Title: Problem with “ID” column
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problem with “ID” column

 *  Resolved [xzhw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xzhw/)
 * (@xzhw)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-id-column/)
 * I have imported posts, plugin works wonderful except the “ID” column.
    1.For 
   example, before imported a post , I set the “ID” value like “301”(not existed
   postID number), while published, this post’s id is not “301”. Look like post’s
   id is generated automatically, but not controlled by “ID” column. 2.If I set “
   ID” as an existing postID before imported, that existed post won’t be updated,
   but a new post will be published, and the new post have a postID generated automatically.
   I think i need help.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-csv-importer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-csv-importer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takuro Hishikawa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hissy/)
 * (@hissy)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-id-column/#post-4856185)
 * It might be a problem with your csv data. Could you try import with field name“
   post_id” instead of “ID”?
 *  Thread Starter [xzhw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xzhw/)
 * (@xzhw)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-id-column/#post-4856191)
 * I think your are right, there is really something wrong with my csv data .Because
   I just tested your “sample.csv” file with my wordpress, it works good .
    Before
   imported, I have edited the csv data with microsoft office excel 2007. Did Excel
   cause this problem？
 *  Plugin Author [Takuro Hishikawa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hissy/)
 * (@hissy)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-id-column/#post-4856195)
 * Probably. I recommend you to try LibreOffice for editing spreadsheets and export
   csv.
 *  Thread Starter [xzhw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xzhw/)
 * (@xzhw)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-id-column/#post-4856225)
 * thank you for your plugin and replies, there is no problem importing LibreOffice
   csv data.

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 * Last reply from: [xzhw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xzhw/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-id-column/#post-4856225)
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