Magento – Bulk Import Category With Heirachy

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I'm still a Beginner in Magento and I was given a task to upload/create 600 Categories and have a hierarchy up to 4th subcategory. I've been searching for a while now, and most return paid extensions. Would someone be kind enough to help me perform this or point me to a guide? So far I have found a random script; it ran well with no errors yet still didn't create any category.

Thanks in advance

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I've created a script for this last weekend. It works on a simple text file and white spaces to indicate hierarchy. Just make sure the Root category exists and the name is correct.

Run the scripts from a subdirectory in your web root directory (the directory you've installed Magento in) preferably using SSH and not through a webbrowser.

This should take away most of your work.

https://github.com/sandermangel/magento-dummy-installers

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