What is the required format for importing posts into WordPress?
Here is an import file where only a few settings are used (although you may be able to exclude even more), which successfully imports three posts (tested on WP 4.2.2): <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?> <rss version=”2.0″ xmlns:excerpt=”http://wordpress.org/export/1.2/excerpt/” xmlns:content=”http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/” xmlns:wfw=”http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/” xmlns:dc=”http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/” xmlns:wp=”http://wordpress.org/export/1.2/” > <channel> <wp:wxr_version>1.2</wp:wxr_version> <item> <title>My first post</title> <dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator> <description></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Welcome to my first … Read more