Importing already present image in wordpress library

  • Resolved divijc

    (@divijc)


    7 years, 5 months ago

    Hi, I have already added an image that I wish to import in multiple products. As per the tutorial- https://www.xadapter.com/woocommerce-import-products-with-images/, I am adding only the product name (and not the URL) in the image column.

    The image is getting imported in products but in the media page, multiple posts of the same image with each product are getting created. You can see them here- https://i.imgur.com/rVYnIrn.png

    Is it supposed to be like this or is this a bug? Also, if I have 1 image that I want to add to 1000s of products, 1000s of posts will be created unnecessarily slowing down the website. Any workaround for this?

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  • Hi @divijc,

    Seeing the image in your media library multiple times does not mean it was physically duplicated on your server.
    The duplication in the media library is normal.

    The extension uses the WP importer. The WP importer dictates a 1:1 relationship of product and image. We have yet to find a way to circumvent this.

    The reason it appears as a duplicate in the media library is that there’s no way to check if the image already exists in the media library at the time of the import process. The image could exist anywhere on your site.

    Hope this helps

    Thread Starter divijc

    (@divijc)

    Hi, Thanks for your reply. Does this duplication slow down the website or admin in any way? Or does it affect the performance.

    Hi @divijc,

    It will not affect the permanence. As its only loading whenever you are viewing media library. As the image URLs are same, only the first request will be taking time and remaining all will load from the cache.

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