Title: Problems Importing
Last modified: December 18, 2018

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# Problems Importing

 *  [cde010](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cde010/)
 * (@cde010)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-importing-2/)
 * “Only CSV, XLS, XLSX imports are currently supported. This filetype was: application/
   octet-stream.”
 * I get this error when trying to upload csv and xls files.

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 *  Plugin Author [ERA404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/era404/)
 * (@era404)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-importing-2/#post-11009355)
 * Hello [@cde010](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cde010/),
 * You can modify the permitted filetypes (mimetypes) list to suit your needs.
    
   Look for a section in stafflist.php around line 105:
 *     ```
       $spreadsheet_formats= array(    'application/vnd.ms-excel',
       				'text/plain',
       				'text/csv',
       				'text/tsv',
       				'text/comma-separated-values',
       				'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet'	
       );
       ```
   
 * Simply add the mimetype you wish to allow for your install of StaffList.
 * Best,
 * ERA404
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by [ERA404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/era404/).

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