WooCommerce is a powerful eCommerce platform that helps you sell online. If you have a CSV file with product data, you can upload it to WooCommerce to add products to your store in bulk. This guide will show you how to do that.
Adding products to your WooCommerce store one by one can be time-consuming. If you have a lot of products to add, it makes sense to upload them in bulk using a CSV file. CSV stands for “comma-separated values” and is a type of file that can be used to store tabular data.
Before you start, make sure that your CSV file meets the following requirements:
- The file must be UTF-8 encoded.
- Each column in the file must be separated by a comma.
- The first row in the file must contain the column headers. These will be used to map the data in your CSV file to the fields in WooCommerce.
If your CSV file meets these requirements, you can proceed with the steps below:
- Log into your WordPress site and go to WooCommerce > Products. Then, click on the Import button at the top of the screen.
- On the next screen, select CSV from the dropdown menu and click on Continue. You will be taken to the importer page.
- Before proceeding, check the Delimiter setting. By default, WooCommerce uses a comma as the delimiter but if your CSV file uses a different character, such as a semicolon, you can change it here.
- Upload your CSV file: Click on the Choose File button and select your CSV file from your computer. Then click on the Continue button.
- Map fields to columns: On this screen, you will see a list of columns from your CSV file on the left and fields from WooCommerce on the right. Use the dropdown menus to map each column from your CSV file to its corresponding field in WooCommerce.If there are any columns in your CSV file that you don’t want to import, you can leave them blank.When you’re finished mapping fields, click on Continue. You will be taken to the import settings page.
- Import settings: On this screen, you can choose how WooCommerce should handle products that already exist in your store. You can choose to update existing products or skip them altogether. You can also choose whether or not to download and import images from your CSV file.When you’re finished making changes, click on Continue. You will be taken to the final step of the importer where you can review your settings one last time before starting the import process.
- Run Import: On this screen, you will see a summary of your import settings. If everything looks good, click on Run Import. The import process will begin and you will see a progress bar indicating how far along it is.Once it’s finished, you will see a success message indicating that all products have been imported successfully.
Assuming that everything goes well during import process, congratulations! You have now successfully imported all of your products using a CSV file.
