diff --git a/import-users-from-csv.php b/import-users-from-csv.php
index ed096c5..3af1a13 100644
--- a/import-users-from-csv.php
+++ b/import-users-from-csv.php
@@ -76,13 +76,15 @@ public function process_csv() {
 
 			if ( !empty( $_FILES['users_csv']['tmp_name'] ) ) {
 				// Setup settings variables
-				$filename              = $_FILES['users_csv']['tmp_name'];
-				$password_nag          = isset( $_POST['password_nag'] ) ? $_POST['password_nag'] : false;
-				$users_update          = isset( $_POST['users_update'] ) ? $_POST['users_update'] : false;
-				$new_user_notification = isset( $_POST['new_user_notification'] ) ? $_POST['new_user_notification'] : false;
+				$filename              		= $_FILES['users_csv']['tmp_name'];
+				$password_nag          		= isset( $_POST['password_nag'] ) ? $_POST['password_nag'] : false;
+				$password_hashing_disabled 	= isset( $_POST['password_hashing_disabled'] ) ? $_POST['password_hashing_disabled'] : false;
+				$users_update          		= isset( $_POST['users_update'] ) ? $_POST['users_update'] : false;
+				$new_user_notification 		= isset( $_POST['new_user_notification'] ) ? $_POST['new_user_notification'] : false;
 
 				$results = self::import_csv( $filename, array(
 					'password_nag' => $password_nag,
+					'password_hashing_disabled' => $password_hashing_disabled,
 					'new_user_notification' => $new_user_notification,
 					'users_update' => $users_update
 				) );
@@ -184,6 +186,16 @@ public function users_page() {
 					</label>
 				</fieldset></td>
 			</tr>
+			<tr valign="top">
+				<th scope="row"><?php _e( 'Password hashing' , 'import-users-from-csv'); ?></th>
+				<td><fieldset>
+					<legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e( 'Password hashing' , 'import-users-from-csv' ); ?></span></legend>
+					<label for="password_hashing_disabled">
+						<input id="password_hashing_disabled" name="password_hashing_disabled" type="checkbox" value="1" />
+						<?php _e( 'Disable password hashing', 'import-users-from-csv' ) ;?>
+					</label>
+				</fieldset></td>
+			</tr>
 			<tr valign="top">
 				<th scope="row"><?php _e( 'Users update' , 'import-users-from-csv'); ?></th>
 				<td><fieldset>
@@ -213,7 +225,8 @@ public static function import_csv( $filename, $args ) {
 		$defaults = array(
 			'password_nag' => false,
 			'new_user_notification' => false,
-			'users_update' => false
+			'users_update' => false,
+			'password_hashing_disabled' => false,
 		);
 		extract( wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults ) );
 
@@ -302,10 +315,13 @@ public static function import_csv( $filename, $args ) {
 				if ( ! $update && empty( $userdata['user_pass'] ) )
 					$userdata['user_pass'] = wp_generate_password( 12, false );
 
-				if ( $update )
+				if ( $update && !$password_hashing_disabled )
 					$user_id = wp_update_user( $userdata );
-				else
+				elseif ( !$update && !$password_hashing_disabled )
 					$user_id = wp_insert_user( $userdata );
+				else
+					// Updates or creates a new user, depending on whether ID is set in $userdata or not
+					$user_id = self::insert_user_disabled_hashing( $userdata ); 
 
 				// Is there an error o_O?
 				if ( is_wp_error( $user_id ) ) {
@@ -373,6 +389,250 @@ private static function log_errors( $errors ) {
 
 		@fclose( $log );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Insert an user into the database.
+	 * Copied from wp-include/user.php and commented wp_hash_password part
+	 * @since 1.1
+	 *
+	 **/
+	private function insert_user_disabled_hashing( $userdata ) {
+	    global $wpdb;
+
+		if ( is_a( $userdata, 'stdClass' ) ) {
+			$userdata = get_object_vars( $userdata );
+		} elseif ( is_a( $userdata, 'WP_User' ) ) {
+			$userdata = $userdata->to_array();
+		}
+		// Are we updating or creating?
+		if ( ! empty( $userdata['ID'] ) ) {
+			$ID = (int) $userdata['ID'];
+			$update = true;
+			$old_user_data = WP_User::get_data_by( 'id', $ID );
+			// hashed in wp_update_user(), plaintext if called directly
+			// $user_pass = $userdata['user_pass'];
+		} else {
+			$update = false;
+			// Hash the password
+			// $user_pass = wp_hash_password( $userdata['user_pass'] );
+		}
+		$user_pass = $userdata['user_pass'];
+
+		$sanitized_user_login = sanitize_user( $userdata['user_login'], true );
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a username after it has been sanitized.
+		 *
+		 * This filter is called before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $sanitized_user_login Username after it has been sanitized.
+		 */
+		$pre_user_login = apply_filters( 'pre_user_login', $sanitized_user_login );
+
+		//Remove any non-printable chars from the login string to see if we have ended up with an empty username
+		$user_login = trim( $pre_user_login );
+
+		if ( empty( $user_login ) ) {
+			return new WP_Error('empty_user_login', __('Cannot create a user with an empty login name.') );
+		}
+		if ( ! $update && username_exists( $user_login ) ) {
+			return new WP_Error( 'existing_user_login', __( 'Sorry, that username already exists!' ) );
+		}
+		if ( empty( $userdata['user_nicename'] ) ) {
+			$user_nicename = sanitize_title( $user_login );
+		} else {
+			$user_nicename = $userdata['user_nicename'];
+		}
+
+		// Store values to save in user meta.
+		$meta = array();
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a user's nicename before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $user_nicename The user's nicename.
+		 */
+		$user_nicename = apply_filters( 'pre_user_nicename', $user_nicename );
+
+		$raw_user_url = empty( $userdata['user_url'] ) ? '' : $userdata['user_url'];
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a user's URL before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $raw_user_url The user's URL.
+		 */
+		$user_url = apply_filters( 'pre_user_url', $raw_user_url );
+
+		$raw_user_email = empty( $userdata['user_email'] ) ? '' : $userdata['user_email'];
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a user's email before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $raw_user_email The user's email.
+		 */
+		$user_email = apply_filters( 'pre_user_email', $raw_user_email );
+
+		if ( ! $update && ! defined( 'WP_IMPORTING' ) && email_exists( $user_email ) ) {
+			return new WP_Error( 'existing_user_email', __( 'Sorry, that email address is already used!' ) );
+		}
+		$nickname = empty( $userdata['nickname'] ) ? $user_login : $userdata['nickname'];
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a user's nickname before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $nickname The user's nickname.
+		 */
+		$meta['nickname'] = apply_filters( 'pre_user_nickname', $nickname );
+
+		$first_name = empty( $userdata['first_name'] ) ? '' : $userdata['first_name'];
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a user's first name before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $first_name The user's first name.
+		 */
+		$meta['first_name'] = apply_filters( 'pre_user_first_name', $first_name );
+
+		$last_name = empty( $userdata['last_name'] ) ? '' : $userdata['last_name'];
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a user's last name before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $last_name The user's last name.
+		 */
+		$meta['last_name'] = apply_filters( 'pre_user_last_name', $last_name );
+
+		if ( empty( $userdata['display_name'] ) ) {
+			if ( $update ) {
+				$display_name = $user_login;
+			} elseif ( $meta['first_name'] && $meta['last_name'] ) {
+				/* translators: 1: first name, 2: last name */
+				$display_name = sprintf( _x( '%1$s %2$s', 'Display name based on first name and last name' ), $meta['first_name'], $meta['last_name'] );
+			} elseif ( $meta['first_name'] ) {
+				$display_name = $meta['first_name'];
+			} elseif ( $meta['last_name'] ) {
+				$display_name = $meta['last_name'];
+			} else {
+				$display_name = $user_login;
+			}
+		} else {
+			$display_name = $userdata['display_name'];
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a user's display name before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $display_name The user's display name.
+		 */
+		$display_name = apply_filters( 'pre_user_display_name', $display_name );
+
+		$description = empty( $userdata['description'] ) ? '' : $userdata['description'];
+
+		/**
+		 * Filter a user's description before the user is created or updated.
+		 *
+		 * @since 2.0.3
+		 *
+		 * @param string $description The user's description.
+		 */
+		$meta['description'] = apply_filters( 'pre_user_description', $description );
+
+		$meta['rich_editing'] = empty( $userdata['rich_editing'] ) ? 'true' : $userdata['rich_editing'];
+
+		$meta['comment_shortcuts'] = empty( $userdata['comment_shortcuts'] ) ? 'false' : $userdata['comment_shortcuts'];
+
+		$admin_color = empty( $userdata['admin_color'] ) ? 'fresh' : $userdata['admin_color'];
+		$meta['admin_color'] = preg_replace( '|[^a-z0-9 _.\-@]|i', '', $admin_color );
+
+		$meta['use_ssl'] = empty( $userdata['use_ssl'] ) ? 0 : $userdata['use_ssl'];
+
+		$user_registered = empty( $userdata['user_registered'] ) ? gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' ) : $userdata['user_registered'];
+
+		$meta['show_admin_bar_front'] = empty( $userdata['show_admin_bar_front'] ) ? 'true' : $userdata['show_admin_bar_front'];
+
+		$user_nicename_check = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_nicename = %s AND user_login != %s LIMIT 1" , $user_nicename, $user_login));
+
+		if ( $user_nicename_check ) {
+			$suffix = 2;
+			while ($user_nicename_check) {
+				$alt_user_nicename = $user_nicename . "-$suffix";
+				$user_nicename_check = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_nicename = %s AND user_login != %s LIMIT 1" , $alt_user_nicename, $user_login));
+				$suffix++;
+			}
+			$user_nicename = $alt_user_nicename;
+		}
+
+		$compacted = compact( 'user_pass', 'user_email', 'user_url', 'user_nicename', 'display_name', 'user_registered' );
+		$data = wp_unslash( $compacted );
+
+		if ( $update ) {
+			$wpdb->update( $wpdb->users, $data, compact( 'ID' ) );
+			$user_id = (int) $ID;
+		} else {
+			$wpdb->insert( $wpdb->users, $data + compact( 'user_login' ) );
+			$user_id = (int) $wpdb->insert_id;
+		}
+
+		$user = new WP_User( $user_id );
+
+		// Update user meta.
+		foreach ( $meta as $key => $value ) {
+			update_user_meta( $user_id, $key, $value );
+		}
+
+		foreach ( wp_get_user_contact_methods( $user ) as $key => $value ) {
+			if ( isset( $userdata[ $key ] ) ) {
+				update_user_meta( $user_id, $key, $userdata[ $key ] );
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ( isset( $userdata['role'] ) ) {
+			$user->set_role( $userdata['role'] );
+		} elseif ( ! $update ) {
+			$user->set_role(get_option('default_role'));
+		}
+		wp_cache_delete( $user_id, 'users' );
+		wp_cache_delete( $user_login, 'userlogins' );
+
+		if ( $update ) {
+			/**
+			 * Fires immediately after an existing user is updated.
+			 *
+			 * @since 2.0.0
+			 *
+			 * @param int    $user_id       User ID.
+			 * @param object $old_user_data Object containing user's data prior to update.
+			 */
+			do_action( 'profile_update', $user_id, $old_user_data );
+		} else {
+			/**
+			 * Fires immediately after a new user is registered.
+			 *
+			 * @since 1.5.0
+			 *
+			 * @param int $user_id User ID.
+			 */
+			do_action( 'user_register', $user_id );
+		}
+
+		return $user_id;
+	}
 }
 
 IS_IU_Import_Users::init();
diff --git a/languages/import-users-from-csv-de_DE.mo b/languages/import-users-from-csv-de_DE.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b47c1b
Binary files /dev/null and b/languages/import-users-from-csv-de_DE.mo differ
diff --git a/languages/import-users-from-csv-de_DE.po b/languages/import-users-from-csv-de_DE.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6412b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/languages/import-users-from-csv-de_DE.po
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+# Translation of the WordPress plugin Import Users from CSV 0.3 by PubPoet.
+# Copyright (C) 2011 PubPoet
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the Import Users from CSV package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2011.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: Import Users from CSV 0.3\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: http://wordpress.org/tag/import-users-from-csv\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-12-17 16:55+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-10-30 22:37+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: Eugen Rein <eugen.rein@gmail.com>\n"
+"Language-Team: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Generator: Poedit 1.6.10\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+"Language: de_DE\n"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:59
+msgid "Import From CSV"
+msgstr "Von CSV importieren"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:212
+msgid "You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page."
+msgstr ""
+"Sie haben nicht die erforderlichen Berechtigungen, um auf diese Seite "
+"zuzugreifen."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:216
+msgid "Import users from a CSV file"
+msgstr "Benutzer aus einer CSV-Datei importieren"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:223
+#, php-format
+msgid ""
+"Notice: please make the directory %s writable so that you can see the error "
+"log."
+msgstr ""
+"Achtung: Bitte machen Sie das Verzeichnis %s beschreibbar, damit Sie das "
+"Fehlerprotokoll sehen können."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:229
+#, php-format
+msgid ", please <a href=\"%s\">check the error log</a>"
+msgstr ", bitte überprüfen Sie das <a href=\"%s\">Fehlerprotokoll</a>"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:233
+msgid "Error during file upload."
+msgstr "Es ist ein Fehler während des Uploads aufgetreten."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:236
+msgid "Cannot extract data from uploaded file or no file was uploaded."
+msgstr ""
+"Es konnten keine Daten aus der hochgeladenen Datei extrahiert werden, oder "
+"es wurde keine Datei hochgeladen."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:239
+#, php-format
+msgid "No user was successfully imported%s."
+msgstr "Es konnte kein Benutzer erfolgreich importiert werden%s."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:242
+#, php-format
+msgid "Some users were successfully imported but some were not%s."
+msgstr "Es konnten nicht alle Benutzer erfolgreich importiert werden%s."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:245
+msgid "Users import was successful."
+msgstr "Der Import von Benutzern wurde erfolgreich ausgeführt."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:256
+msgid "CSV file"
+msgstr "CSV-Datei"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:260 import-users-from-csv.php:262
+msgid "Notification"
+msgstr "Benachrichtigung"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:270 import-users-from-csv.php:272
+msgid "Password nag"
+msgstr "Password aktualisieren"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:281
+msgid "Import"
+msgstr "Importieren"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:159
+msgid "You may want to see <a href=\"%s\">the example of the CSV file</a>."
+msgstr "Schauen Sie sich <a href=\"%s\">die Vorlage der CSV-Datei</a> an."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:165
+msgid "Send to new users"
+msgstr "Benachrichtigung an neue Benutzer senden"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:175
+msgid "Show password nag on new users signon"
+msgstr ""
+"Zeige Dialog zur Passwortaktualisierung mit dem Login eines neuen Nutzers."
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:297
+#, php-format
+msgid "BEGIN %s"
+msgstr "Beginn %s"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:302
+#, php-format
+msgid "[Line %1$s] %2$s"
+msgstr "[Zeile %1$s] %2$s"
+
+#. Plugin Name of the plugin/theme
+msgid "Import Users from CSV"
+msgstr "Importiere Benutzer von CSV-Datei"
+
+#. Plugin URI of the plugin/theme
+msgid "http://pubpoet.com/plugins/"
+msgstr "http://pubpoet.com/plugins/"
+
+#. Description of the plugin/theme
+msgid "Import Users data and metadata from a csv file."
+msgstr "Benutzer- und Metadaten aus einer CSV-Datei importieren."
+
+#. Author of the plugin/theme
+msgid "PubPoet"
+msgstr "PubPoet"
+
+#. Author URI of the plugin/theme
+msgid "http://pubpoet.com/"
+msgstr "http://pubpoet.com/"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:190 import-users-from-csv.php:192
+msgid "Password hashing"
+msgstr "Passwort-Hashing"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:195
+msgid "Disable password hashing"
+msgstr "Das Hashen der Passwörter deaktivieren"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:200 import-users-from-csv.php:202
+msgid "Users update"
+msgstr "Benutzer aktualisieren"
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:205
+msgid "Update user when a username or email exists"
+msgstr ""
+"Aktualisiere Benutzer, wenn der Benutzername oder die Email bereits existiert"
diff --git a/languages/import-users-from-csv.pot b/languages/import-users-from-csv.pot
index fc2c6ea..2d33f48 100644
--- a/languages/import-users-from-csv.pot
+++ b/languages/import-users-from-csv.pot
@@ -120,3 +120,19 @@ msgstr ""
 #. Author URI of the plugin/theme
 msgid "http://pubpoet.com/"
 msgstr ""
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:190 import-users-from-csv.php:192
+msgid "Password hashing"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:195
+msgid "Disable password hashing"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:200 import-users-from-csv.php:202
+msgid "Users update"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: import-users-from-csv.php:205                              
+msgid "Update user when a username or email exists"
+msgstr ""