If you have the images you wish to import on your computer/localhost, you’ll need to upload these images online first, before WP Smart Import can import them.

The easiest way to do this is create a folder on your website called “images”, and then upload all the images to this folder – i.e. http://your-site.com/images/

Then follow the normal procedure for importing images from a URL.

If you have a .zip/.gz/.gzip file containing your XML and CSV file and all associated images, you can’t import this file directly – you need to first unzip it, get the images out, and upload them somewhere so that WP Smart Import can import them.