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Advanced Import — WordPress Import Plugin

by AddonsPress · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.0.0 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 7.4+

Advanced Import has 80,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,843,353 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on June 9, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Advanced Import at a glance

Active installs
80,000+
Total downloads
1,843,353
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Advanced Import well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Code/Plugin example available
  • Support for the premium version or premium plugin of the free theme
  • Install separate dependent plugin/s for each demo starter package of the theme
  • Categorized available demo import starter package to type and categories
  • Search filter keywords for demo starter packages
  • Sufficient hooks to customize the plugin design and functionality
  • Add demo URL
  • Better experience for the user

Advanced Import reviews and ratings

7 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.4 out of 5

7 reviews

5★
6
4★
0
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0
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0
1★
1

  • A bad demo installer

    A truly useless plugin that never imports demos properly.

    muratozerce

  • not working with own xml file,

    its'n importing any data :/

    wrednyspam

  • Perfect

    This is the one theme developers should use!

    wowthemesnet

  • Great Plugins For Theme Developer

    perfectly work theme development one-click demo import. Awesome plugins

    Bokhtyer Abid

  • Awesome plugin for theme developers

    Perfectly works for themes and the support team is very fast and helpful. Recommended for all theme developers.

    keonthemes

  • Works smoothly

    We used this plugin as a parent plugin for our theme importer plugin and this works great with it. We tried with our elementor based theme as well and it worked as we wanted.

    WP Event Partners

Where Advanced Import ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Advanced Import appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Import Plugins #6 by tag, #5 in search #2 –

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Details

Easily import demo data including posts, pages, media, widgets, customizer settings, and Gutenberg Blocks.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • customizer import
  • demo import
  • gutenberg import
  • theme import
  • widget import

More from AddonsPress

Version
2.0.0
Last updated
Jun 9, 2026
First published
Sep 26, 2019
Requires WordPress
6.2
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Advanced Import FAQ

What does Advanced Import do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Advanced Import offers Code/Plugin example available, Support for the premium version or premium plugin of the free theme, Install separate dependent plugin/s for each demo starter package of the theme, Categorized available demo import starter package to type and categories and Search filter keywords for demo starter packages.

How many active installs does Advanced Import have?

WordPress.org reports 80,000+ active installs for Advanced Import as of September 7, 2026.

Is Advanced Import still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on June 9, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Advanced Import free?

Advanced Import is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Advanced Import rank among Import Plugins?

Advanced Import is #2 in the WordPress.org "importer" ranking as of today.