by Jason judge, Denis Kobozev
3.2 (5 reviews)
CSV Importer Improved
Import posts from CSV files into WordPress.
Tested up to WP 4.6 (Current: 6.9)
v0.6.1
Current Version v0.6.1
Updated 9 years ago
Last Update on 10 Oct, 2016
Synced 9 hours ago
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- Version
- 0.6.1
- Last Updated
- Oct 10, 2016
- Requires WP
- 3.0.0+
- Tested Up To
- 4.6
- PHP Version
- N/A
- Author
- Jason judge, Denis Kobozev
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about CSV Importer Improved
It doesn't really matter what kind of separator you use if your file is
properly escaped. To see what I mean by proper escaping, take a look at
examples/sample.csv file which has cells with quotation marks and commas.
If the software you use for exporting to CSV is unable to escape quotation
marks and commas, you might want to give OpenOffice Calc a try.
properly escaped. To see what I mean by proper escaping, take a look at
examples/sample.csv file which has cells with quotation marks and commas.
If the software you use for exporting to CSV is unable to escape quotation
marks and commas, you might want to give OpenOffice Calc a try.
Make sure to save your CSV file with utf-8 encoding.
Prior to version 6.0.4, MySQL did not support some rare Han characters. As
a workaround, you can insert characters such as 𠊎 (U+2028E) by
converting them to HTML entities - 𠊎
I cannot import anything - the plugin displays "Imported 0 posts in 0.01
seconds."
Update to version 0.3.1 or greater. Previous versions required write access to
the /tmp directory and the plugin failed if access was denied by PHP's safe
mode or other settings.
Prior to version 6.0.4, MySQL did not support some rare Han characters. As
a workaround, you can insert characters such as 𠊎 (U+2028E) by
converting them to HTML entities - 𠊎
I cannot import anything - the plugin displays "Imported 0 posts in 0.01
seconds."
Update to version 0.3.1 or greater. Previous versions required write access to
the /tmp directory and the plugin failed if access was denied by PHP's safe
mode or other settings.
WordPress can be many things, but one thing it's not is blazing fast. The
reason why not all rows are imported and there's no confirmation message is
that the plugin times out during execution - PHP decides that it has been
running too long and terminates it.
There are a number of solutions you can try. First, make sure that you're not
using any plugins that may slow down post insertion. For example, a Twitter
plugin might attempt to tweet every post you import - not a very good idea
if you have 200 posts. Second, you can break up a file into smaller chunks that
take less time to import and therefore will not cause the plugin to time out.
Third, you can try adjusting PHP's max_execution_time option that sets how
long scripts are allowed to run. Description of how to do it is beyond the
scope of this FAQ - you should search the web and/or use your web host's help
to find out how. However, putting the following line in .htaccess file inside
public_html directory works for some people:
Sets max execution time to 2 minutes. Adjust as necessary.
php_value max_execution_time 120
The problem can be approached from another angle, namely instead of giving
scripts more time to run making them run faster. There's not much I can do to
speed up the plugin (you can contact me at dvkobozev at gmail.com if you like
to prove me wrong), so you can try to speed up WordPress. It is a pretty broad
topic, ranging from database optimizations to PHP accelerators such as APC,
eAccelerator or XCache, so I'm afraid you're on your own here.
reason why not all rows are imported and there's no confirmation message is
that the plugin times out during execution - PHP decides that it has been
running too long and terminates it.
There are a number of solutions you can try. First, make sure that you're not
using any plugins that may slow down post insertion. For example, a Twitter
plugin might attempt to tweet every post you import - not a very good idea
if you have 200 posts. Second, you can break up a file into smaller chunks that
take less time to import and therefore will not cause the plugin to time out.
Third, you can try adjusting PHP's max_execution_time option that sets how
long scripts are allowed to run. Description of how to do it is beyond the
scope of this FAQ - you should search the web and/or use your web host's help
to find out how. However, putting the following line in .htaccess file inside
public_html directory works for some people:
Sets max execution time to 2 minutes. Adjust as necessary.
php_value max_execution_time 120
The problem can be approached from another angle, namely instead of giving
scripts more time to run making them run faster. There's not much I can do to
speed up the plugin (you can contact me at dvkobozev at gmail.com if you like
to prove me wrong), so you can try to speed up WordPress. It is a pretty broad
topic, ranging from database optimizations to PHP accelerators such as APC,
eAccelerator or XCache, so I'm afraid you're on your own here.
Short answer: update to version 0.2.0 or later. Longer answer: the number of
fields (values) in rows in your file does not match the number of columns.
Version 0.2.0 pads such rows with empty values (if there are more columns than
cells in a row) or discards extra fields (if there are less columns than cells
in a row).
I'm getting the following error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected
T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/csv-importer/File_CSV_DataSource/DataSource.php
on line 61. What gives?
This plugin requires PHP5, while you probably have PHP4 or older. Update your
PHP installation or ask your hosting provider to do it for you.
fields (values) in rows in your file does not match the number of columns.
Version 0.2.0 pads such rows with empty values (if there are more columns than
cells in a row) or discards extra fields (if there are less columns than cells
in a row).
I'm getting the following error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected
T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/csv-importer/File_CSV_DataSource/DataSource.php
on line 61. What gives?
This plugin requires PHP5, while you probably have PHP4 or older. Update your
PHP installation or ask your hosting provider to do it for you.