WooCommerce products store their prices in standard custom fields, and those prices can be updated using WP All Import. This guide explains how to update the price for your existing products using an external file that contains the new prices.

Table of Contents

• Understand How to Update Your Prices
• Step 1: Set Up Existing Items Import
• Step 2: Review Import File
• Step 3: Map Import Fields with New Price
• Step 4: Match Existing Products and Update Only Price Custom Fields
• Step 5: Run Import Process to Update Prices

Understand How to Update Your Prices

Current scenario: You have existing products on your site, either created manually or imported by you. You have a separate XML or CSV file containing your new prices, and you want to synchronize the prices on your site with the new prices from your file. If so, this guide is for you.

You only need these instructions if you have a separate file with new prices to import. If the same file used to import your products also contains the updated prices, you can just Run Import (in All Import › Manage Imports) and re-run the import process to bring in the new prices.

Each record from your import file should have at least a new price and an identifier to let WP All Import match the correct price to the correct product from your site. The most common identifier is SKU.

Step 1: Set Up Existing Items Import

Navigate to All Import › New Import and create a new import process:

We specified a URL to our new prices file since that will let us set up a schedule to automatically download and import the prices from this URL every day.

Click on Continue to Step 2 to move along.

Step 2: Review Import File

The Review Import File screen appears in Step 2 of the import process.

You can skip this screen by clicking on Continue to Step 3.

Step 3: Map Import Fields with New Price

Locate the WooCommerce Add-On section and specify the new price in the General tab:

All other import fields can be left alone since we're only updating price here. For example, there is no need to change the Product Type or anything other than the price.

Click Continue to Step 4 (not shown).

Step 4: Match Existing Products and Update Only Price Custom Fields

Now you need to define how to match the existing products and what to update. The import may warn you that the title is empty. You can safely ignore this message since we're not updating titles.

Use SKU to Match Existing Products

Select Custom field, and the _sku custom field will be automatically targeted. Then, drag and drop your SKU import field to the Value text box:

That way, each record from your file will be matched with each existing product from your site based on SKU.

Tell WP All Import Which Fields to Update

Now you need to specify the correct custom field names for prices using the Choose which data to update option in Step 4. We should update the _regular_price and _price custom fields alike. If we use sale pricing, we should also update the _sale_price custom field.

Note that we disable the Create new and Remove options since we only want to update prices on existing products.

Specifying which custom fields to update is very important to avoid importing wrong/empty data or erasing existing data.

If the custom field you wish to update doesn't appear, you can type it in and hit Return/Enter.

Step 5: Run Import Process to Update Prices

You can now run the import process to bring the new prices into your existing WooCommerce products. Review the new prices via Products › All Products.

You can easily configure WP All Import to automatically re-check the price XML or CSV file at a specific interval to keep your product prices always up to date using our Automatic Scheduling Service.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to Update Price for Variable Products?

This guide applies to updating both simple or variable product prices since the process is the same regardless of the product type. Just make sure to match your variable products with something truly unique, such as SKU or product variation ID.

How to Automate or Schedule the Price Update Import?

You can automate your price's import using our available options:

• Automatic Scheduling: optional and monthly paid service that can be used directly from within WP All Import's interface. Learn more: Run WordPress Import on a Schedule.
• Manual Cron Jobs: set up manual cron jobs in your server and automate this price update import. This is included with WP All Export Pro out of the box. Learn more: Scheduling Imports Using Cron Jobs.

What Add-Ons Do I Need to Update WooCommerce Products?

To update the price in your WooCommerce products, you need to have the WooCommerce Import Add-On active on your site, along with WP All Import.

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