Title: Simple Perfection.
Last modified: September 2, 2016

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# Simple Perfection.

 *  [Jupitercow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcow/)
 * (@jcow)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-perfection/)
 * This is EXACTLY what you want in a CSV importer. It very simply uses the actual
   column names used by WordPress to make sure everything goes where it should and
   if data doesn’t match a column name, it creates meta data from it.
 * Most importers create their own terminology and over complicate things. This 
   is the only csv importer you will ever need for posts.
 * The only issue I had was that it does not seem to support an ID and I had posts
   coming to me in CSV that needed keep their ID. I would recommend support for 
   it in the next release.
 * That is a small issue, though for most people.
 * Great plugin!

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 *  Plugin Author [Takuro Hishikawa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hissy/)
 * (@hissy)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-perfection/#post-7793931)
 * Thanks jcow, I added issue about your suggestion.
    [https://github.com/hissy/rs-csv-importer/issues/6](https://github.com/hissy/rs-csv-importer/issues/6)
 *  Thread Starter [Jupitercow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcow/)
 * (@jcow)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-perfection/#post-7793933)
 * Thanks for the quick update!
 * Unfortunately it hasn’t changed anything for me. The issue I am having is that
   I need to create NEW posts using the post_id/ID field. Not just update existing.
   I tried the new version with both post_id and then ID and neither did that. They
   still used new ids.
 * If it is possible to do that, this plugin will be perfect for my needs.
 * Thanks again for the work so far. Easily the best CSV uploader I have seen.
 *  Plugin Author [Takuro Hishikawa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hissy/)
 * (@hissy)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-perfection/#post-7793934)
 * I got the point. wp_insert_post function has the argument insert_id, so maybe
   I can do that. I’d like to try.
 *  Thread Starter [Jupitercow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcow/)
 * (@jcow)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-perfection/#post-7793938)
 * I looked into it a bit, and I don’t think it is possible to insert a new post,
   using wp_insert_post with a specific ID.
 * I think it will try to find an existing post and update it, and if it can’t find
   an existing post, it will just create a new one with a _new_ ID. I could be wrong,
   but that was the outcome of my testing.
 * My use case is so specific, that it probably isn’t worth messing with it.
 * For this project, I just created new posts with the ids that I have in a mass
   MySQL statement and then used your plugin to update them and add their meta data.
   This, honestly, isn’t a bad method in my book. Your plugin saved a ton of time
   getting the meta data in and cleaning up the information.
 *  It is a _really_ great plugin.
 * Thanks again.

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