Title: Assigning values to custom fields
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Assigning values to custom fields

 *  Resolved [CarolineElisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carolineelisa/)
 * (@carolineelisa)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/)
 * Hi there,
 * When mapping values to fields, I can’t see the custom fields I created using 
   either the Simple Fields, Advanced Custom Fields or Types plugins.
 * How can I go about creating custom fields that are recognised by your plugin?
 * Thanks!
    Caroline
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Smackcoders Inc.,](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smackcoders/)
 * (@smackcoders)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/#post-4048747)
 * We recommend Custom Post Type UI plugin. This is compatible with our plugin
 *  Thread Starter [CarolineElisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carolineelisa/)
 * (@carolineelisa)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/#post-4048749)
 * Thanks!
 * But I can’t see how to create custom fields via this plugin. It seems to only
   manage custom posts and taxonomies…
 *  Plugin Author [Smackcoders Inc.,](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smackcoders/)
 * (@smackcoders)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/#post-4048758)
 * Go to custom post import, use the option Add Custom Field from drop down to map
   the headers and label it.
 *  Thread Starter [CarolineElisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carolineelisa/)
 * (@carolineelisa)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/#post-4048760)
 * Thanks again for the quick response.
 * Do you mean I should paste in the custom field name or slug as the “label”? It
   won’t pick up existing custom fields?
 *  Plugin Author [Smackcoders Inc.,](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smackcoders/)
 * (@smackcoders)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/#post-4048776)
 * Yes it can. Use Add custom Field option to create new custom fields.
 *  Thread Starter [CarolineElisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carolineelisa/)
 * (@carolineelisa)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/#post-4048782)
 * Ok so it picks up fields created by your plugin? The problem is I already have
   dozens of existing custom fields and was hoping to not have to create them again!
 * But never mind, pasting in my custom field slugs seems to work.
 * Thank you!
 *  Plugin Author [Smackcoders Inc.,](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smackcoders/)
 * (@smackcoders)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/#post-4049009)
 * Thanks for the update.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assigning-values-to-custom-fields/#post-4049009)
 * Status: resolved