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Export WooCommerce Product Reviews

Last updated on April 24, 2025

Exporting WooCommerce product reviews is essential for data backup, migration, credibility retention, and multi-platform integration. Customer reviews serve as social proof, influencing buying decisions and enhancing trust. Exporting them ensures you don’t lose valuable feedback when moving to a new site, updating your store, or integrating with other marketplaces. The Product Import Export Plugin for WooCommerce helps you to import and export all the product reviews and ratings from one online store to another. To export WooCommerce product reviews:

  1. Select the post type as Product review.
  2. Select an export method.
  3. Filter data.
  4. Map and reorder export columns.
  5. Use advanced options/ batch export and scheduling.

Export Product Reviews

To begin, click on WebToffee Import/Export(Pro) > Export.

Step 1: Select a post type

As a first step, you need to choose the post type as Product Review.

Select post type - Product reviews
Select post type – Product reviews

Step 2: Select an export method

Choose from the options below to continue with your export:

  •  Quick export from DB
  •  Based on a pre-saved template 
  •  Advanced export

Let us have a look at each of these export methods:

Quick Export

  • exports the basic/standard fields of the respective post type.  
  • Select the respective group’s checkboxes to include fields from Meta (custom fields).
  • Click the Export button to complete the action, or proceed to Step3 for advanced options.product-reviews-export-quick-method

Pre-saved template

  • Export data per the specifications(filters, selective column, mapping… Etc) from the previously saved file.
  • By selecting this option, one can choose a previously saved template from the Export template drop-down.
  • Click the Export button to complete the action or proceed to Step3 to filter data.product-reviews-export-presaved

Advanced Export

  • It takes you through a detailed process of filtering, column selection, and advanced options that may be required for your export.
  • Click on Step3 to filter data.product-reviews-export-advanced-method

Step 3: Filter data

Filter data needs to be exported as per the criteria below.

  • Total number of reviews to export : The actual number of reviews you want to export. e.g. Entering 500 with a skip count of 10 will export reviews from 11th to 510th position.
  • Skip first n subscriptions : Specify the number of reviews to be skipped from the beginning. e.g. Enter 10 to skip first 10 reviews from export.
  • Date From : The date on which the review was received. Export product reviews received on and after the specified date.
  • Date To: Date on which the review was received. Export product reviews received up to the specified date.
  • Products: Input the product name to export respective reviews.
  • Stars: Export reviews of a specific star rating.
  • Customer/Guest Review: Export reviews by customer, guest or both.
  • Review with replies: Includes the replies along with the respective reviews.
  • Status
  • Sort Columns: Sort the exported data based on the selected columns in the order specified. Defaulted to ascending order
  • Sort By: Defaulted to ascending. Applicable to the above-selected columns in the order specified.
Filter data - Export product reviews
Filter Data – Export product reviews

Step 4: Map and reorder export columns

The column names appearing in this section can be edited if required. The preferred names and last saved choices can be viewed when choosing a pre-saved template. One can also move the columns to reorder the arrangement.

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  • Here, one can map and reorder the export columns under the following two fields:
    1. Default fields
    2. Meta(custom fields)
  • Click on Step 5 to proceed.

Step 5: Advanced Options/Batch Export/Scheduling

On reaching Step 5, the following window will appear, from where one can:

  1. Export file name: To specify a filename for the exported file. If left blank, the system generates a default name.
  2. Export File Format: Both CSV and XML file formats are available.
  3. Delimiter: Separator for differentiating the columns in the CSV file. Assumes ‘,’ by default.
  4. Enable FTP export: On opting ‘Yes’, choose an FTP profile and specify the export path.
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Batch export and scheduling - Export product reviews
Batch export and scheduling – Export product reviews
  • Save the template file for future export as shown below(if needed).
Save template
Save template
  • Click on Export and export or schedule the export to finish.