Server Error 500
If you get a 500 error (500 Internal Server Error) while importing a Site, it means there’s likely a server error preventing the site from importing.
The following server settings can be increased to better allow GP to upload and process the import files.
- PHP max input variables 4000
- PHP time limit (max_input_time) 1200
- PHP memory limit 512M
- Max input time 600
- Upload max filesize 300M
- PHP post max size 512M
These values aren’t perfect, as it depends on the size of the site you’re importing. We like to keep things small, so the above values should be more than enough. If you’re not comfortable tweaking these yourself, your hosting support should be able to help you.
502 bad gateway
This error can happen if you’re on an nginx server. To fix it, you need to add this to your server config file:
fastcgi_buffers 16 16k; fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
400 Error
400 errors are typically permission-related.
We’ve seen 400 errors happening during import with users using EasyEngine on their servers. More info on that here.
Further Debugging
If the above solutions don’t work, we need to debug further.
Add the following into your wp-config.php file in your root WordPress folder:
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
Run the importer again until your encounter the error.
Now you’ll find a file named debug.log in the wp-content folder on your server. Open this file, and look at the end for any errors.