Yet another bait and switch plugin – claims to be a full functional plugin, looks great until you hit the bottom of the spec and find you have to part with $50 to get the actual code.
I am seeing more and more of these advertorial plugins here on WordPress and no matter how many I report, none get removed. Really goes against everything that Matt preaches.
yes nowhere on plugins page does it say this is a premium plug in with charges!!!!! very sneaky i think may be good plugin but even if was going to pay for one i wouldnt on principle!
Disabled. If this had been pointed out sooner, we would have disabled it sooner.
Information about bad plugins should be sent to plugins@wordpress.org. Posting about them here doesn’t mean we’ll notice the post.
will do in future cheers Otto
Hi
I am the developer of the plugin above.
I am sorry for this, I do understand on thinking about it further why this is a problem. My sales dropped to zero recently and I was about to scrap the project totally. I have over 200 users including the very old working free editions. However, those free plugins took far too much of my time, the users need constant support. So I made the quick decision to disable features in the plugin. I never really thought about it much, I work flat out and fast.
I will provide a full working CSV Importer plugin called Easy CSV Importer Free asap. My services are more about helping users, I spend morning until night on Skype, forums and email helping people fix csv files and import data. This is my way of living right now, the removal of Easy CSV Importer has resulting in few sales. If people buy the plugin, their money covers my support including customising it to suit their exact needs.
So, I’ll do my best to make this clearer, define the service as hire rather than purchase of plugin. I know I will need to get the working plugin ready before you allow it to be displayed again but I would appreciate a signal to suggest that this will be possible.
Sorry for this issue and thank you for your time.
Ryan
hey ryan,
I totally understand how much time and effort needs to go into support, definitely more than the original development.
So good luck and like I intimated in my post earlier it looks like a great plugin, apologies for using the term “sneaky” as I am sure it was not your intention, I believed that all on wp.org was free code to a point!
Obviously I understand that the field in which the plugin works is bound to drive more user queries than say a share button!
and we all need to make a living
I will check out your easy csv free when ready, and I have paid for premium code before so am not totally against it.
Cheers
Hi guy i m Marco i buy this plugin Easy csv import and i very happy i not like the plugin type datafeddr or other when i pay all month or all year, i test other plugin but or not run or run and after 100 or 300 raw plugin stoped, yes want more work the Easy CSV importer, but i wait the next release increase the option i m sure the project is the best.
Please Ryan not stop this project
bye bye
Marco
head1ess that is very understanding of you and Marco thankyou for your comment.
I’ve just uploaded a working free edition. Some of the most advanced features removed in order to avoid so many free support questions. Users will simply be told that they will need to hire me for extensive support. There is a full range of video tutorials on YouTube and more will also be added so there is enough there for people to figure it out.
The ECI sales page has not been updated yet but it will state that the fee is for my time, they will get a better plugin and I will tweek it for their project needs, server and theme etc. It will probably be 2-3 hours maximum including CSV file Operating as I like to call it, something I do daily.
I don’t think I have restricted the free edition too much. It allows a custom design, any csv file to be used, categories, ability to test the file with various settings, a log system exists also.
Thanks
Ryan
Now I just need someone to get the plugin back in the Extend search!
Please WordPress please 🙂
lol good luck with that, in interim is this the correct link to use?
Would like to have a look at new v.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/csv-2-post/installation/
cheers
Hi
That is CSV 2 POST, also a new edition uploaded to meet requirements discussed. However I’ll be focussing on Easy CSV Importer 2
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-csv-importer-2/
Hi Ryan, will this work in the latest version of Classipress, I need to import a large mysql database from another non-wordpress site into classipress – am hoping to install Easy CSV Importer 2 to do this
Hi
Easy CSV Importer will work in all themes as it supports custom fields.
I don’t want to say too much because it will sound like I’m selling. Yesterday I was hired to work on a classipress installation with my plugin and my client had to update to latest version.
All is ok.
Thanks
Ryan
I cannot get it to work with Taxonomies, especially hierarchical category types.
Hi
Can you tell me what your trying to do please.
What taxonomies exactly?
The plugins latest beta allows multiple levels in the category hierarchy and multiple parents per post. It works for sure. Please ensure you refresh the Categories admin page, try creating then deleting a test category. Sometimes they are hidden until you do that.
A new free version will be released next month also.
Thanks
Ryan
