Title: Error rows still update users database
Last modified: September 30, 2018

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# Error rows still update users database

 *  Resolved [Malcolm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malcolm-oph/)
 * (@malcolm-oph)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-rows-still-update-users-database/)
 * An import of a CSV file row with an email that matches an existing user appears
   to have a problem. My test data had just 4 columns – username, email, first_name
   and last_name. I set the “Update Existing Accounts” option to yes, because I 
   want changes to email addresses in existing accounts to be included. The row 
   was identified as a error, but both the password and the meta tags in the row
   were updated anyway. Was this what was intended?
 * Removing the call to wp_set_password at line 286 in importer.php would stop the
   password from being changed. In addition adding a test for $problematic_row around
   rows 382 to 497 would stop meta entries being updated for problem rows.

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 *  Plugin Author [Javier Carazo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carazo/)
 * (@carazo)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-rows-still-update-users-database/#post-10738301)
 * Good morning [@malcolm-oph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malcolm-oph/),
 * It think the problem is that the plugin is not designed to update the emails.
 * If you don’t want to change the password read the documentation please:
 * > Passwords A string that contains user passwords. We have different options 
   > for this case:
   >  If you don’t create a column for passwords: passwords will 
   > be generated automatically If you create a column for passwords: if cell is
   > empty, password won’t be updated; if cell has a value, it will be used
 * If you want to make able to import the mails if you support the cost of the develop,
   we can prepare a new process to do it.
 * Tell me and we do.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Javier Carazo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carazo/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-rows-still-update-users-database/#post-10738301)
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