


To resolve this you will either have to edit your SQL export file and do a search and replace, changing all instances of ‘utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci’ to ‘utf8mb4_unicode_ci’. This is great unless you end up moving your WordPress site from a newer 5.6 version of MySQL to an older, pre 5.6 version of MySQL. If it uses MySQL version 5.6 or more, it assumes the use of a new and improved Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA) called “utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci”. Basically, the Wordpress library for newer version checks to see what version of SQL your site is running on. Getting collation error #1273 - Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci' is caused by the difference of the MySQL version from which you export and our MySQL server to which you import.
