Display total price when more than one quantity of a variable product is chosen

Hi there,

There isn’t a setting or snippet to change this behavior, and it will require a custom solution. Here’s why:

On normal products, the price displayed is a cost-per-unit. Increasing the quantity doesn’t increase the cost per unit hence why the price you see doesn’t update.

Variable products are similar, but a bit different, because often variations have different prices. By default a range is shown. For instance, in the image below that range is $10.00 – $13.00.

When a customer selects a particular variation, its cost (per unit) is shown. Still, increasing the quantity doesn’t change the per-unit cost, which is why that price doesn’t increase either.

You’ll notice that if all the variations of the variable product are the same price, then there is neither a ranged price, nor a variation-specific price when a variation is selected:

If you want to add that functionality and need a developer that can help you, we recommend reaching out to a professional via our Customizations page.

Thanks for the great reply. I understand the logic of the price displaying ‘cost per unit’ and I’m sure if it was different, it prob leads to knock on effects or other complications. It’s just a shame there is no simple way/option in the WC core to have the price update on the page as it does in the cart. Thanks again.

It was a pleasure, and glad it was helpful ??

You can always add this idea to the Ideas Board, which is where developers go to look for future plugin features and improvements. Others looking for similar features can also vote on your idea, which will give it an additional boost.

On that note, I’ll close this thread, but if you need more help, feel free to start another.