciated
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I’m really pleased to know that it was a big help to your problem. Glad now that everything is solved for you!
thank you so much for this explanation! I was able to restore a backup on a blank wordpress installation, after moving my website to a different hosting company. Although everything look exactly the same in the wordpress admin area, when I open my website in another browser it is just an empty wordpress page. I updated the permalinks, but I guess something is still not right there. Do you recognise this problem? Could you help me with it? Thank you!
Hmmm, if the page is empty, then for starter I advise you to turn on the Debug mode: ON in WordPress, we need to know the nature of that error. Let me know of the error message you get.
Am stuck when importing at 56.54% always need help
Hi John,
Happy to help! May I ask you which web hosting you are importing your file into?
Thank you so much, dear you saved me.
thank you so much brother.. it worked well..
You are very much welcome!
Thank you so much this was so helpful! It saved my work
I appreciate your comment! I’m really glad this guide solved your problem.
thank you..it helps a lot
You are most welcome Darwin! Glad i could help!
I tried but again when I’m Restoring at the point of Restoring Database it’s running but not do anything after Half hour when I go to my website is like -This site can’t be reached
Please Help Me Step by Step
Hi Amrit,
Your issue can happen for many reasons:
On the other hand, to help determine the source of the problem, i advise you to do the following to get the following answers:
Let me know if this helps Amrit.
You are the best and better
Thank you! Glad we could be of help to you.
nice
Great article, solution #1 almost work for me, but that version wont allow the upload max file size to be updated. Any suggestions on how to force this change?
Hi Eddy,
1.) If you haven’t already tried the following, I advise you to increase the upload max file size as recommended in Solution #3 by adding the lines of codes with the proper values you see fit.
2.) In case that doesn’t work, try to change the following value inside the “constants.php” file of the plugin. You can either do that through “WordPress editor / FTP / or your Hosting file manager”. Search for the following section and copy-paste the following values
// =================// = Max File Size =
// =================
define( 'AI1WM_MAX_FILE_SIZE', 536870912 * 20 );
3.) There is also the possibility that your hosting provider has set a limit to the upload max file size. if I may ask, which hosting are you using?
Let us know if that works for you! Hope that helps!