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Creating a database from excel for a wordpress site

I would like to create a site like getapp, software advice, capterra, toptenreviews.

I have crawled the list of URLs on these sites to get a better understanding on how the site is structured.

I have sorted out the types of pages (vendor profile pages, category pages, search results page, alternative to page, comparison page, etc). I have a list of vendors for each category and a list of tags.  I have the entire list of URLs/pages and have grouped them according to the type of page.

I think wordpress might be the best solution to go for here. I would like to customize wordpress to make it do what is needed here.

I do have a few themes and plugins that would help out (like reviews, listings, comparisons, ratings, etc).

I have the entire database ready for use in an excel file.

A lot of these sites don't really have detailed information on these vendors. I went to each of the vendor's site and make sure that I got every single feature they have and more detailed info. I made a very through profile and comparison.

I would like to use this excel file for creating the backend (database) of the site that I am going to build.

How do I turn this into a database that can be used for a wordpress site?
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First get to know the database in wordpress (which one you need, what the current layout is).

What do you mean? What do I have to know?

The database is a mysql database.

Then get the table/columns correct in excel (include header), then export in .csv file.

When you say correct in excel, is there anything specifc that I have to do for this like best practices, precautions, naming conventions, etc?
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No. It is not a duplicate. The explanation of the project is the same since it is the same project. But please check the end of the question. One deals with the importing of data from a CSV and creating a database. The other deals with bulk creation of pages based on data (csv or database).