Error comes in Importing Site

[Nick-B]

Hi @farrukh

You can create the full site backup with the plugin yes, but something inside of the site’s files is causing the import problems as far as getting it into Local. So what you could do as a workaround is take a more manual approach like this:

Importing wordpress zip file

Hi @Dex You could attempt a more manual import. The steps would look like this: Unzip the file in a common location, like the desktop Create a new, blank site in Local. Use whatever username/password you like since you’ll overwrite the DB with this site archive’s dump. Copy the wp-content folder from the unzipped location to this newly created site’s location Copy the correct SQL dump to the site root. Within Local, open the site shell Import the dump with wp db import <dumpfile> If that wor…

Once you have the site up and running you can transfer over any other files you need as well.

Regarding the specific error you received when trying to open the zip, I’m not very familiar with but this might help you further: How to Fix "the Archive Is Either in Unknown Format Or Damaged" [2023 Newest Guide]