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Import your inventory feed

Connect your inventory provider once and your cars update by themselves every day. About 10 minutes.

You need:WordPress admin login · your feed link from your provider (or FTP/SFTP login, or the file) · the name of your provider (vAuto, HomeNet…)

Step 1 – Source: where your feed comes from

  1. Go to Vehicles › Import feeds and click Add feed.
  2. Pick how the feed arrives: Feed URL (most common), FTP, SFTP or Upload a file.
  3. Give it a name (e.g. "Main inventory feed").
  4. Feed comes from: pick your provider. Every column is matched for you.
  5. Paste the feed link and click Read feed & continue.
Import feeds › Source
Step 1 – Source, with "Feed comes from" set to the provider.

Step 2 – Map fields: check the matches

  1. The bar at the top shows your preset and how many fields matched (e.g. 35 of 39 fields matched).
  2. Look for ✓ All required fields set on the right. Red dashed boxes still need a column.
  3. Wrong match? Drag a column from Your feed (left) onto the right field, or click × on the blue pill.
  4. Use ‹ › to look at a few cars. "Feed value → website value" shows what will be saved.
Map fields
Step 2 – Preset bar, match count and the color key.

Step 3 – Settings: your choices

  1. Cars missing from the feed: Mark as Sold (recommended), Hide, Delete after 30 days, or Do nothing. Then how long sold cars stay on the website.
  2. Cars with no price: show "Call for price", or hide until it has a price.
  3. Cars with no photos: show "Photos coming soon", or hide until photos arrive.
  4. Run: tick Run automatically, then once a day at a time (e.g. 3:00 AM) or every 1–12 hours.
  5. Click Continue to test run.
Settings
Step 3 – Settings. You can change any of these later.

Step 4 – Test run, then import

  1. The test run shows what will happen (new, updated, missing) before anything changes.
  2. Looks right? Click Import. Cars go live right away; photos download in the background.

Done right? A green box shows the result, and the feed shows its schedule and last run. Open Import history to see the last 30 runs.

Import done
Import done – counts, Run now, Edit and Import history.
Later: Run now imports right away · Edit changes any step · if an import fails you get a red alert in WordPress and an email. Full details: Dealer guide, section 8.