10 Best Advanced Import Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Advanced Import sits at #2 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Advanced Import
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Customizer Export/Import
Closest match4.8 (115) 100,000+ active installsEasily export or import your WordPress customizer settings!
#3 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated June 16, 2026.
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WP All Import – Product Import for WooCommerce
4.7 (273) 20,000+ active installsDrag & drop to import products from any CSV, XML, Excel, or Google Sheets file. Supports variations, images, attributes, brands, and more with pow …
#7 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.7 (117) 200,000+ active installsImport and export your widgets.
#8 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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4.7 (6) 50,000+ active installsAstra theme customizer offers several settings for header/footer layout, sidebar and blog designs, colors, backgrounds, typography and much more.
#5 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.0 (113) 40,000+ active installsComplete Import & Export solution for Posts, Pages, Custom Post, Users, Taxonomies, Comments etc.
#6 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated June 27, 2026.
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Ansar Import – One Click Starter Sites – for Elementor & Themes
5.0 (1) 10,000+ active installsEasily import theme demos in one click. Simplifies starter sites setup.
#10 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 80,000+, last updated June 30, 2026.
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WP All Import – Import Add-On for ACF
5.0 (6) 50,000+ active installsDrag & drop to import any CSV, Excel, XML, or Google Sheets file into Advanced Custom Fields. Supports repeaters, flexible content, galleries, and …
#4 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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3.1 (327) 2 million+ active installsImport posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file.
#9 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. About 25 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.3 (79) 1 million+ active installsImport your demo content, widgets and theme settings with one click. Theme authors! Enable simple theme demo import for your users.
#1 in the WordPress.org Import Plugins ranking. About 13 times the installs, last updated April 22, 2026.
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4.9 (107) 40,000+ active installsAlternative CSV Importer plugin. Simple and powerful, best for geeks.
About half the installs, last updated July 16, 2026.
Advanced Import against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Advanced Import vs Customizer Export/Import80,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.8
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Advanced Import vs WP All Import80,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.7
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Advanced Import vs Widget Importer & Exporter80,000+ vs 200,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.7
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Advanced Import vs Import / Export Customizer Settings80,000+ vs 50,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.7
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Advanced Import vs WP Import Export Lite80,000+ vs 40,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 4.0
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Advanced Import vs Ansar Import80,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.4 vs 5.0
Switching from Advanced Import: common questions
What is the best alternative to Advanced Import?
Customizer Export/Import is the closest match: it shares the Import Plugins top 10 with Advanced Import and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Advanced Import alternative has the most users?
WordPress Importer, with 2 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Advanced Import alternative is rated highest?
Really Simple CSV Importer, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 107 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Advanced Import alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Advanced Import score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Advanced Import on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Customizer Export/Import is the closest match to Advanced Import by the data we track, and WordPress Importer has the widest reach with 2 million+ active installs. WordPress Importer shipped the most recent release, on August 27, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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