People call WP All Import for reason - it works with any XML or CSV file, imports images, and can import data to plugin and theme fields or anywhere else you need it... We exported XML files from CMS, and used WP All Import to map XML fields to the right places, be they titles, taxonomies, custom fields, authors or dates. The plugin works with any theme, any plugin, and supports images, Custom Fields, taxonomies, Custom Post Types, dates, and pretty much every other WordPress field.. An SEO plugin might have fields for keywords, page titles, and descriptions theme might have Listings instead of Posts, with fields for the property price, photographs, and number of bedrooms. Specify URL or file names of the images, and the importer will add them to your posts Media Galleries, set the first one as your Featured Image. Specify URL to your XML or CSV file and configure WP All Import to check it every X hours for updates, using cron jobs. You can update imported posts with new file, or import data into posts that already exist on your site for example, using WP All Import to import stock quantities to existing products, or to import updated property prices to created property listings... For more advanced customizations, API hooks fire updates, or deletes post, runs import, or saves image just like the action hooks built-in to WordPress... WP All Import team consists of Joe as the team lead, Max on WP All Import code, and Mark, Akshay, Trey, Michael and Cory on support.. Doing data imports to WordPress can be process. My with WP All Import is to make importing XML and CSV files to WordPress as and straightforward as possible..
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