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Bulk Editor for WooCommerce: questions and answers

Answers to the questions people ask: 37 of them, free to read before you buy.

  1. Can I export what I am looking at?Yes.
  2. Part of a custom field, a password or a filter went missing when I saved itEarlier versions cleaned these the way WordPress cleans a line of prose, which takes out every % followed by two of the characters 0 to 9 and A to F, capital or small, as in a…
  3. Why does my export stop at 50,000 rows?Because a filter that matches an entire catalogue would otherwise run until the server gave up, and a file that stopped halfway without saying so would look complete.
  4. Can I save the filters and columns I use every week?Yes.
  5. A view said a column no longer exists, or is not set up for meThe view was saved while that column was showing.
  6. How do I set prices from the cost plus a margin?You need a cost column on screen first.
  7. Can I update prices or stock from a supplier's spreadsheet?Yes, by SKU.
  8. Can I open the supplier's CSV file instead of copying from it?Yes.
  9. Does Paste a list work on a shop translated with WPML or Polylang?Yes.
  10. Can prices end in .99?Yes.
  11. Can I add a word to the end of many product names, or fix names typed in capitals?Yes.
  12. I replied to a review again and nothing new appearedThe editor does not post the same reply from you under the same review twice.
  13. The reply says only approved and pending reviews can be replied toA review marked as spam or in the Trash is not replied to.
  14. Why are some cells grey and locked?They do not apply to that product type.
  15. I changed a sale price and the cell turned redThe sale price is higher than or equal to the regular price, which WooCommerce would not accept.
  16. Does saving trigger my other plugins?Saves go through WooCommerce's product, order, coupon and comment APIs, which fire WooCommerce's own hooks, woocommerce_update_product included, on every save.
  17. Can I undo a save?Yes.
  18. A customer asked us to erase their data. Does the edit history keep it?Not after the request.
  19. How many rows can I edit at once?A page can hold up to 200 products, with their variations listed under them (up to 500 variation rows a page).
  20. Can I use the editor without a mouse, or on a tablet?Yes.
  21. Why does the toolbar say "1–20 of 230" when the page has more rows?The count is in products.
  22. How do I sort the whole list, not just this page?Press the arrow button in a column's heading, or choose Sort by and Direction in Display.
  23. Where are the units sold and the ratings?In Display, pick Units sold, Average rating, Review count or Last modified in Columns to show.
  24. The message says only some records were savedA save of more than twenty rows, a Paste a list or a change to All N records in this list is written twenty records at a time.
  25. The Find fields button lists keys I do not recogniseAny plugin can store meta on a product.
  26. My download URL was refusedWooCommerce only serves downloads from approved directories.
  27. Does Bulk Editor work with WooCommerce HPOS order storage?Yes.
  28. Can two people use it at the same time?Yes.
  29. Can I keep the editor open in two tabs?Yes, with one thing to know: your filters, columns and rows per page belong to you, not to the tab, so a change in one tab reaches the other.
  30. Is anything sent to Traslatability?Only the licence check and update check that every Traslatability plugin performs.
  31. Why does the page not reload when I save?Because it does not need to.
  32. The confirmation message disappears too quicklyHover it and it stays.
  33. I cannot see which cells I have changedYou can: every cell you edit is tinted, with a coloured rule down its left edge, until you save.
  34. A custom field shows blank although the product has a valueOlder versions lower-cased custom-field keys and dropped their spaces, so a key such as _EAN or Payment type was looked up under the wrong name.
  35. I have used all my activations. Which sites are they?The plugin's Licence screen lists them.
  36. What happens to a site I free?Its copy of the plugin keeps working exactly as it is.
  37. The licence screen says "Not activated on this site"Your key is fine — this site simply is not one of the sites using it.

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