{"id":767,"date":"2011-12-21T13:56:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T13:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/12\/21\/import-csv-into-phplist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:25:56","slug":"import-csv-into-phplist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/phplist\/import-csv-into-phplist\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import a CSV file of email addresses into phpList"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/phplist\/install-php-list\/\">our testing of phpList<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/support\/email\/rate-limit-phplist\/\">rate limiting feature<\/a> it has available, we had the need to import a large number of email addresses into a mailing list. Just like us, if you already have a list of email addresses and you need to import them into phpList, you\u2019ll need to also know how to import email addresses in bulk.<\/p>\n<p>In our example, we imported a CSV file with almost 400 email addresses in it. This is what part of our CSV file looked like:<\/p>\n<p class=\"code_block\">bulk000@inmotiontesting.com,bulk001@inmotiontesting.com,bulk002@inmotiontesting.com,bulk003@inmotiontesting.com<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, it is a simple text file full of email address, and each email address is separated by a comma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To import a CSV file into phpList:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your phpList Admin (if you\u2019re following along with our example, we visited phplist.inmotiontesting.com\/phplist\/admin)<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cManage Users\u201d in the right menu<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cImport Users\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Click the link, \u201cimport emails with the same values for attributes.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>At the top of the page you\u2019ll see a list of your mailing lists. Check the lists that you would like to import the email addresses to.<\/li>\n<li>Next to \u201cFile containing emails\u201d, click browse and select the CSV file on your computer<\/li>\n<li>For \u201cRecord Delimiter\u201d, enter a comma ,<\/li>\n<li>If you want all of the email addresses to be sent a confirmation message before they are subscribed, select the \u201cSend Notification email\u201d option. Otherwise, to automatically subscribe each user, click \u201cMake confirmed immediately\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cImport\u201d<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phplist_mass_import_page_screen_in_phplist.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phplist_mass_import_page_screen_in_phplist.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"mass_import_page_screen_in_phplist\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When the import has been successful, you should see a page similar to the below:<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phplist_what-it-looks-like-after-importing-users-into-phplist.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"what-it-looks-like-after-importing-users-into-phplist\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-6320\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phplist_what-it-looks-like-after-importing-users-into-phplist.gif\" width=\"775\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To confirm that you have imported the users, click \u201clists\u201d in the right menu. The list you subscribed your users to should have increased:<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phplist_successful-phplist-import.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"successful-phplist-import\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-6321\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/phplist_successful-phplist-import.gif\" width=\"760\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our testing of phpList and the rate limiting feature it has available, we had the need to import a large number of email addresses into a mailing list. 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