Title: [Plugin: CSV Importer] Issue with subcategories
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: CSV Importer] Issue with subcategories

 *  [limey32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limey32/)
 * (@limey32)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-issue-with-subcategories/)
 * Ok lets say I have two subcategories with the same name:
 * Fruit
    –Oranges –Apples
 * Fruit Baskets
    –Oranges –Apples
 * Just putting the subcategory name in the csv file won’t work. If I put (Fruit,
   Oranges) as the csv_post_categories it will post to both Fruit and Oranges subcategory.
 * How to make it post only to Oranges underneath Fruit. is there a parent_category
   value in the importer or something that would make this work?
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/csv-importer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/csv-importer/)

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 *  Thread Starter [limey32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limey32/)
 * (@limey32)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-issue-with-subcategories/#post-1308091)
 * Also large files choke. Is there a way to use a file that is on the server already?
 *  [dvkob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvkob/)
 * (@dvkob)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-issue-with-subcategories/#post-1308153)
 * limey32: What you can do to make sure the posts go under a specific category 
   is rename that category to something unique, put that unique name under csv_post_category
   in the CSV file, import the file and rename it back.
 * Could you define “large”? The plugin itself has no size limitations. If you’re
   unable to import files larger than a certain size, it probably has to do with
   maximum upload size and/or maximum script running time PHP settings on your server.
 * You can only import files from your machine, i.e. you cannot point the plugin
   at a URL.
 *  Thread Starter [limey32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limey32/)
 * (@limey32)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-issue-with-subcategories/#post-1308178)
 * I appreciate the response dvkob. I looks like I am going to have to do alot of
   category swaps.
 * Is there possibility to recognize cat ID to the importer in an upcoming version?
 *  [dvkob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvkob/)
 * (@dvkob)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-issue-with-subcategories/#post-1308238)
 * limey32:
 * > Is there possibility to recognize cat ID to the importer in an upcoming version?
 * Yes, I’ll most likely add the ability to specify category ids in the next version.

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 * Last reply from: [dvkob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvkob/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-issue-with-subcategories/#post-1308238)
 * Status: not resolved

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