Import Product Stock and Inventory

Use the Inventory section of the WooCommerce Products template to import SKUs, GTINs, stock quantities, and stock status — including variation-level stock for variable products. For a stock-only feed that you re-run on a schedule, see stock and price sync. See the WooCommerce importer.

Inventory fields

Field	Description
Product SKU	Unique stock-keeping unit. Also used as unique identifier for updates
GTIN, UPC, EAN, or ISBN	Global product identifier; can be used as unique identifier
Manage Stock?	Yes/No — turn on quantity tracking
Stock status	In stock / Out of stock / On backorder
Stock quantity	Numeric quantity when managing stock
Allow back-orders?	Allow / Do not allow / Allow, but notify customer
Low stock threshold	Optional low-stock amount
Sold individually	Yes/No

Enable the Stock subgroup fields via Enable Fields if they are hidden.

Enable stock management

To import quantities:

1. Set Manage Stock? to Yes (or map a column that outputs yes).
2. Map Stock quantity.
3. Optionally map Stock status, backorders, and low stock threshold.

If Manage Stock? stays No, WooCommerce will not track quantity even if a quantity column is present.

Example CSV — simple products

Name	SKU	Price	Manage Stock	Stock	Stock Status
Simple Product 1	simple-one	10.99	yes	25	instock
Simple Product 2	simple-two	12.99	yes	0	outofstock
Simple Product 3	simple-three	14.99	yes	5	instock

Map:

• Product SKU ← SKU
• Manage Stock? ← Manage Stock
• Stock quantity ← Stock
• Stock status ← Stock Status (optional if quantity implies status)

Stock on variations

For variable products, stock is usually managed per variation:

Name	SKU	Product Type	Parent	Colour	Manage Stock	Stock
Shirt	shirt-parent	variable		red,blue
Shirt Red	shirt-red	variation	shirt-parent	red	yes	10
Shirt Blue	shirt-blue	variation	shirt-parent	blue	yes	0

See Import Variable Products and Variations.

Stock-only update feeds

When a supplier file only contains SKU + quantity:

1. Map Product SKU and stock fields only.
2. Set unique identifier to Product SKU.
3. Permissions: Update enabled, Create disabled (unless new SKUs should be added).
4. Restrict update fields to inventory fields so descriptions/images are not overwritten.

See Update Existing WooCommerce Products.

Stock status without quantities

If you do not manage stock by quantity, map Stock status alone:

• instock
• outofstock
• onbackorder

Leave Manage Stock? as No.

External products

Stock fields are not applied to external / affiliate products. Use product type external with a product URL instead — see Import Grouped and External Products.