Import WooCommerce Products

Import WP’s WooCommerce add-on adds a dedicated WooCommerce Products importer template so you can import simple, grouped, external, variable, and variation products from CSV, XML, and other supported sources. See the WooCommerce importer.

Requirements

• WordPress with WooCommerce installed and activated
• Import WP (free)
• Import WP Pro (for scheduling, remote files, custom fields, and add-ons)
• Import WP WooCommerce add-on (free)

Create a WooCommerce Products importer

1. Go to Import WP → Add Importer.
2. Choose your file source (upload, URL, FTP, Google Sheets, etc.).
3. On the template step, select WooCommerce Products.

The WooCommerce Products template replaces the default post fields with product-aware sections that mirror WooCommerce’s edit product screen. Hidden fields can be toggled with the Enable Fields button.

Template sections

Section	What it imports
Product Fields	Name, description, short description, product type, status, tax, external URL
Pricing	Regular price, sale price, sale date range
Inventory	SKU, GTIN/UPC/EAN/ISBN, stock management, quantity, stock status
Shipping	Weight and dimensions
Linked Products	Upsells, cross-sells, grouped products
Product Attributes	Global or local attributes, visibility, used for variations
Advanced	Parent (for variations), featured product flag, purchase note, menu order, date
Product Gallery	Product images (featured + gallery)
Product Downloads	Downloadable file name and URL
Taxonomies	Product categories, tags, shipping class, and other product taxonomies
Images & Attachments	Additional attachments / featured image (alongside Product Gallery)
Custom Fields	Custom meta (Import WP Pro)

Supported product types

Set Product Type under Product Fields (enable the field if it is hidden).

Value in your file	WooCommerce product type
simple (or leave empty)	Simple product
grouped	Grouped product
external	External / affiliate product
variable	Variable product (parent)
variation	Product variation (child of a variable product)

You can also set downloadable or virtual as product type values to flip those flags, or use the dedicated Virtual / Downloadable Yes/No fields.

Recommended import order

For catalogues that include variations:

1. Import simple / grouped / external products (if any).
2. Import variable parents with attributes marked Used for variations? = Yes.
3. Import variations, linked to the parent via Advanced → Parent (usually by SKU).

Parents must exist before variations can be inserted. On update, an existing variation can keep its current parent if the parent lookup fails.

Unique identifiers (SKU and GTIN)

When Product SKU is mapped, Import WP can use it as the unique identifier so re-running the importer updates existing products instead of creating duplicates.

You can also map GTIN, UPC, EAN, or ISBN and use that as the unique identifier on the Permissions step.

See Update Existing WooCommerce Products for create / update / skip permissions and common “Not enough permissions” errors.

The same add-on also registers WooCommerce Customers and WooCommerce Orders templates. Import products first, then customers, then orders.