David, I was attempting to do this on a shared host and no matter what PHP directives I used it didn’t work. I had read here, there and everywhere that the WordPress importer plugin is problematic and even more so on shared hosts, so I switched gears and did everything from scratch on my own workstation, giving it the recommended higher timeout and memory limits. Here I have full control and plenty of resources to spare. I imported the full demo content and only a few items failed:
Failed to import shop_order_status cancelled
Failed to import shop_order_status completed
Failed to import shop_order_status failed
Failed to import shop_order_status on-hold
Failed to import shop_order_status pending
Failed to import shop_order_status processing
Failed to import shop_order_status refunded
What do you think caused these items to fail?
But overall this was a way better result. It shows that having sufficient privileges and resources under your control is a must for the import process to go smoothly. I plan to develop my site on localhost and later move it wholesale to my host.
