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WP All Import – Import SEO Settings for Yoast SEO
It promises SEO magic but mostly delivers PHP errors.
DecliningPoor rating
45/100
This add-on fails to import core Yoast fields and often breaks the entire import process.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
2.8★
11 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-10%
Declining
65 → 59 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.00★
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -10% in the last year
65/day a year ago→59/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP All Import's Yoast SEO import add-on was once well-regarded for bulk SEO field importing, but it has developed a significant reputation for being broken — failing to populate core Yoast fields — with multiple users recommending competing plugins as a replacement.
What people like
- +When working, saves significant time by importing SEO fields (title, description, keywords) in bulk across many posts or products at once×3
- +Reported to work well with WooCommerce products on WP All Import Pro across multiple sites
Common complaints
- −Core Yoast SEO fields (title, description, focus keyword) fail to import or are not detected, rendering the plugin non-functional for its primary purpose (since 1.1.8)×6
- −Causes PHP unserialize errors that break the entire WP All Import process, visible in server logs (since 1.1.8)×2
- −Support acknowledges reports but insists the plugin works, contradicting users' direct experience
- −Multiple users recommend switching to WP Import Export Lite as a working alternative×2
- −CLI mode does not work
- −Does not overwrite existing SEO data when re-importing updated records
Review trustMostly organic
- 3.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 2.80★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 11 total
Latest reviews · 12 analyzed
- 2024-12-11★★★★★It breaks the importtfrank77
- 2024-09-25★★★★★Worked well until it didn't – use WP Import Export Lite insteadnikkoboy
- 2023-06-24★★★★★Breaks WP All Import processantlavant
- 2023-04-19★★★★★No longer worksmoggiex
- 2022-12-27★★★★★Great Plugin – Using with Woocommerce Productsjollygreen
- 2022-02-15★★★★★Not seeming to work right2barquack
- 2021-01-15★★★★★Plugin doesn't updae seo title and descriptionPaul
- 2019-10-08★★★★★Doesnt workEugene.chint
- 2018-11-13★★★★★Works Like a Charm!Clayton Chase
- 2018-09-05★★★★★CLI does not workalusion
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
27
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
63
Prior 7-day baseline
34
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
104
Mean release-day peak (30d)
74
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-57.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.32
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
42%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.00 → 3.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered