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Directify provides powerful import and export capabilities to help you manage your blog articles in bulk. You can easily import articles from a CSV file, including WordPress exports, and export your existing articles to CSV format.

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Importing Articles

To import articles into your directory:
  1. Download the example CSV file to see the correct format
  2. Prepare your CSV file with the following columns:

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Required Fields

  • title - The article title (required, max 255 characters)
  • content - The main content of your article

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Optional Fields

  • slug - URL-friendly version of the title (max 255 characters, auto-generated if left blank)
  • published - Whether the article should be published (true/false)
  • published_at - Publication date and time in UTC format
  • thumbnail_url - URL to the article’s featured image
  • meta_title - Custom SEO title
  • meta_description - Custom SEO description

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WordPress Migration

You can easily migrate your existing WordPress blog by:
  1. Exporting your WordPress articles to XML
  2. Using our WordPress converter tool to transform the XML to CSV
  3. Importing the resulting CSV file

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Import Settings

When importing articles, you can configure:
  1. Update Existing - Choose whether to update existing articles
  2. Default Publishing - Set whether imported articles should be published by default
  3. Preserve Dates - Keep original publication dates from the import file
Importing articles demo
Make sure your CSV file uses UTF-8 encoding for proper handling of special characters and formatting.

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Import Results

After the import completes, you’ll see a notification in the top-right corner with:
  • Number of successfully imported articles
  • Number of failed imports
  • Option to download detailed results
The results file includes all attempted imports with status and error messages. To review failures:
  1. Download the results CSV
  2. Scroll right to see the “Error” column
  3. Review specific error messages for each failed row
Common error messages include:
  • Invalid title length
  • Missing required fields
  • Malformed dates
  • Invalid URLs
Import results notification and CSV
Use the error messages to correct issues in your import file, then retry importing the failed rows.

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Translations

On directories with more than one language, the import and export also carry translations: one column per field and language, headed field:code.
  • Import: the column mapping lists a column for each translatable field and extra language (e.g. “Name (Spanish)”). Headers named name:es are matched automatically. Empty cells leave existing translations as they are.
  • Export: the file includes the same columns, so you can send it to a translator and import it back.
Translatable columns: title, slug, content, markdown, seo_title, seo_description.

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Exporting Articles

You can export all your articles to CSV format for backup or bulk editing purposes. The exported file will contain all the fields listed above.
Large blogs with many articles may take a few moments to export. The system will notify you once your export is ready for download.