Title: Importing posts with multiple nested categories
Last modified: September 12, 2020

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# Importing posts with multiple nested categories

 *  Resolved [Yaniv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniv691/)
 * (@yaniv691)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-posts-with-multiple-nested-categories/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m trying to import posts that have multiple nested categories. The exported
   CSV (using Export to XML / CSV plugin) exports the categories like so:
 * CAT1>CAT2|CAT1>CAT3
 * The import thinks “CAT2|CAT1” is a category, when in fact the pipe character 
   is there to symbolize a separate category.
 * How can I set up my import so that it created the right hierarchy for the categories?
 * Thanks,
    Yaniv

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 *  Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
 * (@wpallimport)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-posts-with-multiple-nested-categories/#post-13435604)
 * Hi [@yaniv691](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniv691/),
 * > How can I set up my import so that it created the right hierarchy for the categories?
 * It sounds like you just need to enable the “Separate hierarchy groups via symbol”
   option: [https://d.pr/i/UtQVeK](https://d.pr/i/UtQVeK). Let me know if that fixes
   it.
 *  Thread Starter [Yaniv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniv691/)
 * (@yaniv691)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-posts-with-multiple-nested-categories/#post-13438401)
 * Thanks, that worked! My website is in Hebrew which is a RTL language, so the 
   Preview button was covering the part for “Separate hierarchy groups via symbol”
   and I didn’t see it.

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 * Last reply from: [Yaniv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniv691/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-posts-with-multiple-nested-categories/#post-13438401)
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