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title: How to Import WooCommerce Subscriptions with Excel
description: Import WooCommerce Subscriptions products in bulk from Excel and map the subscription fields.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/import-woocommerce-subscriptions-with-excel/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: How to
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# How to Import WooCommerce Subscriptions with Excel

To import subscription products in bulk, use [WooCommerce Products Import & Export with Excel](https://wpfactory.com/item/woocommerce-products-import-export-with-excel/) with the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension active. When Subscriptions is installed, a dedicated checkbox and subscription sample files appear on the import screen, and the subscription meta fields become mappable.

### Before you start

- WooCommerce, active.
- The WooCommerce Subscriptions extension, installed and active. The subscription option and fields appear only when it is detected.
- [Products Import & Export with Excel](https://wpfactory.com/item/woocommerce-products-import-export-with-excel/), active.

### Subscription fields you can map

With Subscriptions active, these meta fields are available on the import and export screens:

| Field | Meta key |
| --- | --- |
| Subscription price | `_subscription_price` |
| Billing interval | `_subscription_period_interval` |
| Billing period | `_subscription_period` |
| Subscription length | `_subscription_length` |
| Sign-up fee | `_subscription_sign_up_fee` |
| Free trial length | `_subscription_trial_length` |
| Free trial period | `_subscription_trial_period` |
| Switching limit | `_subscription_limit` |
| One time shipping | `_subscription_one_time_shipping` |

### Run the import

1. Go to **WPFactory > Product Import/Export > Import/Update Products**.
2. Download a subscription sample file. Two are linked next to the **WooCommerce Subscriptions** option: a **simple** subscription sample and a **variable** subscription sample.
3. Upload your Excel file.
4. Before you upload, tick the **WooCommerce Subscriptions** checkbox on the mapping screen.
5. Map the subscription fields above along with the title and price columns.
6. Click **Upload**.

A single-attribute row with the Subscriptions option ticked is saved as a **simple subscription**; a row with multiple attribute values or variations becomes a **variable subscription**.

**Note:** the subscription price you import also sets the product's regular price, so a customer sees the recurring amount on the product page.

### Get more from Products Import & Export with Excel

[WooCommerce Products Import & Export with Excel](https://wpfactory.com/item/woocommerce-products-import-export-with-excel/) imports subscription products alongside simple, variable, and external products, and exports them back to Excel just as easily. [See everything it can do](https://wpfactory.com/item/woocommerce-products-import-export-with-excel/).

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