Custom Field Suite plugin lets you add custom fields for your Posts, Pages, and Custom Posts. WP Ultimate CSV Importer supports Custom Field Suite(CFS) Import, enhancing your workflow. You can import, update, schedule, and export the data of CFS fields easily with our plugin. To enhance your experience with the CFS plugin, install it from WordPress.org for free and use it for your WordPress posts and pages.
Supported Modules #
WP Ultimate CSV Importer supports importing and exporting the Custom Field Suite fields data assigned for the following modules:
| Posts | Pages | Custom Posts |
| Event | Event-recurring |
How to create CFS data and import it with WP Ultimate CSV Importer? #
Step 1: Download the free Custom Field Suite plugin from the WordPress plugin repository.
Step 2: Create new custom fields in CFS by navigating to the the Settings menu and clicking on the “Add New” in the top of the page.
Step 3: Click on Publish to publish the fields you’ve created to make them available for use in posts/pages.
Step 4: Prepare a CSV file containing all the necessary details of the CFS fields, ensuring proper formatting and alignment.
Custom Field Suite: How to add values to CFS fields #
All the supported CFS fields format values are listed below in order to prepare a proper import file.
| CFS Field | Description & CSV Values | CSV Sample Value |
| Text | Add your single-line text. | WP Ultimate CSV Importer Plugin |
| Textarea | Add your paragraph with multiple lines. | WP Ultimate CSV Importer lets you import your WordPress website content from any CSV/XML file. Also, you can schedule the data. |
| WYSIWYG | Any type of text values are supported | WP Ultimate CSV Importer Import/ Update Instant/ Scheduled import |
| Date | Mention the date value in standard format MM/DD/YYYY | 8/3/2022 |
| Color | Mention your color code value(HEX Code) | #b2a9c9 |
| True / False | Specify the desired boolean value For, eg: 1 for True and 0 for False | 1 |
| Select | Provide the value for your select option to select the desired one. If there are multiple values, they should be separated with commas (,). Eg: If you have select options like: Blue Green Black Pink The values will be like Blue, Green to select the first two options. | Blue, Green |
| File Upload | Specify the ID of the file from your WordPress Media gallery. | 740 |
| Relationship | Specify the multiple Post/Page name. Use the comma separator to add multiple values. | Balenciaga,Fila,Diesel |
| Term | Specify the multiple category IDs in the comma(,) separator. | 72,73 |
| User | Specify the multiple user IDs in the comma(,) separator. | 3,9 |
Step 5: Use WP Ultimate CSV Importer to upload the CSV file. Choose the post type where you’ve assigned the CFS fields and want to import data to it. Select ‘New item’ or ‘Existing item’.
Step 6: Map the CFS fields in the mapping section of the importer and make sure to map the mandatory field like post_title along with other needed fields.
Step 7: Configure the media handling options as per your requirements. Click continue for the next import step.
Step 8: Click import and run the import process to bring the data into your WordPress website. Check out here for the more detailed explanation for import.
Update WordPress data with CFS Fields #
WP Ultimate CSV Importer allows updating existing WordPress records along with CFS custom fields. After uploading your CSV/XML file, select the “Existing Items” option and select your desired post_type from the dropdown.
When you visit the import section after configuring all the steps before, enable the Do you want to update the records based on Fields? Option. This will let you update records based on Post_Title, ID, or Post_Name so enter the Post_Title/ ID/Post_Name value inside the textbox.
Note: The Field Mapping and Media Handling sections follow the same procedure you do for other imports.
Export WordPress data with CFS Fields #
You can export CFS fields assigned to Posts, Pages, or Custom Posts.
- In the Export tab and select the post type that the CFS fields are assigned to which can be Pages, Posts or Custom Posts.
- Specify the file name and format(the type of file you want to export).
- Apply advanced filters if needed and click Export. To know more about advanced filters, refer to our export data with CSV Importer documentation.
- After the file is ready to export. Click download to save the backup on your local desktop for backup or further analysis.
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