Title: Problem with csv upload
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Problem with csv upload

 *  [atritt81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atritt81/)
 * (@atritt81)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m getting an error when I try to import a csv file.
 * “There was an error extracting data from the.csv file. Please ensure the file
   is a proper .csv format.”
 * I have uploaded the csv to my database successfully from php myadmin.
 * Is it a problem with the version of wordpress I’m using or do I need to try to
   save this out of excel? Currently, I’m using a Google doc as a spreadsheet and
   exporting it as a csv.
 * Thanks for your help.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-csv-to-database/)

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 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150447)
 * Hi, are you still having issues with this problem?
 *  [danthony016](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danthony016/)
 * (@danthony016)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150453)
 * I am getting this problem too getting the not valid csv file tried both MS-DOS
   Comma Separated(.csv) and windows Comma Separated (.csv) and neither of those
   work. even just for kicks tried a standard excel file. Tried in the browse for
   file file uploader the drag and drop file uploader and couldn’t get it to work.
 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150454)
 * Hi do you see any other error messages displayed? What WordPress version do you
   have installed?
 *  [danthony016](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danthony016/)
 * (@danthony016)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150455)
 * WordPress 4.4.1
    The error message This is not a valid .csv file extension
 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150456)
 * Can you test another .csv file? Just for testing purposes.
 *  [danthony016](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danthony016/)
 * (@danthony016)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150457)
 * Ya I have tested a few CSV files and tested all the uploader options still get
   the error.
 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150458)
 * Thank you for reporting back. The plugin developers will investigate further 
   your issue.
 *  [danthony016](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danthony016/)
 * (@danthony016)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150460)
 * Well after logging in to today the site is on WordPress 4.4.2 (current version)
   if that makes and difference and plugin version 2.1 (current version) tried again
   today with different .csv files still get the same error.
 * Invalid File Extension
    This is not a valid .csv file extension
 *  Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150461)
 * One more test, can you disable all your other plugins except this one and carry
   out another test.
 *  [danthony016](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danthony016/)
 * (@danthony016)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-csv-upload/#post-6150462)
 * If this was on a Dev site I could but this site is live and I can’t break the
   site to try to get a few comments back during the Dev time.

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