Title: Cant import csv
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Cant import csv

 *  Resolved [CriterioNet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/criterionet/)
 * (@criterionet)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-import-csv-3/)
 * I do not get any error importing, I think I’ve done everything right, but after
   importing do not look at the back-end or front-end.
 * He shows me a message after importing: “Importing is in test mode Nothing will
   be inserted into the database..”
 * What does this mean? I can not ever care?
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 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-import-csv-3/#post-7102851)
 * Hi CriterioNet,
 * Sorry that you ran into issues here!
 * The “test import” button allows you to see if there would be errors on your import
   if you did it, but it will not actually import the data.
 * Instead, you need to click the OTHER button on that screen to do a real import
   instead.
 * If you’re not sure what I mean, the documentation talks about that in more detail
   here: [http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/docs/#admin-import](http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/docs/#admin-import)
 *  Thread Starter [CriterioNet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/criterionet/)
 * (@criterionet)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-import-csv-3/#post-7102879)
 * You’re right, I thought that this button was to see if the .csv was valid. NOW
   in import test shows me that everything is correct, but in the OTHER button shows
   me an error:
 * >  A serious error occurred during import. If the connection is lost, please 
   > check that you have enough disk space and memory available to PHP. Check your
   > server logs for details.
   >  Last imported file line: 0
 * I added the line `define (' WP_MEMORY_LIMIT ',' 128M ');` in `wp-config.php` 
   but I keep getting the same error.
 * You think of a common problem that is happening to me?
 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-import-csv-3/#post-7103016)
 * Can you tell me a bit more about the size of the file(s) you’re importing?
 * Is it a large CSV?
 * Are you adding images, too? How large is that file?
 * Are you on shared hosting?

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## Tags

 * [csv](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/csv/)
 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)

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 * Last reply from: [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-import-csv-3/#post-7103016)
 * Status: resolved