WordPress CSV Imports with the WP All Import Plugin - Tutorial (Also works with XML)

WP All Import makes it extremely easy to import CSV & XML files to WordPress.

"Highly recommended for all kinds of CSV and XML file imports into WordPress." -Jean Galea, WPMayor

"If you do a lot of content migrations into WordPress, like I do, stop everything you are doing and go buy this plugin." -Brad Williams, WebDevStudios

"We used WP All Import to migrate 9000 articles from an old CMS to WordPress. We've never used anything else that comes close to matching the power and flexibility of WP All Import." -Ross Wintle, Oikos

WordPress CSV imports are easy with WP All Import, and even importing more complicated XML files to WordPress can easily be done with a simple drag & drop interface.

Importing CSV files to WordPress is as straightforward as having a CSV file, or creating one in Excel. When importing an XML files, the process is exactly the same as importing CSV files, except you can also import the attributes from the XML, not just the elements. So all your data, no matter how it is stored, can be imported.

WP All Import has tons of features and is extremely flexible, while still being very easy to use, so it is probably the right choice for your import job.

Watch this video to find out if WP All Import can save you a lot of time and hassle and make your XML or CSV import task easy.

[neotropeusa]

Thanks. Going through the pre-sales research as we need to migrate 12 years of news items from our old in-house CMS to WordPress, and you guys have a great solution. :-)

[thismoment]

Well covered and explained. Just purchased the plugin and looking forward to putting it to good use!

[SiamHomeSource]

Great product worth every cent, thanks

[entrey_ua]

Thanks for the tutorial! Appreciate it.

[raquelmoss]

Loving it, this is my absolute favourite WordPress plugin. Thanks for all your hard work guys, I hope that one day I can make something as useful :-)

[TevyaFiddlerOnline]

Is there a way to just import a Posts WXR XML file from the WordPress importer, as posts, the way the WP Importer used to do (now broken)? I tried and it wants me to map everything to the correct spot. Is there no default values to just import everything as would be expected from posts on another site?

[michaeltheimmortal]

Is there anyway to turn a CSV file into a usable URL or do I have to convert the CSV to XML then convert the XML to a URL?

[christinab]

I'm confused.. this plugin seems like it only imports posts? My problem is that regular WP Importer isn't importing any pages - how can I do that with this?

[Guyper]

Do I always need to input info for SKU and the PRICE columns manually through editing after the import is done or can it be done on STEP 2 or STEP 3 page by dragging the SKU and the PRICE from the excel and put them in one of the empty spots? Because multiple products come with different sku number and prices

[Gineo]

Can you please share how you create the additional post-categories on your panel (vehicle listings, staff, slideshow photos)?

[nicolasverdi]

Hi! in my case I don´t see the content, just the titles and dates. I exported the CSV from Hubspot.

[nyleve]

Hi, is it possible to only import/update Yoast SEO fields using this plugin? I've tried a few times and it seems like you have to import title and content fields too despite not needing them.

[haiderkazme]

i just wanted to know how can i update post with featured image using this plugin. Also please share the format of the CSV for image and details

[johnnyxp]

since i can't find an easy way to ask for a question please someone that knows answer me this: can this process be created once saved and then executed automatically on a scheduler type mode and only import new non existing products and update stock on existing ones? i am interested to import custom xml from a completely different website no wc to mine that is wc as part of an affiliate program with the other site. thanks

[aystacy]

Thanks for the tutorial! I was able to add a database with ease! However, when I do a search of the database it creates a post for each individual item that pulls up in the results. I end up with several unnecessary posts. I'm using it for a genealogy site to search for ancestors only. Is there a way to keep the data into one post only? Any help will be greatly appreciated!

[BlueteraMarketing]

Hello. I just purchased the Pro version with user addon. I am using a CSV file to import users. The file has a ID column set, but it is not properly mapping user IDs for new users. So instead of importing a user with ID 6542, it is using auto increment based off of how many users are already in the system and setting the user ID to something like 2 (or whatever the next available number might be. I can't seem to find an option to make this work the way I need it to. Can you please help asap? Thank you!

[cadydesigner]

Please, what is the name of the template used?

[danielnielsendk]

How do I import variable products in WooCommerce?

[alexa.]

is there a easier way to import? after working hours on excel files, second hustle: drag & drop? Shouldn't it auto-detect all the fields on the file instead of doing it manually?

[rakeshkumarmistry]

Hi I have directory website that support this plugin. I would like to import Business Name, google address and one picture of the business. Can this plugin compatible with address import?