location of uploaded xml file in wordpress

Question

I'm trying to find my demo content.XML that I uploaded via the import plugin for WordPress my developer ran away with all the files and i just need the demo content to rebuild the site.

Does anyone know if or where the uploaded XML file is saved on my server - i have the theme and i have ftp and Cpanel access just no xml content to upload - and theme forest will not give me access as the account was in his name understandably.

I have checked all the upload folders to no avail in wp-content>uploads

thanks for the help in advance

Answer 1

From the source, WordPress doesn't keep the file. It uploads it via wp_insert_attachment(), does its processing, and then runs wp_delete_attachment():

/**
 * Cleanup importer.
 *
 * Removes attachment based on ID.
 *
 * @since 2.0.0
 *
 * @param string $id Importer ID.
 */
function wp_import_cleanup( $id ) {
    wp_delete_attachment( $id );
}

View the full source of the importer on GitHub.