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Import Products to WooCommerce 2.2+

This task will update or insert products into your WooCommerce store from an XML file. The products in the input file are matched to products in WooCommerce based on the <id> or the <sku>. If an <id> is provided, the existing product in WooCommerce with this ID will be updated. If a <sku> is provided and a product already exists in WooCommerce with a matching SKU, the existing product will be updated. Otherwise a new product will be created.

Please note the <id> must be provided to update existing draft products. Due to a limitation of the WooCommerce API, it is not possible to match draft products based on SKU.

Settings

Connection

Required
The WooCommerce connection to use. See the Connecting to WooCommerce 2.2+ article if you require more information on how to create/manage connections.

Fail File

Required
The name of the XML file to save any products which fail to import to WooCommerce. Defaults to 'woo_commerce_product_import_fail.xml'.

Input File

Required
The name of the XML file containing the products to import to WooCommerce. Defaults to 'woo_commerce_product_import.xml'.

Success File

Required
The name of the XML file to save any products which successfully imported to WooCommerce. Defaults to 'woo_commerce_product_import_success.xml'.

Prevent Reprocessing

Required
When set to true this will prevent another product with the same <external_id> as a previously imported record from being imported to WooCommerce.

Zynk Settings

See Common Task Settings.

Examples

A sample input file showing a price and stock level update for the product with SKU 'ABC123' is shown below. The file is the same format as the output from the Export Products from WooCommerce 2.2+ task. Any fields which are not included in the XML won't be updated, and will keep their current value.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ProductList>
  <products>
    <product>
      <sku>ABC123</sku>
      <regular_price>10.00</regular_price>
      <managing_stock>true</managing_stock>
      <stock_quantity>88</stock_quantity>
      <in_stock>true</in_stock>
    </product>
  </products>
</ProductList>