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Product Import Export Plugin for WooCommerce plugin gives provision to automatically import products to your online store at the scheduled time with the specified time interval. You can even import products from multiple CSV files at once without having the need to import each file one by one at a time.
How to Import Products Using Cron Job
The first step in achieving this is to install and activate the plugin. Then, you can follow the steps explained below to cron import multiple CSV files all at once:
- Navigate to WooCommerce > Product Im-Ex > Settings
- Enable FTP and enter the following FTP details:
- Enter FTP Server Host/IP.
- Enter FTP User Name.
- Enter FTP Password.
- Select Use FTPS checkbox to connect securely.
- Test FTP if working properly
- Enable passive mode if required.
- Choose Enabled option to automatically Import products from FTP Server Host/IP, as shown below:
Likewise if Import from folder is unchecked, then you can specify the complete path of the root directory including the name of the CSV file in the import file field to import that particular file.
You can see that products are auto-imported using multiple CSV files from the FTP server to your online store.
Refer to Setting Up Cron Job – WooCommerce Product Import Export plugin to know how to set up cron for import.
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Comments (5)
Jonathan Alcaras
October 21, 2021
Hello,
Could your plugin support 44,000 product update every day?
Thank you for your time in advance
Jonathan
Mark
October 25, 2021
Hi,
There is no limit to the number of products that can be imported/updated at a time. The import performance and the number of products that can be imported depends on the server performance and the amount of data to be imported. In some environments, there are chances of server timeout to occur when importing a large number of products.
Picvajz
March 1, 2021
Hello, i have a client that needs a part of his woocommerce products updated every half an hour or so. Will i be able to do this with your paid plugin and download and import a csv file from a url that the client gives me, and that way update the stock or some other values?
Thank you for your time in advance
Mark
March 2, 2021
Hi,
Yes, using the plugin you can update the stock and other details of the products regularly by specifying the CSV URL in the plugin settings. Please make sure that the URL is publicly accessible and points directly to the CSV file.
Picvajz
March 2, 2021
Thanks for the answer.
One more thing, can i choose to update only the products that are already on the site only, and skip the rest of the products in the csv?