Title: Using Multiple Categories with CSV File
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Using Multiple Categories with CSV File

 *  Resolved [elamaranr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elamaranr/)
 * (@elamaranr)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-multiple-categories-with-csv-file/)
 * Hi,
 * Please help me on how to add multiple categories for listings in the import CSV
   file.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-multiple-categories-with-csv-file/#post-6398046)
 * Hi elamaranr,
 * You can import listings with multiple category associations by putting more than
   one category name in the category column of the CSV. Use the “Category Separator”
   character between them. That’s configured under Directory->CSV Import. By default,
   we use the semi-colon (;) Make sure that your categories already exist if you
   don’t tell BD to create them for you.

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