Title: Existing Post Data Doesn't Update Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Existing Post Data Doesn't Update * Resolved [jkuzma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkuzma/) * (@jkuzma) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/) * I’m trying to update existing posts via a CSV file with approximately 850 rows, via an exported CSV file complete with postmeta data (using ACF.) I created these posts with your plugin. I have the proper ID/post_id and have tried both field names and field keys, but the data does not update. * Am I doing something wrong? Is there an example I should be following? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-csv-importer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-csv-importer/) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Author [Takuro Hishikawa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hissy/) * (@hissy) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009484) * Could you activate this add-on-plugin and give me a debug information? * [https://gist.github.com/hissy/7175656](https://gist.github.com/hissy/7175656) * Thread Starter [jkuzma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkuzma/) * (@jkuzma) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009536) * I’ve included the first entry only, as the result is the same for all 850. Looks like the meta data is NULL * [http://pastebin.com/hK2kJ9sK](http://pastebin.com/hK2kJ9sK) * Thread Starter [jkuzma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkuzma/) * (@jkuzma) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009537) * Here is one more debug, with a CSV using only the columns that need updated ( 2 columns) with columns set for post_id, post_type, and post_status (as required.) * [http://pastebin.com/xhkMAmRz](http://pastebin.com/xhkMAmRz) * Thread Starter [jkuzma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkuzma/) * (@jkuzma) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009538) * Sorry, here is one more. * With the previous 2, I had really_simple_csv_importer_save_meta_filter function in my functions.php, as I was trying to troubleshoot the problem. * I removed the function, and it appears the data is read, but the entries are not saving in the database. * [http://pastebin.com/pcEugiy5](http://pastebin.com/pcEugiy5) * Thread Starter [jkuzma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkuzma/) * (@jkuzma) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009612) * Any update? * It looks like the data is properly put into an array with the boolean update, but nothing updates in the database. * I’m using XAMPP with the latest WP and plugin. Not sure that would matter, as I uploaded the original entries on the same platform. * Plugin Author [Takuro Hishikawa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hissy/) * (@hissy) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009658) * I’m so sorry, but I was so busy last few weeks. anyway, you pastebins are all removed. could you re-upload these? thanks * Thread Starter [jkuzma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkuzma/) * (@jkuzma) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009659) * I no longer have access to this project or pastebin info, sorry. I ended up using another plugin to resolve my issues. * Plugin Author [Takuro Hishikawa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hissy/) * (@hissy) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009660) * got it Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Existing Post Data Doesn't Update’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/really-simple-csv-importer_c5cdac. svg) * [Really Simple CSV Importer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-csv-importer/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-csv-importer/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/really-simple-csv-importer/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/really-simple-csv-importer/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/really-simple-csv-importer/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/really-simple-csv-importer/reviews/) ## Tags * [csv](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/csv/) * 8 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Takuro Hishikawa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hissy/) * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-post-data-doesnt-update/#post-6009660) * Status: resolved