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wp post meta import <file> [--[no-]dry-run] [--yes]
Imports post meta for URLs from CSV or JSON files. URLs will be passed to url_to_postid() to find a post ID.
If providing a CSV file, the first row will be used as a header row for meta keys. If providing a JSON file, each object key:value pair will be used for meta_key:meta_value.
Keys and values will be whitespace trimmed and skipped if empty.
Does not support terms.
OPTIONS
<file>
The input file to parse. Path must be relative to ABSPATH.
[--[no-]dry-run]
Whether to just report on changes or also save changes to database.
--
default: --dry-run
--
[--yes]
Confirm running without prompt.
SAMPLE JSON
[
{
"url": "https://example.com/sample-page",
"my_meta_field": "My new value!",
"_yoast_wpseo_title": "My new SEO title",
"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc": "My new SEO description",
"_yoast_wpseo_canonical": "https://example.co.uk/sample-page"
},
{
"url": "https://example.com/hello-world",
"my_meta_field": "My new value!",
"_yoast_wpseo_title": "My new SEO title",
"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc": "",
"_yoast_wpseo_canonical": "https://example.co.uk/foo-bar"
}
]
SAMPLE CSV
url,my_meta_field,_yoast_wpseo_title,_yoast_wpseo_metadesc,_yoast_wpseo_canonical
https://example.com/sample-page,My new value!,My new SEO title,My new SEO description,https://example.co.uk/sample-page
https://example.com/hello-world,My new value!,My new SEO title,,https://example.co.uk/foo-bar
EXAMPLES
$ wp post meta import wp-content/uploads/post-meta.csv --dry-run
350 detected records to process
Are you ready to process 350 records? [y/n]
...
Finished.
Rows processed: 350. Meta processed: 981.
---
$ wp post meta import wp-content/uploads/post-meta.json --yes --no-dry-run
350 detected records to process
...
Finished.
Rows processed: 350. Meta processed: 981. Meta updated: 440. Meta skipped: 535. Meta unchanged: 6. Meta failed 0.
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Once you've done so, you can install the latest stable version of this package with:
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