Users forced to select an amount even though there is only a single amount

The PW Gift Card product type is an extension of the Variable product within WooCommerce.

WooCommerce let’s you specify a default (pre-selected) Variation. Follow these steps:

1. Log into your WordPress admin area.
2. Click on the Products menu on the left.
3. Edit the gift card product.
4. Expand the Variations tab.
5. At the top for “Default Form Values” select the gift card amount.
6. Save the product by clicking the blue Update button at the top right.

This will pre-select the amount so that the customer does not need to select it. If you want to hide the dropdown menu entirely, you can follow the instructions in this guide:

https://www.pimwick.com/pw-faq/hide-amount-selection-dropdown-menu/

I read the instructions you provided. If there is only one single amount for all gift cards, why should a user have to jump through any hoops to select it as a default amount? Shouldn’t a single value be selected as default by, well, default? Or was that overlooked during the development process?

To prevent surprises, we followed suit with the way WooCommerce handles single Variations. It doesn’t automatically assign a default value, that is up to the Shop admin.

Thank you for your reply. It makes sense that you would follow the way WooCommerce handles single variations. I doubt Automattic is going to do anything about this, as clean and lean code does not seem to be their priority.