Today, we will show you how to manually create default product attributes on the woocomer dashboard using the plug-in, and how to create default product attributes in woocomer through PHP programming. This is usually ignored, but may have a significant impact on the conversion rate of variable products. What is the woocommerce attribute? Woocomerce allows you to add information to a product through attributes. These attributes can be applied to new or existing products. For example, general attributes include the size and color of clothing varieties, the operating system of mobile phones, etc. These attributes are global. For example, instead of setting size and color attributes for each new product, create predefined size and color attributes and apply them to other products. In woocommerce, attributes are very important:
Product filtering: users can filter products according to specific attributes. For example, medium-sized jeans. Create variable product: to create a variant of a product, you must first define the attributes of the product. If you have an attribute, you can use it to create various variants of the product. Therefore, for example, if you sell jeans, you cannot generate jeans size deformation without creating a size attribute. Now, let’s understand more clearly why basic attributes are so important in all woocommerce stores. Why create default product attributes? One of the first things I learned when I started an online store was the importance of creating basic product attributes. At first, the conversion rate was not high. Many users said that the Add button on the shopping cart was disabled.
But every time we confirm, everything works well. Worst of all, many shoppers will never come to our store again, so we lost a lot of sales. If they can’t buy it, why? The problem is that it took woocommerce some time to realize that the default product properties were not set. As you know, woocommerce has four types of products: simple, variable, group and external \/ alliance. Today, we will focus on variable products and their default properties. When creating a product variant in woocommerce, you must create a default combination of this attribute. Otherwise, the add to cart button on the product page will appear disabled until the user selects the desired attribute combination.
The problem is that many people just see the button truncated, think the page can’t work, and then leave. Therefore, if the woocommerce store has multiple products, you must create default product attributes. There are no default values for color and size, so the Add button on the shopping cart will be disabled. How does woocomerce create default product attributes? Woocommerce has three ways to create default product attributes. If you are not a developer who programs manually through PHP through the woocomerce administrator, the easiest way is to use plug-ins. Instead, PHP scripts can perform the same task in a small amount of code without installing anything. Both methods can get the same results, so it is very important to choose the most suitable method according to the technology.
1) The easiest way to create woocommerce basic product properties with plug-ins is to set basic product properties with plug-ins. This guide uses woocommerce’s direct checkout. Free version of advanced plug-ins, including basic functions and 3 Advanced plans. With thousands of active installations, the tool is one of the highest installations on the market. 1. The first thing to do is to install and activate the plug-in. Therefore, WordPress dashboard > plug ins > New
。 Then, search for woocommerce’s direct checkout, click Install Now, and click activate when the installation process is complete. Alternatively, you can view the page and choose the free version or one of the advanced programs.
2. Then go to the woocommerce section of the sidebar and click the direct payment option. 
3. Go to the products section and activate the last option to add default attributes to variable products. Don’t forget to save your changes. That’s all! Woocommerce’s direct checkout created the default product attribute! Now, by default, the first attribute of each product is selected and applied to all variable products. Therefore, to change the default attributes, you must modify the order of attributes and first place the attributes you want to set as default values. 2) You can also manually create default product attributes through the woocommerce dashboard through the woocommerce manager. This method is fast and simple, but if there are many products, it may take a long time. In this case, it is recommended to use the direct checkout plug-in or the PHP script described in Section 3.
To set the default properties manually, navigate to the product from the woocommerce dashboard, and then click variable product. Then select a variable product from the product data drop-down menu. In variables, select values, and then select values. This is the default attribute selected for this product. That’s all! Manually created default product attributes! Now, when the buyer visits the variable product page, the selected properties are displayed by default and the add to cart button is enabled. Remember that the default color and additional size of each button on the activated cart must be set to the default value. Therefore, if there are many products, it is recommended to use the direct checkout plug-in or PHP script described below.
3) If you do not want to programmatically install plug-ins in the basic product creation (PHP) site and have coding technology, you can use some PHP to programmatically create woocomer basic product attributes. Tip: it is recommended to create a sub theme before starting to create a sub theme. If there are no plug-ins, just install the required plug-ins or code directly. For more information on how to create a subtopic, see the guide for each step. This is important because if you change the files in the parent theme, all customizations will be lost the next time you update the theme. However, if you modify a sub theme, the new version of the theme does not overwrite the changes.
Now that the subtopics are installed, let’s start. To programmatically set the default conversion in the PHP script woommerce, use functions. You must modify the PHP file. WP content \/ yourtheme \/ functions in the subtopic. Just go to PHP. The complete code is shown here and the main parts are introduced. Therefore, the complete PHP script for programmatically generating the properties of woocommerce basic products is as follows: add_action(‘woocommerce_before_single_product_summary’, ‘quadlayers_product_default_attributes’);
Function quadlayers_product_default_attributes(){
Global $product;
if (!count($default_attributes = get_post_meta($product->get_id(), ‘_default_attributes’))) {
$new_defaults = array ();
$product
_attributes = $product->get_attributes();
if (count($product_attributes)) {
foreach ($product_attributes as $key => $attributes) {
$values = explosion (\
if (isset($values[0]) && ! isset($default_attributes[$key])) {
$new_defaults [$key] = health key ($values [0]);
}
}
update_post_meta($product->get_id(), ‘_default_attributes’, $new_defaults);
}
}
}
Now it begins to decompose
To hook up, we use woocommerce_before_single_product_summary to hook up. This task hook runs before the page loads, so you can add some logic before the user views it. add_action(‘woocommerce_before_single_product_summary’, ‘quadlayers_update_product_default_attributes’); Check the default attributes, and then check meta_default_attributes to ensure that the script does not run twice.
if (!count($default_attributes = get_post_meta($product->get_id(), ‘_default_attributes’))) {
$new_defaults = array (); Property, we get the entire array of properties$ product_attributes = $product->get_attributes();
If (count ($product_attributes) {then repeat the corresponding attribute array. Foreach ($product_attributes as $key = > $attributes){
$values = explosion (\
}
}Then save $new_defaults in meta_default_attributes. Make sure the script does not run twice. update_post_meta($product->get_id(), ‘_default_attributes’, $new_defaults);
}
}
}
Conclusion generally, if the default attribute of variable products is not set, the conversion rate will be affected and a large amount of income may be lost. The Add button on the shopping cart is disabled, and users may think they can’t buy and leave. The good news is that adding default properties is an easy task. If you don’t have coding technology, you can use woocommerce’s direct checkout and add default product properties with a few clicks. If there are not many products, it can also be performed manually through the woocomerce dashboard. Conversely, if you want to execute programmatically, you can set the default properties with a small amount of coding. For more information on how to programmatically improve the woocommerce site, see the \
Refer to the guide. Which of the following methods do you want to use? Please tell us your thoughts in the comments section below!
