Export/Import Media – CSV Media Library Import & Export vs WP All Import – Product Import for WooCommerce

Need to move or rebuild a media library without manually re-uploading every file? Export/Import Media helps you import WordPress media from CSV, export media data to CSV, and keep core attachment metadata organized during the process. The free plugin focuses on the essential CSV workflow: export your current media library, prepare or upload a CSV, validate the file, preview rows before import, and process media in batches from the WordPress admin. Supported CSV columns include the media URL, relative path, title, alt text, caption, and description. During standard free imports, detected duplicates are skipped to help prevent duplicate attachments in the media library. Metadata is preserved for newly imported media rows. Updating existing attachments, controlled matching rules, rollback restore points, saved workflows, background processing, image conversion options, and replace-file workflows are handled by the separate Export/Import Media Pro add-on. Watch the demo: Why use this plugin? * CSV-first workflow: Export, validate, preview, and import media library data using a readable CSV file. * Batch processing: Import media rows in smaller AJAX batches to reduce timeout risk. * Metadata support: Preserve title, alt text, caption, and description for imported attachments. * Duplicate prevention: Skip existing matches in the standard free workflow. * Local file support: Register files that already exist inside your WordPress uploads directory. * Developer friendly: Use hooks and filters to extend CSV columns, validation, admin UI, and import/export behavior. Features CSV export: Export media library data to CSV with filters for date range, media type, and attachment context. CSV validation and preview: Upload a CSV, validate required columns, and preview rows before import. Batch import: Process media rows in batches from the WordPress admin. Metadata support: Import and export title, alt text, caption, and description columns. Duplicate prevention: Detect existing matches and skip duplicate rows in the standard free workflow. Local Import Mode: Import files that already exist in /uploads/ without downloading them again. Honor Relative Path: Reuse or preserve relative upload paths from the CSV when available. Skip Thumbnail Generation: Skip intermediate image sizes during import when speed matters more than thumbnails. Downloadable import log: Download a .txt log after an import finishes. Hooks and filters: Extend CSV columns, validation, admin UI, and import/export behavior.

“I’ve been doing eCommerce sites for almost a decade. The combination of WP All Import and WooCommerce is a game changer! I can now get clients into eCommerce sites that could never afford the time/energy or money it took to administrate a site. It has opened up a whole new client base for me.” Mike Tidmore -Founder, Successful Online Stores Whether you’re working with XML, CSV, Google Sheets, or Excel files, the WooCommerce add-on for WP All Import makes it easy to bulk import your products to WooCommerce in less than 10 minutes. The left side of the plugin looks just like WooCommerce, and the right side displays product details in a table from your XML/CSV/ Excel file. Drag & drop the data from your XML, CSV, or Excel into the WooCommerce fields to import it. The importer is so intuitive it is almost like manually adding a product in WooCommerce. WooCommerce CSV imports? WooCommerce XML imports? WooCommerce Excel Import? They are EASY with WP All Import. Here’s why you should use the WooCommerce add-on for WP All Import: Supports files in any format and structure. There are no requirements that the data in your file be organized in a certain way. WooCommerce CSV imports are easy, no matter the structure of your file. WooCommerce XML imports are flexible and work with any XML file. Supports files of practically unlimited size by automatically splitting them into chunks. Import 200Mb+ product catalogs with ease, even on shared hosting. WooCommerce Add-On Pro The Pro edition of WP All Import + the WooCommerce add-on is a paid upgrade that includes premium support and adds the following features: In-depth support for Variable products – example CSV and Excel files, ability to import variations from properly formatted XML, and much more. Import External/Affiliate products Import Grouped products Import files from a URL – Download and import WooCommerce data from Google Sheets and external websites, even if they are password protected with HTTP authentication. Cron Job/Recurring Imports – WP All Import Pro can periodically check a file for updates, and add, edit, delete, and update the stock status of the imported products accordingly. Execution of Custom PHP Functions on data, i.e. use something like [my_function({xpath/to/a/field[1]})] in your template, to pass the value of {xpath/to/a/field[1]} to my_function and use whatever it returns. Get access to our customer portal with documentation and tutorials, and e-mail technical support. Upgrade to the Pro edition of WP All Import + the WooCommerce add-on now. You need the WooCommerce add-on if you need to: Import XML to WooCommerce Import CSV/Excel to WooCommerce Import Google Sheets to WooCommerce Are frustrated with the limitations of the official WooThemes Product CSV Import Suite WooCommerce CSV Imports Of course, XML files can have complex structures, but for CSV files, you can easily edit them and change the column names. When importing CSV files, you should use UTF-8 encoding (which is very standard) if you are having any trouble with CSV imports containing special characters. But other than that, there are no special requirements. This importer is the best option for WooCommerce CSV import tasks – our importer is extremely flexible when doing CSV imports because you don’t need to edit your CSV files to import them to WooCommerce. WP All Import can import ANY CSV file to WooCommerce. You don’t need to layout your data in a specific way, and you don’t need your CSV to have specific column names. WP All Import’s drag & drop interface provides you with a visual way to map the columns in your CSV file to the appropriate fields in WooCommerce. WooCommerce Excel Import / Google Sheets Import Don’t want to convert your Excel or Google Sheets data to CSV? WP All Import also works as a Google Sheets and Excel importer for WooCommerce. Simply upload your Excel file as you would for CSV and WP All Import will automatically detect the columns in your file. For Google Sheets, use the ‘Download a file’ option and paste your sheet’s public URL to import data to WooCommerce. Related Plugins Export any WordPress data to XML/CSV Import any XML or CSV File to WordPress Export Products to CSV/XML for WooCommerce Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce WP All Import Add-on Export Orders to CSV/XML for WooCommerce Export WordPress Users to CSV/XML Related Tutorials How to Import Product Types Including Simple, Grouped, Virtual, Downloadable, Bookable, Subscriptions, and Product Bundles How to Sync WooCommerce Product Stock Levels How to Import Product Customers How to Import Product Image Galleries and Metadata How to Import Product Categories, Tags, and Other Taxonomies How to Schedule Product Imports How to Migrate WooCommerce Products Support You can submit the support form on our website or email us at [email protected]. While we try to assist users of our free version, please note that support is not guaranteed and will depend on our capacity. For premium support, purchase WP All Import Pro.