wordpress

Importing Posts from CSV file into WordpressMarch 28th, 2008

Problem: I have a big excel spreadsheet with posts and extra fields and I want to import it into Wordpress.

I haven’t found a plugin to do this so I decided to make my own. It’s not complete, and it’s not quite a ‘plugin’ but it works. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Download CSV_Import class from me. csv2 post.
  2. Unzip and up load the file called csv.php to /wp-admin/import/
  3. Prepare your csv file, here is a sample file. It’s really a pipe delimited file. It MUST follow this format or it will not work. Make sure you include the header row.
    CSV to post
  4. In admin panel , go to Manage, Import, choose CSV
  5. The rest is pretty self explanitory, upload file, pick a user, and voilá

| 46 Comments »

About

This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress.

Contact

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nulla eu neque. Integer nec justo. Morbi odio metus, mattis non, venenatis ac, molestie at, justo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nulla eu neque. Integer nec justo. Morbi odio metus, mattis non, venenatis ac, molestie at, justo.