Sub-variations plugin?

  • Resolved jtg

    (@favdes)


    2 years, 9 months ago

    Hello,

    We are trying to set up a new ecommerce site. The site will sell various products but here is an example of the problem that we have.

    The site sells door handles with various options. The ‘master’ option is whether the door handle is for an internal door or an external door.

    If the customer selects ‘internal’ then other variations will be displayed which are specific options for internal door handles.

    If the customer selects ‘external’, then different variations will need to be displayed which are specific to external door handles e.g. the type of weather proof coating.

    I assume I need an additional plugin for Woocommerce to allow me to set up something like this but I cannot find anything.

    Essentially I need a variations plugin which allows customers to select a ‘master’ variation and when selected, various sub-variations will be displayed.

    Does this make sense? Is anything like this available?

    Many thanks

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  • Roxy

    (@roxannestoltz)

    Hi @favdes ,

    Thanks for reaching out!

    The default WooCommerce attributes and variations will do what you require, no extra plugins are necessary.

    For more details on how this can be done, please see the documentation below:

    https://woocommerce.com/document/variable-product/#manually-adding-a-variation

    Hope this helps!

    Thread Starter jtg

    (@favdes)

    Hi,

    Thank you. I’m familiar with standard variations but can’t see how to do what I need. I probably did not explain myself very well.

    As a further explanation, what I would like customers to do is select either ‘Option 1’ or ‘Option 2’

    If they select ‘Option 1’, the ‘colour’ variation would be displayed and they could choose red, blue, orange.

    If they select ‘Option 2’ only the size variation would be displayed and they could choose small, medium or large.

    Does that make more sense?

    Thanks again

    Plugin Support Sérgio L. a11n

    (@csnlima)

    Hi @favdes,

    Yes, it makes sense. In this case, you will need to create three different attributes with different values:

    • Attribute Option: (option 1 | option 2)
    • Attribute Size (small | medium | large)
    • Attribute Color (red | blue | orange)

      • Since the variations will be different for each attribute, you will also need to manually add the variations.

      From the example above, the variations can be:

      option 1 - red
option 1 - blue
option 1 - orange
option 2 - small
option 2 - medium 
option 2 - large

      I hope this information helps.

      Best,

    Thread Starter jtg

    (@favdes)

    Hi,

    Thank you. I can’t work out how, if ‘Option 1’ is selected though, how only variations ‘variation1’ and ‘variation2’ will be displayed but if I select ‘Option 2’ is selected, only variations ‘variation3’ and ‘variation4’ will be displayed.

    In other words, how can I filter which variations options are displayed, based on the ‘master’ variation selection?

    Plugin Support Sérgio L. a11n

    (@csnlima)

    Hi @jtg

    In other words, how can I filter which variations options are displayed, based on the ‘master’ variation selection?

    I’ll try to make it clear, in fact, you only need to create two Attributes, from your first message, let’s say it’s attribute Use (Indoor | Outdoor) and attribute Material (Wood | Metal | Varnished Wood | Galvanized Metal), it will look like this:

    https://snipboard.io/wel9Cf.jpg

    Then, as I stated, in the previous message, the Variations must be created manually. This will allow you to choose each Material for each use, like this:

    https://snipboard.io/frPDuk.jpg

    Customers will only have these 4 options in the frontend.

    Let me know if it’s still not clear.

    Best,

    Thread Starter jtg

    (@favdes)

    Hello,

    Thank you for coming back to me. I don’t think I’m explaining it very well still.

    Here is an example which I’ve found online. If someone selects ‘Internal Door’ from the first set of options, some variations are displayed below: https://jt-group.co.uk/site-files/2022/example1.jpg

    If however they select ‘External Door’, different variations are listed instead:
    https://jt-group.co.uk/site-files/2022/example2.jpg

    Kind regards

    Roxy

    (@roxannestoltz)

    Hi @jtg ,

    Thank you once again for providing clarity, the screenshots provided were very helpful!

    This could be achieved by using a plugin such as Product Addons:

    https://woocommerce.com/products/product-add-ons

    Hope this helps ??

    Hi @favdes

    The plugin that @roxannestoltz suggested is very powerful, but it doesn’t allow for conditional variations (showing/hiding variations according to previous selection), which seems to be what’re looking for.
    You can get that using one of the following extensions:

    For Pre-Sales questions about these extensions, please contact us at:
    https://woocommerce.com/contact-us/#sales-form
    From there, click on the tab “I have a question about a specific extension or theme I’d like to purchase.”

    And just so you know, in the WooCommerce.com marketplace we offer a 30-day refund policy, so you can test the extension and make sure it works for you.

    Thread Starter jtg

    (@favdes)

    Hello @hegenberg

    That’s perfect, thank you very much for your help!

    Kind regards

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