Hello, I am trying to import a website to Local but it is just unsuccessfull. I’ve got a message saying “please try again with a compatible zip file”. Please could you check and tell me if something is missing in the screenshot attached? Thanks [Capture d’écran (5)] System Details Local Ver…

Hi @Mike4 ! Where is the site coming from originally? Can you try just pulling out the wp-content and SQL directories and zipping those up together to import?

The site comes from my live hosting. I wanted to work on it locally instead of putting it in maintenance mode The sql is not already in the wp-content then?

Sometimes there can be extra files in a site export that can confuse Local during the import process. As a baseline what it needs to get a site going are the WP-Content and SQL directories so sometimes reducing your import file down to just those two items can help it to go through. Another thing yo…

Is there a limit in MB to use this plugin?

Is that just a copy that I am going to export or its going to really remove the site from where it is and export it?

Is there a limit in MB to use this plugin? I’m not sure what you mean. Like does the plugin need a certain amount of space to be installed? Or a limit on how large of a site it can export? Is that just a copy that I am going to export or its going to really remove the site from where it is and exp…

I mean a limit on how large of a site can export

In the sceenshot above I can’t see the Database. Can you see the database?

I mean a limit on how large of a site can export I’m not certain without looking at their documentation. How large is this site? Generally speaking with manual imports it shouldn’t be too much of a concern although it can sometimes take awhile for things to get exported/imported. In the sceenshot …

Is the database also supposed to be in the public_html file or is normally located in a separate file elsewhere?

Please try again with a to compatible zip file

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Mike4 August 14, 2023, 7:46am 17

I finally successfully imported the site into local. I used WP Migrate Lite.
Thank you so much.

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