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How do I import demo data into WordPress theme?
How to Import the Demo Content
- Log into your site as an administrator.
- Make sure you activated your new theme before proceeding.
- Go to Tools → Import.
- Choose “WordPress” from the list.
- Upload the demo content .
- You will be asked to map the authors in this export file to users on the blog.
What is demo content in WordPress?
Demo or Dummy Data is the theme content that need to be imported to your WordPress for the Theme to function and to be displayed properly. The Demo Data importer depends on the technology that the theme is using. Manually you can import the Demo Data on Dashboard > Your Theme > Import/Export (Dummy Data).
Can You import demo data into a WordPress theme?
Cheap or bad shared hosting may not allow you to use this values (in this case demo data import will be not possible on your server and you must change your hosting to be able to import demo data in any WordPress themes), check our hosting recommendation here. You can verify your PHP configuration limits by installing PHP Info Plugin .
Why is my demo import not working in PHP?
There are cheap shared hosting that may not allow you to increase the PHP configuration limits to the recommended values and thus resulting in the demo import not to work. You might need to change your hosting to be able to import demo data.
Why is my demo data not working on WordPress?
Demo data does not work correctly. If you see that demo content import process loading forever, got not all content imported or incorrectly working demo content this means your hosting PHP.ini limits too low for working with WordPress Importer and demo data can’t be imported on your hosting without correct configuration.
Is there a way to import demo data?
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