[wp-testers] Import Limit

[Andrew Ozz]

Burhan Khalid wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 6:12 AM, George Pearce <george at gpearce.co.uk> wrote:
>>  > > Is there a way to increase the import file size limit for wordpress xml
>>  >  imports?
>>  >  I think it's in the PHP memory limit, most hosts limit you to about 2megs, I
>>  >  forget the exact amount.
>>  >  However, if you stick the following in the .htaccess file, it should up the
>>  >  limiter.
>>  >
>>  >  php_value memory_limit 50M
>>  >
>>  >  You can change the 50m to whatever you like :) , although if you have a
>>  >  shared host, you might want to check it's not against their TOS, but for one
>>  >  upload, it should be ok.
>>  >
>>  >
>>
>>  I don't think that's the issue at play here.  WP used to enforce an
>>  upper limit of 7MB on WXR files.  I'm assuming it still holds true.
> 
> So if I change this limit, will it cause any problems? The limit is 8
> MB, my backup is 9.92 MB.

You can split the xml in chunks between the posts, just paste the header.