Title: Import custom xml file
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Import custom xml file

 *  [dskbrk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dskbrk/)
 * (@dskbrk)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-custom-xml-file/)
 * Hi all,
 * After a redesign, I’m trying to find a way to import almost 1000 entries from
   a custom XML file generated by the old crappy CMS to the new WordPress powered
   website.
 * For custom I mean it’s encoded in ISO-8859-1, the date field is in format ‘dd/
   mm/yyyy’ and every entry has a ‘thumb’ field with the name of a jpg file with
   lots of spaces in it (by the way, I have all the images saved locally).
 * Maybe a smarter way for the thumbs would be importing the simple image file name
   in a custom fields and then adding some specific theme support…but what about
   other entries?
 * Is there any hope to import all these entries in a specific category?
 * any advice?
 * thank you all in advance

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 * [xml](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xml/)

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