JSON import file error: "empty file imported"

• giancarlozero

• December 10, 2014 at 9:25 am

I’m trying to import a .json file with custom fields in ACF PRO, but it is showing an error saying the file is empty. I created the fields in my local installation of WordPress (XAMPP) and tried to import the WordPress installation of my site, but this error occurred.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/lhce61qjxnyeobe/2014-12-09_19-25-43.png?dl=0

Could help me solve this problem?

(Sorry about my bad english. I needed to use Google Translate)

• Elliot

• December 12, 2014 at 9:52 am

Hi @giancarlozero

Can you attach your exported .json file and I will test it out

• giancarlozero

• December 13, 2014 at 1:36 pm

Yeah, sure! This is the file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jx9inly86rk54g1/acf-export-2014-12-13.json?dl=0

I updated the ACF PRO plugin to version 5.1.5, but the problem keeps happening.

• signo

• January 31, 2015 at 12:22 am

See this thread it shows why is happening and how to fix it.

• giancarlozero

• January 31, 2015 at 2:27 am

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• giancarlozero

• February 9, 2015 at 3:48 pm

I tried again and the json file was successfully imported.

Thank you!

• cziko

• October 24, 2019 at 6:22 pm

For those who still struggle with this problem: check if your exported JSON file has BOM marker (it depends on the server whether this marker is added to a file). When the marker is present, import doesn’t work. You can always open file in Notepad (on Windows) and save file with UTF-8 coding (not “UTF-8 with BOM”) – it should work unless your file has some syntax issues.