https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/this-forms-meta-could-not-be-recovered Gravity Support Forums Topic: This form's meta could not be recovered. en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:25:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/this-forms-meta-could-not-be-recovered#post-52147 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:35:13 +0000 Carl Hancock 52147@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@nicole2292 The issue isn't that Gravity Forms can't be migrated. The issue is PHPMyAdmin's import/export functionality doesn't properly handle serialized data. </p> <p>The problem isn't Gravity Forms, the problem is the tool you are using to import/export MySQL data. It doesn't handle the data properly and results in bad data being imported.</p> <p>What exactly are you wanting to recover? Are you simply concerned with the forms themselves or do you need to recover the form entries also?</p> <p>If the forms are your only concern then you shouldn't import/export Gravity Forms this way using PHPMyAdmin. You should use the Gravity Forms Import/Export functionality to Export the Forms to an XML file and then import that XML file in your new site using the Gravity Forms Import Forms functionality. </p> <p>If you need to recover the entries, that is more problematic if the form meta data is corrupt. </p> <p>Contact me directly at <a href="mailto:carl@rocketgenius.com">carl@rocketgenius.com</a> and provide me with a SQL export file of JUST the Gravity Forms database tables for your site (ALL of the rg_* tables in your WordPress database). We can take a look and see why the Meta Recovery tool is not recovering the multi-page form. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/this-forms-meta-could-not-be-recovered#post-52066 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:48:09 +0000 nicole2292 52066@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Can we PLEASE get some help with this? </p> <p>It should not be the case that a site using gravity forms cannot be successfully migrated to a new server. I mean what are we supposed to do - keep the site on the same server forever? There doesn't seem to be another option right now...</p> <p>Therefore please tell us how we can successfully transfer or restore the gravity forms database data so the multi-page forms work after the transfer?</p> <p>This is very urgent!</p> <p>Thank you,</p> <p>Nicole </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/this-forms-meta-could-not-be-recovered#post-52039 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:03:59 +0000 actionhosting 52039@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>We have the same issue - please does any one have a solution thanks </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/this-forms-meta-could-not-be-recovered#post-52017 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:56:51 +0000 michaelatrss@comcast.net 52017@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I am having the same issue. My form and all of its details are still in my database but for some reason the form could not be located. I tried the Meta Recovery Tool as well and it is also telling me "The forms meta could not be recovered." Any suggestions would be appreciated!! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/this-forms-meta-could-not-be-recovered#post-51570 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:57:07 +0000 nicole2292 51570@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I would just like to add that I have also tried copying over the meta data for this form (form_id 1 in the table wp_rg_form_meta) directly from the original database to the new on using phpMyAdmin and still the same symptom is present for this form. </p> <p>Please help - this is our main membership form and it is essential that it can be restored asap. What should I do? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/this-forms-meta-could-not-be-recovered#post-51569 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:49:23 +0000 nicole2292 51569@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I have just migrated my site by doing a database export from phpMyAdmin. Normally this works perfectly for me for all sites however it lost my gravity forms.</p> <p>After a bit of investigation I found that the meta data was likely corrupted and I have used the meta Data Recovery Tool. This worked from all single page forms. </p> <p>However I have one form which is a multi-page form and for this I get "This form's meta could not be recovered." when I attempt to do the meta recovery.</p> <p>How can I recover this data and restore this form to it's original state on the new server?</p> <p>Best Regards,</p> <p>Nicole </p>