Title: Import meta data
Last modified: January 30, 2018

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# Import meta data

 *  Resolved [jsillen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsillen/)
 * (@jsillen)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-meta-data/)
 * Hello,
 * I have installed on my website a plugin called WooCommerce Advanced Quantity,
   here is the website for the plugin [https://codecanyon.net/item/woocommerce-advanced-quantity/11861326](https://codecanyon.net/item/woocommerce-advanced-quantity/11861326)
 * I have tried to import my product csv list with the additional columns required
   to fill the meta for the plugin.
 * I have used this format for the column header : “Meta: _advanced-qty-min”
    – 
   as I found the format “Meta: ” in WooCommerce documentation, – and the name of
   the plugin field ” _advanced-qty-min” in a previous export of my product list
 * However none of the meta fields seem to be imported.
 * I have reported it to the plugin editor support team but they have not managed
   to make it work either. Therefore they advise me to contact the forum for a solution.
 * Thank you in advance for your help !

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 *  [Caleb Burks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icaleb/)
 * (@icaleb)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-meta-data/#post-9918909)
 * When you export with this setting checked: [http://cld.wthms.co/fMg03P](http://cld.wthms.co/fMg03P),
   are these custom columns present in the CSV file? If not, it could be because
   either their values aren’t scalar, or because they are private perhaps.
 * Send them this link: [https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/Product-CSV-Importer-&-Exporter#adding-custom-import-columns-developers](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/Product-CSV-Importer-&-Exporter#adding-custom-import-columns-developers)
 * They can add official support for the custom fields, rather than relying on the
   custom meta option.
 *  Thread Starter [jsillen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsillen/)
 * (@jsillen)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-meta-data/#post-10151574)
 * Hello,
    Sorry for my late answer. Actually, the custom columns are well present
   in the export file when I check that field that you show in your reply. But the
   other way round does not work when I try to import in WooCommerce new products
   with data in these columns. Thank you in advance for your help and feedback, 
   as we have a very long list of products to update it would be a nightmare to 
   do it without using the import function. Best regards

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