Ultimate CSV Importer lets you import setup fields like WordPress Posts, Pages and Custom Posts created by third party add-ons. It includes all the default WordPress fields and custom fields of third party plugins addons. Import of Post and Page follows the general import procedure.
In default, WordPress allows you to create posts for your website. The blogs that are shown on the site considered as posts. It is in chronological order. You can create posts for your website manually. But you have to create each post separately and update that on your site. It takes a lot of time and manpower to create and update posts. An alternative solution for this is to prepare a CSV or XML file that includes all your post data. Then upload and import that data with CSV Importer plugin.The figure below shows the post lists that are imported using WP Ultimate CSV Importer.
In categories and tag fields, you can add tags based on the post in comma separator.
Multiple & Nested Categories
You can mention the category values in your CSV like below, if you have to display multiple categories values for the appropriate post.
To use multiple categories you can use Comma separator.
Eg: WordPress Import,Data Import,Importer
Nested Category – Use > (greater than) symbol as separator.
Eg: WordPress Import >CSV Import
Multiple Nested Category – Use Comma separator for multiple categories and greater than symbol for nested category combination.
Mention the post status. publish / draft / pending / sticky / private / protected. For private and protected give the password within curly braces {loginpassword}
publish
post_format
Mention the value to select the desired post format 0 – standard 1 – Aside 2 – Image 3 – Video 4 – Quote 5 – Link 6 – Gallery 7 – Audio
0
Custom Post Import WP Ultimate CSV Importer allows you to import the Custom Post information created by Toolset Types, Custom Post Type UI, Pods, CCTM and CustomPress. The CSV values are the same as that of WordPress default Post fields. Know how to create a custom post using Toolset Types.
Page
Pages in WordPress are static and in non-chronological order. Home, About us, Contact us pages on the website listed inside the WordPress Pages section. You can create pages manually using WordPress. But creating all pages data as a CSV file and importing them into WordPress is the easiest way to complete your work in a limited time.
The fields required for importing page CSV files are listed below and you can get the Page CSV File
WP Field
Description & CSV Values
CSV Sample Value
post_title
Your page title
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post_content
Your page content is Editable
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post_date
The published date of your page. Format – yyyy/mm/dd And add a space, then add the time
2018/09/20 10:30
post_author
Add the author name(WordPress User Name) for your page.
Smackcoders
post_slug
Add your page slug
wp-ultimate-csv-importer
post_status
Mention the page status. publish / draft / pending / sticky / private / protected. For private and protected give the password within curly braces {loginpassword}
publish
post_parent
If you have a parent page for your current page, mention your Parent page Title or ID.
WordPress(Parent Page title)
menu_order
Specify a numerical value to order the menu. By default, it is alphabetically arranged.
3
wp_page_template
Some themes have custom templates you can use for certain pages that might have additional features or custom layouts.
WP Ultimate CSV Importer lets you upload bulk images into WordPress from your local computer or from any publicly accessible external URL along with the image SEO options.
CSV Preparation
Take a zip of all your images to upload into WordPress. Now mention the exact image location from where you’ve taken the zip followed by the image name(Eg: pictures/imagename.jpg). If you’ve taken a zip just the images, you can mention the images name alone in your CSV file. For images uploaded from URL, add the external URL in your CSV as mentioned.
2. Upload your CSV
Browse and upload your CSV file through four different locations. Then choose images in the import each record as field.
3. Mapping
Map the desired CSV and WP fields like Image titles, alt text, caption and description. In the Featured images section map your CSV header which contains the image name or Location. Once done, navigate to the Media Upload fields section and upload your images zip file. You can also find this section in Drag ‘n’ Drop mode. Now, you can also delete any of the unwanted images at runtime.
Click on Continue. Media Handling Enable the Download external images in your media. Click on ‘Download post content external images to media’, if you have to display inline images on the site.
Import images Once done with the process, click on Import to upload all your images into WordPress Media Gallery along with its title, alt text, caption and description.
WP Ultimate CSV Importer, lets you import both inline and featured images into your WordPress. You can either use the existing WordPress media images or external links of Google images, pexels, pixabay, etc,. For image import, you need to enable CRON (Refer our blog enable & Configure WP-Cron) To import, enable the Download external images to your media in the Featured Image Media Handling. Image Handling WP Ultimate CSV Importer lets you handle duplicate images in 2 different ways.
Use media images if already available – Enable it to use your existing image.
Do you want to overwrite the existing images – Enable to overwrite the existing image with a new image(mentioned in your CSV).
Image sizes Allows you to import images in a specific size. WP Ultimate CSV Importer offers you with different sizes like Thumbnail, Medium, Medium Large and Large. You can also add custom size to your images using the Custom size option.
SEO Friendly WP Ultimate CSV Importer lets you import images along with their SEO fields like Image Name, Description, ALT text and Caption. For this, check on the fields that you need to import and map the desired CSV fields.
Finally, click Continue to proceed your limit.Import remote images without downloading into local media It’s possible to import remote external images without localizing/downloading it into WP media. Also, you can switch to enable this download option at any time if needed. This is applicable to post content images which are 3rd party remote URLs. This feature does not affect the featured image import.
Important Note
The external URL with Password protected image cannot be uploaded.
The featured image will be visible, only if the theme supports.
Post Categories, Tags & Custom Taxonomies Import #
Ultimate CSV Importer allows you to import Post Categories and Post Tags and Custom Taxonomies into your WordPress. You can import this either separately or along with your post.
The post category is used when you have to specify records based on their classification. For example, you’re owning digital marketing blogs. You have to split the blogs based on category. At that time you can use this field. Create your CSV file based on the following table. Get your Post Sample CSV File
WP Field
Description & CSV Values
CSV Sample Value
category_name
Mention the Category Name.
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category_id
Mention the category ID.
68753
category_slug
Specify the Category Slug
wp-ultimate-csv-importer
category_description
Mention the Category Description.
To categories the CSV Importer post.
Upload your CSV: You can create a category field in your CSV file. Upload files and choose Category in the ‘Import record as’ dropdown.
Mapping: Map CSV file header with the WordPress fields to import the data in the correct field.
Import: Now you can import your Category information into your WordPress. Category Update: You can update your categories based on category_id or category_slug.
You can use post tags when you have keywords for your blog. You can add multiple tags to your blog. The below list describes the fields in the WordPress header. Click here to get the Post Tag Sample CSV File
WP Field
Description & CSV Values
CSV Sample Value
tag_name
Mention the Tag Name.
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tag_slug
Specify the Tag Slug.
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tag_decription
Mention the Tag Description.
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Tags Update: You can update your category based on tag_id or tag_slug.
In custom Taxonomies, you can add extra taxonomies by providing the details of :
taxonomy_name
taxonomy_slug
taxonomy_description
The below-listed table explains the CSV values of custom taxonomies. Here you can get the Custom Taxnomies Sample CSV File to test importing the custom taxonomies.
WP Field
Description & CSV Values
CSV Sample Value
taxonomy_name
Mention the Taxonomy Name.
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taxonomy_slug
Specify the Taxonomy Slug.
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taxonomy_decription
Mention the Taxonomy Description.
Taxonomies for CSV Importer
Update Custom Taxonomies: You can update taxonomy using taxonomy_slug and taxonomy_id.
With the WordPress Ultimate CSV Importer plugin, you can import data from any third-party plugins. We provide support to import data of WP ecommerce plugin and Marketpress plugin.
WP ecommerce plugin is an ecommerce plugin, where you can store and post your product list. You can create a CSV file in the below table format and import the CSV file in WP Ultimate CSV Importer.
The importer imports core fields, terms and taxonomies fields along with the meta fields.
The post_title field is mandatory.
The below-listed table is the field format to insert the CSV file.
WP Fields
Description & CSV Values
CSV Sample Value
notify_when_none_left unpublish_when_none_left is_taxable no_shipping special google_prohibited
Specify the value to enable or disable this fields 1 – enable 0 – disable
Like the same, you can create a coupon based product CSV file for your Ecommerce website. Upload it on WP ultimate CSV importer. The below-listed table describes the field for coupon CSV.
WP Fields
Description & CSV Values
CSV Sample Value
discount_type
Specify the type of discount Percentage / Fixed amount / Free shipping
Percentage
Use_once Active Apply_on _all_products
Specify the value to enable or disable this field 1 – enable 0 – disable
WP CSV Importer lets you import your WordPress Users information from any CSV/ XML file. You can also import the user custom fields information created using WP-Members and Members. user_login name and user_email are mandatory fields. Map these two fields before importing the users to avoid data import problem. Rows with no data in any one of the fields(login name or email ID) leads to skip the specific row import.
User Fields You can create and import your user information from CSV/ XML in the below format. Get your Users Sample CSV file.
In categories and tag fields, you can add tags based on the post in comma separator.
Multiple & Nested Categories
You can mention the category values in your CSV like below, if you have to display multiple categories values for the appropriate post.
2. Upload your CSV
Browse and upload your CSV file through four different locations. Then choose images in the import each record as field.
Import: Now you can import your Category information into your WordPress. Category Update: You can update your categories based on category_id or category_slug.
In categories and tag fields, you can add tags based on the post in comma separator.
Multiple & Nested Categories
You can mention the category values in your CSV like below, if you have to display multiple categories values for the appropriate post.
The fields required for importing page CSV files are listed below and you can get the Page CSV File
2. Upload your CSV
Browse and upload your CSV file through four different locations. Then choose images in the import each record as field.
Click on Continue. Media Handling Enable the Download external images in your media. Click on ‘Download post content external images to media’, if you have to display inline images on the site.
Import: Now you can import your Category information into your WordPress. Category Update: You can update your categories based on category_id or category_slug.
User Fields You can create and import your user information from CSV/ XML in the below format. Get your Users Sample CSV file.
