bulk import along with image url gets stuck

  • Resolved simmmiii

    (@simmmiii)


    4 years, 5 months ago

    It is turning out to be a nightmare to bulk import products with linked images.

    1. If I add only image names in the bulk upload sheet for images on the server, I need to figure out a way to register the images uploaded via FTP with wordpress. (Add from server, Media sync plugins do not work when number of images are high. I have about 2000 images ) : Can you suggest a way to bulk register images that actually works

    2. If I add direct URL of the image to the sheet, the import does not work and remains stuck. Attached snapshot

    CSV Sheet I tried using:
    https://www.sharecsv.com/s/720bb6c4818dbf6c70b876bc99f8c2fa/testCSV.csv

    snapshot:https://imgur.com/a/2IonNjI

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by simmmiii.
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  • Plugin Support mouli a11n

    (@mouli)

    Hi there,
    You are perfectly correct that adding images via FTP requires you to register them if you want to access them via your media library. However, in your case you want them to be assigned as product images only.
    In this instance you can upload your images to your media library via FTP. Just make sure that if your uploads are arranged in monthly folders, that the images are in the folder for the current month.
    In the CSV file you then only need to specify the file name and the importer will locate it in the media folder and copy it over as a product image.
    There is some detailed documentation here:
    https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/product-csv-importer-exporter/

    From what you describe about problems with having so many images to import, I suspect that you are running in to server resources limits.

    I would recommend that you have the following:

    PHP Time Limit: 1200
    PHP Max Input Vars: 10000

    You might also consider breaking your CSV file down into batches of maybe 500 products at a time.

    I hope that helps you to figure it out.
    Feel free to get back to us if you have further questions.

    Plugin Support fevered – a11n

    (@fevered)

    Hey there, since we haven’t heard back from you I’ll mark this thread as resolved now. If you have any further questions, I recommend creating a new thread.

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