A handy little plugin that imports product reviews from a CSV file into WooCommerce products, with duplicate detection—and now, one-click export for Walmart syndication.
A client requested the ability to batch-import multiple product reviews into their WooCommerce store. The reviews are legitimate – taken from one of their other seller channels. After some investigation, it seemed there wasn’t an elegant solution out there. There are batch comment importer plugins, but although Woo reviews are really just comments, there was nothing that would do a nice job handling duplicates and the comment meta (like star ratings).
Smart CSV Import
The plugin handles large files in batches, preventing server timeouts:
- SKU Matching: Automatically matches reviews to products (including variations).
- Duplicate Protection: Prevents flooding your database by matching product IDs and author emails.
- User Linking: Optionally creates WordPress user accounts for new reviewers or links them to existing customers.
- Verified Status: You can choose to mark all imported reviews as “Verified Purchases” in the settings.
Walmart Review Syndication
Walmart has specific requirements for review formatting—plain text bodies, whole-number ratings, and specific date formats (MM/DD/YYYY). This tool handles all that heavy lifting, including a UTF-8 BOM CSV file that’s properly formatted for Walmart’s ingestion system, mapping your SKU, review text, rating, and reviewer data into the required columns.
Configurable & Developer Friendly
The code is quite flexible and can be hooked with WordPress filters to override default behaviour, such as minimum review lengths or default IP addresses for guest reviews.
- HPOS Compatible: Fully supports WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage.
- Translation Ready: Ships with machine-translated files for eight locales (FR, ES, DE, IT, etc.).
- Clean Code: Follows WordPress coding standards and includes a proper uninstall routine to keep your database tidy.
