Importing a CPT with its Custom Taxonomies

mike-dickson-import.php

<?php
/**
 * User: Michal
 * Date: 2014-09-23
 * Time: 10:34 AM
 */


require( '../../../../wp-load.php' );

$data_json = json_decode( file_get_contents( 'data.json' ), true );

foreach ( $data_json as $entry ) {

	// Insert the post
	$post_id = wp_insert_post( $entry['post'] );

	// Set its taxonomy terms
	if ( isset( $entry['tax1'] ) && $entry['tax1'] != '' ) {
		wp_set_post_terms( $post_id, $entry['tax1'], 'your_taxonomy_name1', false );
	}

	// Set its taxonomy terms
	if ( isset( $entry['tax2'] ) && $entry['tax2'] != '' ) {
		wp_set_post_terms( $post_id, $entry['tax2'], 'your_taxonomy_name2', false );
	}
}


flush_rewrite_rules( true );