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Installing the WordPress plugin

Install the Content Uploader plugin from the WordPress plugin directory, or upload the ZIP from the Sites page, and activate it.

  • WordPress
  • 3 min read
  • Updated October 14, 2026
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Installing the plugin sends nothing to Content Uploader. It only adds a settings screen to your site. The connection starts later, when you select Connect to Content Uploader and approve it (next article).

Before you start: check the requirements, and sign in to WordPress as an administrator.

Two ways to install it#

The plugin is called Freakedout Content Uploader CSV & Excel Import. Install it in one of two ways; both give you the same plugin, and WordPress offers its new versions either way (updating the plugin).

  • From the WordPress plugin directory, like any other plugin. This is the quickest way.
  • From a ZIP file that you download in Content Uploader and upload to WordPress. Use it when your site cannot install plugins from the directory.

Install it from the plugin directory#

  1. In WordPress, open Plugins → Add Plugin.
  2. Search for Freakedout Content Uploader CSV & Excel Import.
  3. On the plugin's card, select Install Now, then Activate.

Or upload the ZIP file#

1. Download the plugin#

  1. In Content Uploader, open Sites in the sidebar.

  2. In the Connect a WordPress site box, select Download plugin ZIP.

    The Connect a WordPress site box on the Sites page, with the download link and the Settings step marked
    The download link is on the Sites page. Keep the ZIP file as it is: do not unzip it.

The file is named freakedout-content-uploader-csv-excel-import- followed by its version number. Keep it as a ZIP file.

2. Upload it in WordPress#

  1. In WordPress, open Plugins → Add Plugin and select Upload Plugin at the top of the page.

    The Add Plugins page in WordPress with the Add Plugin menu entry and the Upload Plugin button marked
    Plugins, then Add Plugin, then Upload Plugin.

  2. Choose the ZIP file and select Install Now.

    The Upload Plugin form with the file chooser and the Install Now button marked
    Choose the downloaded file, then install it.

  3. When WordPress says the plugin installed successfully, select Activate Plugin.

    WordPress saying the plugin installed successfully, with the Activate Plugin link marked
    Activate the plugin straight away.

  4. WordPress shows Plugin activated. and the plugin in the list.

    The Plugins list with the notice Plugin activated and the Freakedout Content Uploader CSV & Excel Import row marked
    The plugin is now installed and active.

What you should see#

A new entry, Content Uploader, under Settings in the WordPress menu. If it is missing, the plugin is not active: check the Plugins list.

Common mistakes#

  • Unzipping the file first. WordPress needs the ZIP itself.
  • Installing on a multisite network. The plugin refuses to activate there (requirements).
  • A red notice asking you to deactivate and delete an earlier plugin. An earlier version of the plugin, under another name, is still active. Deactivate and delete it in the Plugins list. What was imported stays, with its history, and you connect the site once more.
  • A message that the file is too large or the upload failed. The plugin is only about 30 KB, so the size is not the problem: ask your host whether uploads to WordPress are being blocked, or install the ZIP by FTP into wp-content/plugins/.

Next: connect your site.

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