Title: Variable products – again
Last modified: October 25, 2024

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# Variable products – again

 *  [Martin Sundstrøm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mundstrom/)
 * (@mundstrom)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-products-again/)
 * Hi I know this has been asked before by another user, but you said it was a rare
   case. I’m appealing to you as a plugin developer to rethink.
 * **The big issue with WooCommerce attributes is they are not treated as “specifications”
   by default**. If I add multiple attributes to a variable product, those attributes
   are listed as specification on **all** variants in the “more information” tab,
   rather than on the individual variants. The result is users can’t see which attributes
   are unique to the selected variant. The reason I think this needs to be solved
   using “attributes” is simply to prevent WordPress users from having to not only
   enter attributes but also specifications – basically double the work. 
   **Example:
   Car shop. **The black car ONLY comes with leather seats, and is the ONLY one 
   that does.
    - If I check “used for variants” next to “seat fabric” in the attributes tab,
      the customer has to choose “black” variant before they can choose “leather”
      attribute in the “seats” dropdown.
    - Customers then have to click the “seats” option to choose “leather” but that’s
      pointless as it’s the only option available for the black car. Redundant click.
      Exponentially redundant if there are many attributes (specifications).
    - If customers aren’t forced to choose “leather” in the dropdown, (if “used 
      for variants” is unchecked) they aren’t even aware that it comes with leather,
      because if the attribute is not shown as a dropdown now. The fact that this
      variant has leather seats is in fact not displayed anywhere on the product
      page as a consequence.
    - Under “More information” you can see “leather” is an option but you can’t 
      see which variant that option applies to. If you switch variants, the only
      things that update are price, weight, and dimensions. But those are not the
      only important attributes of a product.
 * I know this is essentially a WooCommerce problem, but I think you plugin almost
   solves the issue – if it supported variable products. I also think those of us
   who have noticed this issue with WooCommerce, and have searched long and hard
   for a solution, are a silent statistic, because we come up empty handed, and 
   end up simply making single products rather than variable ones, out of pure frustration.
    -  This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by [Martin Sundstrøm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mundstrom/).
    -  This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by [Martin Sundstrøm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mundstrom/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Amin Abdolrezapoor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelentak/)
 * (@pelentak)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-products-again/#post-18125699)
 * Hello [@mundstrom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mundstrom/)
 * Thank you for reaching out and detailed feedback about the use-case.
 * The problem is that currently defined specification fields in this plugin are
   not connected to native WooCommerce attributes, I’m afraid without a connection
   with WooCommerce attributes, supporting variable products won’t be possible, 
   however we are planning to add new field types, one of these field types is **“
   WooCommerce attribute”** that drives data from WooCommerce attributes, once this
   field type is introduced we can plan for supporting variable products, maybe 
   by adding a logic that when a customer chooses a variation, it also updates the
   value in specifications table (if listed).
 * I’d be happy to hear more suggestions, your suggestions will help us a lot to
   put this plugin’s development into correct path.
    -  This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by [Amin Abdolrezapoor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelentak/).

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 * [attributes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/attributes/)
 * [specifications](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/specifications/)
 * [variable products](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/variable-products/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Amin Abdolrezapoor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelentak/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-products-again/#post-18125699)
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