Import / Export — Plugixa Recipe

Bulk move recipes in and out of Plugixa Recipe. Supported formats:

Format	Import	Export
Plugixa JSON	✅	✅
CSV	✅	✅
WP Recipe Maker (WPRM)	✅	—
Tasty Recipes	✅	—
WordPress REST export	✅	✅

The Import / Export screen

Navigate to Recipes → Import / Export.

Two tabs: Import and Export.

Exporting

Options

• Format: JSON or CSV.
• Scope: All recipes · Published only · Filtered (pick category / cuisine).
• Include: ingredients · instructions · nutrition · reviews · custom fields · images (as URLs).

Result

The export is streamed as a download. Large exports run in chunks of 100 recipes and show a progress bar. The resulting file is a clean, versioned artifact you can store as a backup or migrate to another WordPress install.

Importing

Step 1 · Upload a file

Pick a file from your computer:

• plugixa-recipes.json — the plugin’s own JSON format.
• recipes.csv — any CSV with at least title and ingredients columns.
• wprm-export.json — from WP Recipe Maker → Tools → Export.
• tasty-export.json — from Tasty Recipes → Export.

The plugin auto-detects the format.

Step 2 · Map columns (CSV only)

If your CSV has non-standard column names, the mapper lets you map them to recipe fields:

Internal field	Typical CSV column
title	name, recipe_name
description	summary, desc
ingredients	ingredients_raw
instructions	steps, directions
prep_time	prep, prep_minutes
cook_time	cook, cook_minutes
category	category, type
cuisine	cuisine

Custom fields can be targeted by their field_key.

Step 3 · Preview & import

The plugin shows the first 5 rows as a preview so you can confirm mapping, then imports in batches of 20 rows.

Idempotency

When importing, the plugin matches on the recipe slug. Existing recipes are updated (not duplicated); new slugs create new recipes. Set “Also update” off to skip existing rows.

Image handling

Images are referenced by URL in the import file. The plugin:

1. Downloads each image into the WordPress media library (once — deduped by URL).
2. Records the resulting attachment ID in the recipe / step record.

Broken URLs are logged and the corresponding recipe is imported without images.

WPRM / Tasty migration notes

WP Recipe Maker:

• Custom taxonomy (course/cuisine) maps to the plugin’s own courses/cuisines.
• WPRM custom fields are imported into Plugixa custom fields (field_key matches WPRM key).
• WPRM’s rating counts are imported as a single aggregate (reviews aren’t migrated by default).

Tasty Recipes:

• Ingredient groups map directly (both plugins group ingredients the same way).
• Notes are imported as tips (Tasty stores them the same way).
• Nutrition label fields map 1:1.

CLI (future)

A WP-CLI import/export command is planned — watch the repo for wp plugixa-recipe import ….

Hooks

// Alter recipe data before it's written during import.
add_filter('plugixarecipe_before_import_recipe', function ($data) {
    $data['status'] = 'pending'; // Force all imported recipes to pending.
    return $data;
});

// React after import completes.
add_action('plugixarecipe_after_import', function ($summary) {
    error_log("Imported {$summary['created']} new, updated {$summary['updated']}.");
});