BuddyPress – Export and Import User Data with Google Sheets

In this tutorial, we will show you how to export and import BuddyPress data with Google Sheets.

Related tutorial → How to bulk edit BuddyPress fields

BuddyPress is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to create a social networking platform within your WordPress website. You can build online communities and social networks by adding features like:

• user profiles,
• activity streams,
• friend connections,
• private messaging,
• and more.

With BuddyPress, you can create your own social network, community forum, or any other type of online network where users can interact and engage with one another.

BuddyPress adds fields to your WordPress user profiles. You can also add custom fields to your user profiles.

Plugins to export and import BuddyPress data with Gooogle Sheets

In order to export and import BuddyPress data added to your WordPress user profiles, we will use two important elements.

First, we will use the WP Sheet Editor plugin.

It allows you to view and manage user profiles using an intuitive spreadsheet.

Second, we will use the Google Sheets Sync service.

This service, provided by WP Sheet Editor, allows you to connect WordPress to Google Sheets in ordert o export and import data.

Follow the steps in the sections below in order to export and import BuddyPress fields with Google Sheets.

1- Open the WordPress users spreadsheet

We need to open the WordPress users spreadsheet by going to WP Sheet Editor → Edit Users.

As you can see, the spreadsheet displays both the standard fields and the fields added by other plugins.

In this case, it displays the fields added with/by the BuddyPress plugin.

2- Connect WordPress to Google Sheets

When you subscribe to the Google Sheets Sync service, you will get a helper plugin that will allow you to connect your website with your Google account, the Google API, and the WP Sheet Editor API.

You can follow this installation and configuration guide to learn how to connect the users spreadsheet to Google.

Now you’ll be ready to export and import BuddyPress data with Google Sheets.

3- Export BuddyPress data to Google Sheets

Now let’s open the Export tool in order to export our BuddyPress data to Google Sheets.

Next, we need to select these values in the Export tool:

• What columns do you want to export: Here you can select all columns (fields), only the active columns in the spreadsheet, or specific columns. In this case, we will select some normal columns and also select the fields we have added with the BuddyPress plugin.
• Which rows do you want to export: In this case, we will export all the rows (all the user profiles)
• What app will you use to edit this file: Google Sheets
• Name of this export: You can add a name for this export, and the Google Sheet that will be generated will inherit this name.
• Click on Start new export.

When the export process is complete, you will see the “View Google Sheet” link.

If you click on this link, you will open the generated Google Sheet.

4- View and manage BuddyPress data with Google Sheets

As you can see, we have exported our WordPress users data to Google Sheets, including the data from the BuddyPress plugin fields.

Once you have exported the data to Google Sheets, you can add new data or edit existing data, then import BuddyPress data from Google Sheets to WordPress.

5- Import BuddyPress data from Google Sheets

Let’s see the steps to import BuddyPress data from Google Sheets into WordPress.

Before importing, there are some things you need to keep in mind:

• To protect your privacy, our Google Sheets Sync service doesn’t read files that have not been created with the service itself.
• In other words, the service doesn’t recognize files that were not first exported from WordPress to Google Sheets using the service.
• This means that we don’t have any access to other files on your Google account; not even to other Google Sheets files.
• Therefore, to import a Google Sheets file, you’ll need to first export the info.
• Once you’ve exported it, you can edit existing data or create new data in Google Sheets.

First, open the Import tool.

Second, select the Google Sheets file you want to import by choosing these values in the Import tool:

• Source: Google Sheets
• Google Sheet file: Select the file you’ll import here. If you don’t find it, click on “refresh”.
• Click on Next.

Third, select the columns you will import from Google Sheets into WordPress.

You can Import all the columns or Select individual columns to import.

Note → If you don’t want to import a specific column, you can select the second option and select “Ignore this column” for every column you don’t want to import.

Fourth, select how you want to import your BuddyPress data data from Google Sheets into WordPress.

In this example, we will Create new items and update existing items.

Note → If you select any option to update existing items, you need to match the rows in the Google Sheet with the rows on WordPress by using a specific field as an identifier. In this case, we will use the ID field as an identifier.

Click on Next.

Finally, you will see a preview of the data on the spreadsheet.

If everything is OK, you can click on The preview is fine, start import.

Export and import BuddyPress data with Google Sheets

With WP Sheet Editor and Google Sheets Sync, you can easily export and import BuddyPress data with Google Sheets.

You can view and manage your BuddyPress fields in Google Sheets and then import the data into WordPress with a few clicks.