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Export WooCommerce products with images

WordPress, by default, offers tools and settings to export certain product data from your WooCommerce platforms. But there is no option to selectively export the required products and product data along with their corresponding images.

You may want this selective product export with its images if you do not want all your products or product columns in the export files.

You will need an external solution such as a third-party plugin to help you selectively export WooCommerce products along with their images. The Product Import Export plugin from WebToffee is a free plugin that lets you export image data along with other product information from your store.

This article explains in detail how you can export WooCommerce products along with their featured and gallery images using a free plugin. Take a look.

Why Do You Need a Plugin to Export WooCommerce Product Images?

You may want to export your WooCommerce products with images for several reasons. It may be because you want to migrate your store or you may want to create a backup of your products. You may also export your products to update the product lists on other platforms such as Google Merchant Center. You can also use export to bulk update the product data and their images.

Moreover, if you have a large number of products, individually transferring the products will not be feasible. Also, a product may have multiple images, and manually matching all these images with the product is a sizable task. You will need a plugin to help you with the export process to make the transition bearable and smoother.

Whatever may be your reason for export, you can seamlessly export your products and their images with the Product Import Export plugin for WooCommerce.

How to Export Products with Images Using a Free Plugin?

Products along with their images can be exported using the free Product Import Export plugin for WooCommerce.

Follow the steps below to export WooCommerce products along with their images using the plugin,

Step 1: Install the Plugin

  1. Navigate to Plugins > Add New from your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Search for the plugin Product Import Export for WooCommerce.
  3. Install and activate the plugin.
select and install the plugin

Step 2: Choose What to Export and How to Export It

  1. Navigate to WebToffee Import Export (Basic) > Export.
  2. Choose the post type as Product and proceed to select the export method.
Select the product as the post type
  1. Now select the method via which you want to export the products. You will have two options – Quick export and Advanced export. Let’s select advanced export and proceed to the next step.

Step 3: Filter Out the Data that You Want to Export

Here you can select the number of products to be exported, specific products/categories/tags of the products that you want to export, etc. However, if you want to export all the products and their images, it’s best to ignore these configurations and proceed to the next step.

filter out the product data and images to export

Step 4: Rename and Reorder the Export Columns

Here you can decide which information has to be exported and how it should be exported. You can reposition the arrangement of the product fields in the export file, rename the columns, and select the fields to be exported.

Since we have to export the whole set of products and the corresponding images, you can skip configuring and directly proceed to the next step. However, if you want to rename or rearrange any fields, you can do so before proceeding.

rename and reorder product columns to export in csv

If you only want to export the product images of the products in the store, uncheck all the fields and select only Images (featured and gallery). Here the export file will only have one column named images.

export featured images and gallery images woocommerce

Step 6: Export All the Products with their Respective Images

You may select the number of products to be exported in a single batch. Also, choose the delimiter that should act as a column separator in the CSV file. If you are fine with the default configurations, you can leave it at that.

You can now export the products and download the CSV file by just clicking on the Export button. You can also save the configurations that you just used to export the products as a template. This pre-saved template can be used to easily export your products in the future instead of configuring these steps again.

export options for woocommerce product export

Here is an exported sample CSV file with product images and other product-specific data.

product csv with images and image meta

Export Products with the Product Import Export Plugin (Pro)

product import export plugin

The pro version of the WooCommerce product export plugin offers several premium import export features in addition to the ones offered by the basic version of the plugin.

The steps for exporting the product with its images from the WooCommerce platform using this plugin are the same as that of the basic version. But, the pro version offers more customization and filtration options.

Some of the advanced features offered by this plugin include

  • Support for variable and subscription products
  • Export images as a separate .zip file, etc.
  • Supports export to XML files
  • Exporting custom fields and third-party plugin (hidden meta) fields
  • Options to enable exporting products modified after the last export
  • Enables automatic FTP export

You can even schedule the export process with the premium version of this WooCommerce product import export plugin.

How to Export WooCommerce Product Images to an Excel File?

Now let’s see how to export WooCommerce product images to an Excel file. You need the premium version of the WooCommerce Product Import Export plugin to export product images to an Excel file. Before we begin, make sure you have purchased and downloaded the plugin file from My Accounts > Downloads on your WebToffee account.

Follow the below steps to export WooCommerce product data with images to an Excel file.

Step 1: Install and Activate the Plugin

From your WordPress admin console, navigate to Plugins > Add New.

Click on Upload Plugin and upload the plugin file that you have previously downloaded.

Upload plugin file

Click on Install Now and then Activate the plugin. Refer to this article if you need help activating the import export plugin.

Step 2: Select Post Type to Export

Go to WebToffee Import Export (Pro) > Export and select Product as the post type to export.

Select Product as the post type to export

Proceed to the next step.

Step 3: Choose Advanced Export Method

Here you have two export options. The Quick export lets you easily export all the basic fields. We’ll go with the Advanced export method, which offers some advanced filtering options.

Select Advanced export method for exporting WooCommerce product images

After choosing the export method, proceed to the next step.

Step 4: Filter Data for the Product Export

In this step, you can filter data for exporting WooCommerce products. Let’s see the options in detail.

  • Choose the total number of products you want to export.
  • If you want to skip the first few products, choose the number of products you want to skip from exporting.
  • Choose any specific product types you want to export. You can also export products based on category, tags, status, etc.
  • The exclude products option lets you exclude any specific products from exporting.
  • You can also choose how you want to sort the columns in the export file.
Filter data for product export

After making the necessary changes proceed to the next step.

Step 5: Reorder Columns for Export

Here you can reorder columns using the drag-and-drop icon near the column name. However, if you are happy with the default setup, you may ignore this step.

Reorder columns in the export file

Step 6: Advanced Export Options

This is the final step for exporting WooCommerce product data with images.

Provide a file name for the export file. Choose XLS or XLXS as the file format.

Select Excel file format for export

If you want to export WooCommerce product images separately, expand the advanced options widget and enable the Export images as zip file option.

Export product images as zip file

Click on Export images to export images only or click on Export to export WooCommerce product data with images.

Download Product images excel file

After completion, you can see a prompt message to download the export file. Click on the Download button to save the file to your local storage.

You can see an image tab in the export file with a URL to download the images.

Downloadable link for images

Wrapping Up

It is always better to keep a backup of all the products in your store. However, exporting these data shouldn’t be a headache either. A simple free plugin like the WooCommerce product import and export plugin can help you make this process as seamless as possible.

Take a look at this article to know how to import WooCommerce products using the same free plugin.

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