Get product variations in product loop

  • New to WC. I see that variations are stored in the wp_posts table as an additional post with the post parent set to, well, the “Product Post” that created them. Makes sense. My Question is how do I retrieve these efficiently? For instance:

    <?php
       // Get
	$args = array(
		'post_type' => 'product',
		'posts_per_page' => 3,
		'category' => 'care',
		'order' => 'ASC'
	);
	$plans = get_posts( $args );

	foreach($plans as $plan):

		$args = array(
			'post_parent' => $plan->ID,
			'post_type'   => 'product_variation',
			'numberposts' => -1,
			'post_status' => 'any'
		); 

		$variations = get_posts( $args );

		// Do stuff with product variation data

	endforeach;

 ?>

    The above works. However, there must be a better way?

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  • Plugin Contributor royho

    (@royho)

    Use the product class method get_available_variations().

    Thread Starter justinwhall

    (@jwind)

    So:

    $variations = $product->get_available_variations();

    In my case, $product is not a global variable. I don’t see how I’d use get_available_variations() within my loop.

    Plugin Contributor royho

    (@royho)

    So from your code, you would say:

    $plan = wc_get_product( $plan->ID );

$variations = $plan->get_available_variations();
    Thread Starter justinwhall

    (@jwind)

    Aha. Figured it was simple. Many thanks.

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