Title: Automatically map CSV columns to fields
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Automatically map CSV columns to fields

 *  Resolved [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-map-csv-columns-to-fields/)
 * I think it’d be a huge UX improvement if the plugin would automatically map the
   CSV column name to the dropdowns during the import process. If the column name
   is “post_title”, then the “post_title” dropdown should automatically be selected.
 * That would make the import process 10 times faster, since I wouldn’t have to 
   click on each individual dropdown field. If I’ve got a CSV with 20 columns, and
   I have to run the import 4 times to get it right, then that’s 80 clicks that 
   would be saved.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-map-csv-columns-to-fields/#post-3402030)
 * All it takes is changing line 226 of wp_ultimate_csv_importer.php from:
 *     ```
       <option value ="<?php print($key1);?>"><?php print($key1);?></option>
       ```
   
 * to
 *     ```
       <option value ="<?php print($key1);?>"<?php if( $value == $key1 ) print( ' selected="selected"' ); ?>><?php print($key1);?></option>
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Author [Smackcoders Inc.,](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smackcoders/)
 * (@smackcoders)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-map-csv-columns-to-fields/#post-3402280)
 * Thank you for the suggestions. I have added this to next milestone. Issues raised
   here are less monitored. For timely response post your issues here in future 
   at [http://code.smackcoders.com/seo-author-snippet-wp-plugin/issues](http://code.smackcoders.com/seo-author-snippet-wp-plugin/issues).
 *  Thread Starter [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-map-csv-columns-to-fields/#post-3402282)
 * Thanks for the responses. In the future I’ll try to remember that you have a 
   separate bug tool, but to be honest, it’s pretty difficult to keep track of which
   plugins use the WP.org support forums and which ones don’t.
 * [“The WordPress Plugins Directory is a hosting site, not a listing site”](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/),
   so most people assume that if you’re hosting your code here, that you’re also
   using the forums, FAQ, etc instead of having redundant external systems.
 * Here’s a more detailed discussion on the pros/cons of [using the WP.org repo for hosting but not documentation/support/etc](http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/what-forum-tools-would-make-support-better/#comment-75088).
 *  Plugin Author [Smackcoders Inc.,](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smackcoders/)
 * (@smackcoders)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-map-csv-columns-to-fields/#post-3402342)
 * Thread is closed for further discussions

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 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Smackcoders Inc.,](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smackcoders/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-map-csv-columns-to-fields/#post-3402342)
 * Status: resolved