Title: Advanced CSV Importer Author: Takayuki Miyauchi Published: December 29, 2014 Last modified: April 24, 2015 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/advanced-csv-importer/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1056456) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/advanced-csv-importer/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1056456) # Advanced CSV Importer By [Takayuki Miyauchi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/miyauchi/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/advanced-csv-importer.0.1.6.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-csv-importer/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-csv-importer/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-csv-importer/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-csv-importer/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-csv-importer/) ## Description The Advanced CSV Importer will import the following content from a CSV file. Advanced CSV Importer is fully unit-tested. The plugin is stable and ready to be used in large projects like enterprise applications. * Posts, pages and other custom post types * Custom fields and post meta * Categories, tags https://github.com/miya0001/advanced-csv-importer This plugin requires PHP 5.3 or later. #### Default CSV field names * ID * post_content * post_name * post_title * post_status * post_type * post_author * ping_status * post_parent * menu_order * to_ping * pinged * post_password * guid * post_content_filtered * post_excerpt * post_date * post_date_gmt * comment_status * post_category * tags_input * page_template You can change field name via `acsv_post_object_keys` hook like following. ``` add_filter( 'acsv_post_object_keys', function( $post_object_keys ){ $post_object_keys['title'] = 'post_title'; $post_object_keys['content'] = 'post_content'; return $post_object_keys; } ); ``` Other columns will be saved to the custom field. There is a sample of the CSV. | | ID | post_name | post_author | post_date | post_type | post_status | post_title | post_content | post_category | tags_input | custom_field | | | | Import-test | admin | 2013/9/13 0:00 | post | publish | CSV Import Test | This is a post for csv import. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. | fruits | apple,banana | this is custom field value. | | | | | editor | | post | publish | define author test | | | | | | | | | 2 | | post | | define author id test | | | | | | | 1 | Hello-world-updated | | | post | | Hello world! Updated! | Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Updated by RS CSV Importer! | | | | [view raw](https://gist.github.com/miya0001/06f1a8e2bf1789c7ddee/raw/3c95de96302f556e58049e550f9a14b047048dbe/test.csv) [ test.csv hosted with ❤ by [GitHub](https://github.com) #### Action Hooks * acsv_after_insert_post #### Filter Hooks * acsv_post_object_keys * acsv_post_defaults * acsv_import_upload_size_limit * acsv_pre_get_post_objects * acsv_after_get_post_objects * acsv_csv_format * acsv_csv_to_hash_array * acsv_get_user_by_field #### WP-CLI Importing: ``` $ wp csv import tests/_data/wp/sample.csv +------+-----------------------+------+---------+------------+---------------------+ | ID | Title | Type | Status | Author | Date | +------+-----------------------+------+---------+------------+---------------------+ | 1720 | CSV Import Test | post | publish | admin | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 | | 1721 | define author test | post | publish | admin | 2014-12-27 18:44:46 | | 1722 | define author id test | post | publish | themedemos | 2014-12-27 18:44:46 | | 1 | Hello world! Updated! | post | publish | admin | 2014-12-27 18:44:46 | +------+-----------------------+------+---------+------------+---------------------+ ``` History: ``` $ wp csv log +----------+-----------------------------+---------------------+---------+---------+ | ID | Title | Date | Success | Failure | +----------+-----------------------------+---------------------+---------+---------+ | e0a66344 | Imported from WP-CLI. | 2014-12-27 18:44:46 | 4 | 0 | | 43c47af6 | Imported from admin screen. | 2014-12-27 16:53:17 | 4 | 0 | | df0f140b | Imported from WP-CLI. | 2014-12-27 16:21:42 | 4 | 0 | +----------+-----------------------------+---------------------+---------+---------+ ``` Details of the history: ``` $ wp csv log e0a66344 +------+-----------------------+------+---------+------------+---------------------+ | ID | Title | Type | Status | Author | Date | +------+-----------------------+------+---------+------------+---------------------+ | 1720 | CSV Import Test | post | publish | admin | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 | | 1721 | define author test | post | publish | admin | 2014-12-27 18:44:46 | | 1722 | define author id test | post | publish | themedemos | 2014-12-27 18:44:46 | | 1 | Hello world! Updated! | post | publish | admin | 2014-12-27 18:44:46 | +------+-----------------------+------+---------+------------+---------------------+ ``` ## Screenshots * [[ * Tools Import Screen * [[ * The result of an importing * [[ * History of importing ## Installation This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. e.g. 1. Upload `plugin-name.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Place `` in your templates ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0cd449c259c343abf442c1898a86168e174d56394a044b62499bfd7dade14e2f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-7989/)󠁿 [pharefm](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pharefm/) September 3, 2016 Nice simple plugin that does what it says. Could use a few extra options without requiring the user to add/edit code. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-csv-importer/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Advanced CSV Importer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Takayuki Miyauchi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/miyauchi/) * [ DigitalCube Inc. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/megumithemes/) [Translate “Advanced CSV Importer” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/advanced-csv-importer) ### Interested in development? 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