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<p>An easy and convenient way to bulk load and process large numbers of records in GF forms.<br />
Each record is checked for compatibility of field formats before saving.</p>
<p>If you have a Form in which there are Calculated Fields based on the Values of other Fields and the need for bulk import of source data, then this Plugin will definitely be useful to you.</p>
<p>For example. Form Type Calculator:</p>
<p>Field id=2 “A”: Term 1.<br />
Field id=3 “B”: Term 2.<br />
Field id=5 “Ratio”: Coefficient.<br />
Field “Calc”: C = (A + B) * Ratio</p>
<p>When Importing Records, you usually need to prepare all the Values of all Fields:<br />
A; B; Ratio; C.<br />
So, to carry out preliminary calculations.</p>
<p>Difficulties begin when branched Inner Logic is used. When there are various additional Fields for selecting conditions in the form of Lists, Options. (“Gravity Forms” allows you to use both built-in Internal Logic in each of the Fields, and connect JS Scripts with Scripts.)<br />
Transferring JS Scripts with Scripts to an Excel-prepared Table can be quite a difficult task. Errors are almost inevitable. Moreover, it is necessary to carefully maintain the correspondence of the calculated formulas in the Table with the Form Algorithms. And if you have changed something in the algorithms of the Form, then you again need to change and then test the Formulas in the Table. Even writing about it is tiresome.</p>
<p>Moreover, some Field Values may have both Value and Format Constraints. In normal cases, import without checking such Restrictions may lead to an abnormal termination of the Import process, or to incorrectly filled Fields.<br />
In any case, manual correction of Records after such an Import can be costly and resource intensive.</p>
<p>It is for such Tasks that this Plugin is needed.</p>
<p>It is enough to fill in only the Initial Fields.<br />
In our Example – Fields: A B and Ratio.<br />
Calculated Field “C” will be calculated in each imported Record by the internal Form algorithms and will be saved.</p>
<p>If some of the Values are out of range, then such a Record will not be saved and will require correction directly during the Import process.</p>
<p>You can watch and try the <a href="https://wpgear.xyz/import-excel-to-gravity-forms/" rel="nofollow ugc"> Demo </a> on a real Form.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Works with PHP 7.4</li>
<li>Works with Gravity Forms versions 2.3.3.4 and higher. Tested up to 2.8.17</li>
<li>Import entries are lines of a text file (usually CSV) separated by commas.</li>
<li>You can choose any other separator.</li>
<li>You can navigate through the list of imported records and save only a few of them.</li>
<li>Each record is checked for compatibility of field formats before saving.</li>
<li>If the Form Fields have internal logic, then each record is processed with this logic in mind before being saved.</li>
<li>All types of fields are imported: “Text”, “TextArea”, “Number”, “Date”, “Email”, “Select”, “MultiSelect”, “Radio”, “CheckBox”.</li>
<li>Each Form has its own option “Import Enable”.</li>
<li>Works correctly with Cyrillic and other National character encodings.</li>
<li>Each Form has its own “Import Enable” option.</li>
<li>Works correctly when there are several other GForms on the page.</li>
<li>
<p>Possibility to choose encoding of CSV file: ‘utf-8’ – default; ‘ISO-8859-1’; ‘CP1251’; etc…</p>
<p><a href="https://wpgear.xyz/import-excel-to-gravity-forms-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO Version</a> Features:</p>
</li>
<li>Ability to select data type (Name / Value) for Fields: “Select”, “MultiSelect”, “Radio”, “CheckBox”.</li>
<li>Generation of a Template for easy filling of the Import Table. Template – Excel file in XLSX format.</li>
<li>The Template contains: Field IDs, Fields Name, Type and Prompts for input.</li>
<li>Input Prompts contain all Valid Variants for a given Field, given the selected data type (Name / Value).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Installation</h4>
<ol>
<li>Upload ‘gf-excel-import’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.</li>
<li>If you have any problems – please ask for support. </li>
<li>Sample: In the “gf-excel-import/sample” folder there is a sample CSV file (sample-csv-data-import.csv) and an example Form (samle-gf-form.json). The form should be imported using Gravity Forms tools.</li>
</ol>


Import Excel to Gravity Forms

Bulk Import of Records from Excel (CSV) files for "Gravity Forms" with Validation and Internal Logic support.

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WP All Import

<p>This plugin imports posts from CSV (Comma Separated Value) files into your WordPress blog. It can prove extremely useful when you want to import a bunch of posts from an Excel document or the like – simply export your document into a CSV file and the plugin will take care of the rest.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Imports post title, body, excerpt, tags, date, categories etc.</li>
<li>Supports custom fields, custom taxonomies and comments</li>
<li>Deals with Word-style quotes and other non-standard characters using WordPress’ built-in mechanism (same one that normalizes your input when you write your posts)</li>
<li>Columns in the CSV file can be in any order, provided that they have correct headings</li>
<li>Multi-language support</li>
</ul>
<h4>Drag & Drop to Import any CSV/Excel/XML with WP All Import Pro</h4>
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<p><strong>WP All Import Pro</strong> can import custom fields, taxonomies, WooCommerce, images and galleries, users, ACF, and everything else:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Drag & Drop to Import Any File:</strong> Give any CSV or XML to WP All Import, then drag and drop to map data from your file into WordPress.</li>
<li><strong>Any Custom Post Type, Every Data Type:</strong> Import data to custom post types, with support for WooCommerce, ACF, custom fields, taxonomies, and everything else.</li>
<li><strong>Import Images & Galleries:</strong> Images can be uploaded, downloaded, or matched to media already in WordPress. Full support for WooCommerce product images and variation galleries.</li>
<li><strong>Import Files from URL:</strong> Download and import files from external websites, even if they are password protected. URL imports are can be re-run to add, edit, and delete posts.</li>
<li><strong>Scheduled Imports:</strong> WP All Import Pro can check periodically check a file for updates and then add, update, or delete to the imported posts accordingly.</li>
<li><strong>Developer Friendly:</strong> Pass data through custom PHP functions. For example, use something like [my_function( {user_email[1]} )] in your template, to pass the value of {user_email[1]} to my_function and display whatever it returns.</li>
<li><strong>Priority Support:</strong> Personal support from our team of expert developers with over a decade of experience importing and exporting WordPress data.</li>
<li><strong>90 Day Money Back Guarantee:</strong> Not 100% happy? Let us know, and we’ll promptly send you a refund. No questions asked.</li>
</ul>
<p>Check out <a href="https://www.wpallimport.com/?utm_source=import-plugin-free&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=upgrade-to-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">WP All Import</a> today.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.wpallimport.com/import-wordpress-csv-xml-excel/?utm_source=import-plugin-free&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=upgrade-to-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Import any CSV/Excel/XML with WP All Import Pro</a>.</strong></li>
<li>Need to <a href="http://www.wpallimport.com/woocommerce-product-import/?utm_source=import-plugin-free&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=upgrade-to-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">import XML and CSV to WooCommerce</a>? Check out our WooCommerce add-on.</li>
<li>How to export WordPress to CSV? Drag & drop to <a href="http://www.wpallimport.com/export-wordpress/?utm_source=import-plugin-free&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=upgrade-to-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">export any custom post type from WordPress</a> (and everything else) to a custom CSV, Excel, or XML with WP All Export Pro.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Click on the CSV Importer link on your WordPress admin page, choose the file you would like to import and click Import. The <code>examples</code> directory inside the plugin’s directory contains several files that demonstrate how to use the plugin. The best way to get started is to import one of these files and look at the results.</p>
<p>CSV is a tabular format that consists of rows and columns. Each row in a CSV file represents a post; each column identifies a piece of information that comprises a post.</p>
<h4>Basic post information</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>csv_post_title</code> – title of the post</li>
<li><code>csv_post_post</code> – body of the post</li>
<li><code>csv_post_type</code> – <code>post</code>, <code>page</code> or a custom post type.<br />
<strong>New in version 0.3.2</strong><br />
In prior versions, importing rows as pages could be specified on a per-file basis using the plugins UI. In 0.3.2, <code>csv_post_type</code> column was added to support custom post types as well.<br />
Refer to the WordPress <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Post_Types" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation on custom post types</a> for more info on how to set up custom post types.</li>
<li><code>csv_post_excerpt</code> – post excerpt</li>
<li><code>csv_post_categories</code> – a comma separated list of category names or ids.<br />
<strong>New in version 0.3.5</strong><br />
It’s also possible to assign posts to non-existing subcategories, using > to denote category relationships, e.g. <code>Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia</code>. If any of the categories in the chain does not exist, the plugin will automatically create it. It’s also possible to specify the parent category using an id, as in <code>42 > Primates > Callitrichidae</code>, where <code>42</code> is an existing category id.</li>
<li><code>csv_post_tags</code> – a comma separated list of tags.</li>
<li><code>csv_post_date</code> – about any English textual description of a date and time.<br />
For example, <code>now</code>, <code>11/16/2009 0:00</code>, <code>1999-12-31 23:55:00</code>, <code>+1 week</code>, <code>next Thursday</code>, <code>last year</code> are all valid descriptions. For technical details, consult PHP’s <code>strtotime()</code> function <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Custom fields</h4>
<p>Any column that doesn’t start with <code>csv_</code> is considered to be a custom field name. The data in that column will be imported as the custom fields value.</p>
<h4>General remarks</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress pages <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Pages" rel="nofollow ugc">don’t have categories or tags</a>.</li>
<li>Most columns are optional. Either <code>csv_post_title</code>, <code>csv_post_post</code> or <code>csv_post_excerpt</code> are sufficient to create a post. If all of these columns are empty in a row, the plugin will skip that row.</li>
<li>The plugin will attempt to reuse existing categories or tags; if an existing category or tag cannot be found, the plugin will create it.</li>
<li>To specify a category that has a greater than sign (>) in the name, use the HTML entity <code>&gt;</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Advanced usage</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>csv_post_author</code> – numeric user id or login name. If not specified or user does not exist, the plugin will assign the posts to the user performing the import.</li>
<li><code>csv_post_slug</code> – post slug used in permalinks.</li>
<li><code>csv_post_parent</code> – post parent id.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Custom taxonomies</h3>
<p><strong>New in version 0.3.0</strong></p>
<p>Once custom taxonomies are set up in your theme’s functions.php file or by using a 3rd party plugin, <code>csv_ctax_(taxonomy name)</code> columns can be used to assign imported data to the taxonomies.</p>
<p><strong>Non-hierarchical taxonomies</strong></p>
<p>The syntax for non-hierarchical taxonomies is straightforward and is essentially the same as the <code>csv_post_tags</code> syntax.</p>
<p><strong>Hierarchical taxonomies</strong></p>
<p>The syntax for hierarchical taxonomies is more complicated. Each hierarchical taxonomy field is a tiny two-column CSV file, where <em>the order of columns matters</em>. The first column contains the name of the parent term and the second column contains the name of the child term. Top level terms have to be preceded either by an empty string or a 0 (zero).</p>
<p>Sample <code>examples/custom-taxonomies.csv</code> file included with the plugin illustrates custom taxonomy support. To see how it works, make sure to set up custom taxonomies from <code>functions.inc.php</code>.</p>
<p>Make sure that the quotation marks used as text delimiters in <code>csv_ctax_</code> columns are regular ASCII double quotes, not typographical quotes like “ (U+201C) and ” (U+201D).</p>
<h3>Comments</h3>
<p><strong>New in version 0.3.1</strong></p>
<p>An example file with comments is included in the <code>examples</code> directory. In short, comments can be imported along with posts by specifying columns such as <code>csv_comment_*_author</code>, <code>csv_comment_*_content</code> etc, where * is a comment ID number. This ID doesn’t go into WordPress. It is only there to have the connection information in the CSV file.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>This plugin uses <a href="http://code.google.com/p/php-csv-parser/" rel="nofollow ugc">php-csv-parser</a> by Kazuyoshi Tlacaelel. It was inspired by JayBlogger’s <a href="http://www.jayblogger.com/the-birth-of-my-first-plugin-import-csv/" rel="nofollow ugc">CSV Import</a> plugin.</p>
<p>Contributors:</p>
<ul>
<li>Denis Kobozev (original author)</li>
<li>Kevin Hagerty (post_author support)</li>
<li>Edir Pedro (root category option and tableless HTML markup)</li>
<li>Frank Loeffler (comments support)</li>
<li>Micah Gates (subcategory syntax)</li>
<li>David Hollander (deprecation warnings, linebreak handling)</li>
</ul>


CSV Importer

Since I often have to create custom posts in batches, this saves me a lot of time.
Just be aware that csv_post_title, csv_post_excerpt and csv_post_post must be present in the input file, even if they are empty.



Excellent

Import posts from CSV files into WordPress.

Import Excel to Gravity Forms vs CSV Importer