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Pre-Purchase Questions: 1. After the first import, will importing properly update custom fields? For example, if I first import a list of users with custom user fields, when I do another update, will it properly update the matching users or try to create a new user?
2. How do scheduled imports work for CSV? Does the plugin look at a wordpress directory for a new file?
Hi,
When importing users by default it will search the user email and login fields for existing users (or you can set any unique identifier), and if found it will update the users details, and if not a new user will be created.
Scheduled Imports are ran periodically, the plugin can look in a directory for a new file if that is required, let me know and i can help you configure it.
James
What happens if I want to upload an image and it doesn’t exist?
Hi, if the image dosnt exist it wont be uploaded.
May i also ask something more, i have another xml that gets the availability status in text (high,low,unav) is it possible to set up your plugin to show stock levels in that way? here is an example of the xml
<table1> <ProductID>010003</ProductID> <BarCode>6923520262335</BarCode> <Category1>28</Category1> <Category2>2802</Category2> <Category3/> <Category4/> <Eisfora>0.16</Eisfora> <WholesalePrice>0</WholesalePrice> <Suggested_x0020_Retail_x0020_Price>0</Suggested_x0020_Retail_x0020_Price> <Suggested_x0020_Web_x0020_Price>39.9</Suggested_x0020_Web_x0020_Price> <Description>Speaker Edifier M1360</Description> <DetailedDescription>M1360 2.1 multimedia speaker Wooden MDF enclosed, 4 inch subwoofer with front bass reflextion port Uniquely designed downward angled subwoofer Two compact, upward angled satellites Magnetically-shielded satellites and subwoofer Wired volume control with audio mute button 3.5mm auxiliary input and RCA input</DetailedDescription> <DetailedDescriptionPre>Total power output: RMS 2W x 2 + 4.5W x 1 THD + N (testing level): 10% Signal to noise ratio: 85dBA Frequency response: Satellites: 150Hz – 20kHz Subwoofer: 20Hz – 170kHz Distortion: 0.5% Input sensitivity: Satellites: 350mV ± 50mV Subwoofer: 250mV ± 50mV Input impedance: 10KΩ Audio Input Type: 3.5mm Stereo line-in Adjustment: Wired remote Subwoofer / bass unit: 4 inch (106mm) Magnetically shielded, 6Ω Tweeter unit: 50mm x 90mm, magnetically shielded, 4Ω Remote control: Wired: Volume control, headphone jack, mute Dimensions: Satellites: 64mm x 140mm x 112mm Subwoofer: 158mm x 225mm x 252mm (WxHxD) Weight: 2.50Kg (net) / 3.20Kg (gross)</DetailedDescriptionPre> <Category>SPEAKERS</Category> <SubCategory>SPEAKERS 2.1</SubCategory> <Maker>EDIFIER</Maker> <MakerID>M1360</MakerID> <ProIDLink>http://www.dot-media.gr/aspProductDetail.aspx?ProID=010003&vNet=0</ProIDLink> <ImageLink>http://www.dot-media.gr/imgProduct3/010003.jpg</ImageLink> <ImageLink2>http://www.dot-media.gr/imgProduct3/010003b.jpg</ImageLink2> <ImageLink3>http://www.dot-media.gr/imgProduct3/010003c.jpg</ImageLink3> <ProductPdf>http://www.dot-media.gr/pdfProduct/010003.pdf</ProductPdf> <Availability>UNAV</Availability> </table1>
If you can let me know what fields you would use to show these stock statuses in WooCommerce’s Edit product screen, then i can tell you how to set it to import into those fields in the format you require
About the stock management. i see that the plugin ask me to select if a product is in stock or out of stock but im confused on how i have to setup it. from my xml i get quantity 1 if is in stock and quantity 0 if is out of stock. how i have to setup the plugin to automatically show products in stock or out of stock? i would preferably want when the xml says a product has quantity 1 to be setted as available (with unlimited supply, i would prefer if a customer buy one product to not show the product as out of stock until i refresh the data from xml) and when it has 0 to be seeted as unavailable. is this possible? thanks
Hi, can you create a support ticket https://helpdesk.importwp.com/ , what are you importing that relates to stock, e.g. do you have the stock level?
i only have stock 1 when its available and stock 0 if its not. i don’t get any other data from xml
Hello,
I know my support has expired but this is not what I am requesting here as even my support has expired, I am still supposed to get access to the latest version (updates).
However, the current version is quite confusing!
On my website admin, it’s saying that I need to update to latest version from 2.6.1 to version 2.6.2. https://tinyurl.com/2ljeeogm
When I download the latest version from Codecanyon, it’s still the 2.6.1 version.
But, when I go to the ImportWP Pro website it says the latest version is 2.6.5 https://www.importwp.com/docs/changelog/
I would like to know which version is the latest one and where I can download it to get it updated on my site so I can remove this warning message as I would like to keep my site health status clean please.
Hi,
Changelog found here: https://www.importwp.com/docs/changelog/ was previously showing the changelog for the core plugin and not Import WP PRO, this has been updated to show the correct changelog.
v2.6.2 is the latest version of Import WP PRO , this is currently awaiting moderation via codecanyon before it is available for download.
James
Hello, i haev a woocommerce eshop and im seachng for a plugin that will import all the products from a provider from xml. thousands of products with their atrtributes images categories and i want to check often if anything has change in the xml since the xml is daily updated. is this plugin the right one for this job?
Hi C_Drosos, Import WP allows you to import on a daily schedule, it can also import woocommerce products (Example shows using a csv file, but the xml process is very similar) https://www.importwp.com/docs/import-woocommerce-products-from-csv-xml/ .
James
hello. only daily schedule? it doesn’t have more often? if product categories dont exist, can the plugin auto create them?
from your question is sounded like the feed was updated daily which is why i said it had daily schedule, you can set it hourly if needed.
Yes categories are created if they do not previously exist.
I would recommend trying the free version of the plugin with the import wp woocommerce addon, this will allow you to configure and import the xml feed manually.
can i set the import to be done under a specific category? all the product that are being imported and their categories and subcategories to be imported under a specific category. for example if i have select the import to be done under the category main and a product categories is gifts>paintings after the import the product category to be main>gifts>paintings Can this be done with this plugin? thanks
yes, you can import a product under a specific category, if it has a hierarchy you can specify that : https://www.importwp.com/docs/how-to-import-wordpress-taxonomies-onto-a-post-type/
im not sure how i can do that from the docs. it says how to import the hierarcy but doesn’t say what i ask. how to setup a parent category that all the products and the category hierarcy will be imported under.
if you want to import all products under a category, Set the taxonomy to category, and type the category name in the terms field (if you have multiple categories with the same name enter the full Categories hierarchy “Parent > Child”.
i dont want to put all products no matter the hierarcy under one category.. i want all products to be put under a main category but the hierarcy to remain. all the categories and their subcategories to be created under a main category. its like you want for each provider to be put under a category but the categories hierarcy to remain
If a product record has the categories “cat1” and “cat2” , when imported you want them to appear under a main category of “Shop” so when imported they would be “Shop > cat1”, and “Shop > cat2” ? if not could you give me an example
a product that is on cat1>subcat2 i want to be put customcat>cat1>subcat2
Yes, this should be no problem, there is a built in helper function to prefix items like you are suggesting.
If you had a product importing the categories like:
Clothing,Clothing > Tshirts
Using this custom method (replacing {66} with the column or node selector value): [iwp_fn_prefix_items(“{66}”, “customcat > “)] , this would transform the categories to be:
customcat > Clothing,customcat > Clothing > Tshirts
hi
free version is 2.6.5 and what is the pro version number , are they same ?
Hi, no they are not the same version number however they commonly share the same major and minor version number, Import WP Pro is 2.6.1
Hi, I might have missed it but where it says :
WooCommerce Product Importer Add-on
Is that included or is that extra?
Hi, All addons are available to be downloaded here https://www.importwp.com/integrations/
Can I Import products from CSVs sourced from Amazon or Shopify…?
Hi, Import WP can import csv files from remote urls. What are you importing the CSV to, is this a custom post type or are you using an wordpress ecommerce plugin?
Hello,
I have question before buying your plugin.
A read plugin documentation, but there is now information about mapping category in feed to my taxonomy terms on my web.
For axample in feed: Product is in category “Electronics > Mobiles and navigation”
But on my website I want insert this product into “Electro” instead of “Electronics” and subcategory I have just “Mobiles” instead of “Mobiles and navigation”.
Is it possible to insert products into categories as I have them on my website? And how?
Thank you.
Hello, can you add to your plugin possibility for category mapping like you advice here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mapping-map-categories-wp-xml-feed/.
Wp All import do it great. Can you add this to your plugin too?
Thanks, i have added this suggestion onto the roadmap.
Hello,
I want to buy your plugin, but I have one question.
I have my custom function which assigns posts to certain taxonomy terms, when posts are created or updated. This function is executed on action hook ‘save_post’.
I need to know if my custom function will execute when feed will be updated with your plugin.
In other words, when feed is updated, is it something like update posts with action hook ‘save_post’?
Thank you,
David
Hi David,
The importer used wp_insert_post and wp_update_post to create/update records, these should trigger the save_post action that you mention.
James
Is it possible to use this to mass import articles, then schedule them to publish x number everyday?
Example. 1; import 100 articles, then set it to publish 5 articles everuday.
2; Possible to set to publish 1 of these 5 articles per hour (or publish 1 every x hour)
3; I will lobe the imported articles to be shown as “scheduled”, so that I can edit them as I want before they auto publish
Hi Dannyogolo,
By default this is not possible, but you can write a custom function and use that as the published date of the article to set a future date, making sure you only have 5 articles published per day, and seperating each by an hour. If you need help writing this custom function let me know and i can help you out.
James
Hi James, hope you are well?
Is it possible to truncate the “product_name” (unique identifier) of the import file?
Need to update existing WC products that were already imported, but not with IWP.
Example:
Import file “product_name” = Specialized Tarmac Sl7 Pro Sram Force Etap Axs Carbon Road Bike – 2022 56cm – Silver
Existing “product_name” = Specialized Tarmac Sl7 Pro Sram Force Etap Axs Carbon Road Bike
Regards
Hi James, hope you are well?
Is it possible to truncate the “product_name” (unique identifier) of the import file?
Need to update existing WC products that were already imported, but not with IWP.
Example:
Import file “product_name” = Specialized Tarmac Sl7 Pro Sram Force Etap Axs Carbon Road Bike – 2022 56cm – Silver
Existing “product_name” = Specialized Tarmac Sl7 Pro Sram Force Etap Axs Carbon Road Bike
Regards
Hey, could you help me please by rewrite This Value: ”<rehub_offer_coupon_date> 2022-10-23”
To Value: 23.10.222”
And on top the Code must specified Look if the value is filled, if Not ITT should use “Date” Field. <Date> 2022-08-10 19:21:31 </Date>
So i think on this example:
[IF({/rehub_offer_coupon_date[1][.=""]})][date( "d.m.Y", strtotime(str_replace("-", ".", {/Date[1]}) ))][ELSE][date( "d.m.Y", strtotime(str_replace("-", ".", {/rehub_offer_coupon_date[1]}) ))][ENDIF]
But it want work. So please could you help me, please.
Hi, so that i can help, can you please create a support ticket here: https://www.importwp.com/support/
In the free version you can import data to the post field, but can you add data to your on created (cpt) custom post types with Pro version ?
Hi vacdk, yes the pro version allows you to import into custom post types
Do you support JetEngine CCT (Custom Content Type)?
Hi Idealabs,
At the moment we currently do not yet support Jet Engine CCT, as this is the first i have heard about this.
James
Ok, Crocoblock claims it is standard JSON format for import/export of CCTs. Might be a clue if you want to add it to your product.
Hi. Possible to save custom post type custom fields data in custom database tables?
Hi, it is not possible to save data into custom data tables without some custom coding.
Hi, I’m looking at your product and would like to know if it works with metabox.io features especially with the custom tables feature https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-custom-table/ Thanks.
Yours sincerely Luiz Araujo
Hi, sorry i have not heard of metabox before, or that extension, i doubt it will work out of the box with importwp as plugins like that require some kind of integration, i will have a look around and see what is possible to see what is involved with the base metabox plugin.
James
Hi im Buyer of Rehub Theme an had Problem by using Hierachy. I inserted ” > ” and in other Test ”>” but no one want import the Categories as Parent and Child Categories.
Could you check it please, https://i.imgur.com/MqGybv5.pngHi, i have just tried this in the latest versions of Import WP and Import WP Pro, and both import taxonomies with a hierarchy. Can you update to the lastest versions (import wp 2.5.1, and import wp pro 2.5) and retry the import.
Thanks, but not all has worked correctly.. Very strange…
See here: https://imgur.com/ykN2OM1 https://i.imgur.com/UsNjVCd.jpegon an example row that is not wokring how you expect, what does the data look like for {3} ?
{3} is from import File and has undercategories.
For example: “Lebensmittel Retten > {3}”
Should be result in
Lebensmittel Retten (Parent) > Vorratsschrank (Child) >> Konserven & Trockenprodukte (Child2)
https://i.imgur.com/IqbUh6z.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/pdwxSJp.jpegCan you give me an example from the csv that did not work as expected, using your “Lebensmittel Retten > Vorratsschrank > Konserven & Trockenprodukte” as an example this imported with the correct hierarchy.
1. Lebensmittel Retten
1.1. Vorratsschrank
1.1.1. Konserven & Trockenprodukte
Yes, sure. Here is the link: https://bit.ly/3b3OuC0
The link appears to be broken
Take this one. https://shorturl.at/uGWY3
That link takes me to a google maps???
I’ve send you an pm.
