Import attachments from another WordPress blog using a WXR file.
As of April 2026, Attachment Importer is a WordPress image plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 26 reviews. It has been downloaded 46K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 21% this week. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
I found the WordPress Importer plugin is good for importing posts and comments, but is lacking when it comes to importing large attachments (like images) from large sites. My import would often time out and crash. I wrote this plugin to help with my own blog migrations, but I hope you find it useful too.
Even though the plugin hasn’t been updated for quite a while, it still works great even with the latest WordPress (5.3). Thanks for the development!
I have some expensive importer/exporter plugins and this was the only one that would move over the images between hosting services and import them into the database without an issue. Nice work!
I found this plug-in as I was having trouble moving data on a shared server that can not be migrated.
Importing of media that has failed many times is proceeding smoothly.
Thank you for a wonderful plugin !!
You saved me from a couple of weeks work!
Thank you so much for sharing this with the WP community. It helped me get around timeouts and so much frustration. I didn’t find any problems with the plugin.
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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