Export/Import WooCommerce Custom Fields of Third Party Plugins

Last updated on March 4, 2026

The Import Export Suite for WooCommerce plugin supports exporting and importing custom fields (metadata) created by third-party plugins. These custom fields may contain additional information related to products, orders, reviews, shipping services, dealer details, and other post types. During export and import, these fields appear under Hidden meta in the column mapping step.

Export custom fields from third-party plugins

Let us have a look at how this plugin exports custom fields from third-party plugins.

Navigate to WebToffee Import Export (Pro), after installing and activating the plugin via Plugin Setup .
Click on Export > Select the post type and export method > Filter data
On reaching Step 4, select the required columns under Hidden meta to export custom fields from third-party plugins.

Click on Step5, Download the file.

Sample of hidden meta in the exported CSV file

Note: A CSV/XML file as per the chosen format will be downloaded into your system containing all additional metadata fields from your site. The meta fields are appended to the end of the column, after the default WooCommerce fields. These custom fields can be identified easily with the keyword meta followed by necessary meta keywords as it is in the database depending upon the nature of the third party plugin used.

Import custom fields from third-party plugins

Let us have a look into how this plugin imports custom fields from third-party plugins.

Navigate to WebToffee Import Export (Pro), after installing and activating the plugin via Plugin Setup .
Click on Import > select the post type and import method.
On reaching Step 3, select the required columns under Hidden meta to import custom fields from third-party plugins.

Note: Kindly use the default meta key name, to map and import the custom fields automatically.

Tip: To get the exact meta key header names, you can first export a sample file with hidden metadata and use it for importing. This methodology will help in reducing the compatibility issues considerably.

You can add Column names via Evaluate fields.

Click on Step4 to finish.

Note: To get the columns detected and imported correctly, you need to use the Column name in the same format of the header name in the CSV/XML file.

On exporting, a CSV/XML file in the required format and headers will be generated with custom meta fields. Enter the details into it and import it back to your store in the usual manner. To import data to your store, you must first enter details in the CSV/XML file which is to be uploaded.

Visit our documentation to know more about the plugin features.

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Mainospalvelu Laitinen

November 10, 2021

Hi,

I can´t seem to find “Import user / Custom map import columns” option on our Import / Export Suite for Woocommerce -plugin. Help?

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- Alan
  
  November 19, 2021
  
  Hi,
  
  Can you please reach us via support and share your importing CSV file. Please note that exporting and importing custom fields is supported only in the premium version plugin.
  
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yonatan shalev

July 19, 2021

Does the Import Export Suite for WooCommerce support importing of ACF image gallery fields?

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- Alan
  
  July 26, 2021
  
  Hi,
  If you are using any third-party plugin to create custom data fields to products it will be stored as metadata. You can export/import custom data fields using the pro version plugin. You may please export the product with the option Hidden meta checked in the export mapping and the custom metadata fields will be included in the exported CSV. Later on, you can use the same exported CSV as a template to import data back.
  
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