Woocommerce – Product variations on category page with add-to-cart SOLUTION

I’d been looking for a solution to this for a long time and never quite found anything that worked…until today.

This is my setup:
WC Version: 2.1.6
WC Database Version: 2.1.6
WP Version: 3.8.1
WP Multisite Enabled: No
Web Server Info: Apache
PHP Version: 5.3.27
MySQL Version: 5.1.39-log
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Here’s the solution:

Go to plugins > woocommerce > templates > content-product.php

First, make a back-up of content-product.php. This is the file you’ll be editing and if something goes wrong, you’ll be glad you have this.

Search for <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>

Add this snippet right after the </h3>

<?php
//ADD SHORT DESCRIPTION TO PRODUCT
add_action('woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title','woocommerce_template_single_excerpt', 5); ?>
<?php
/**
* woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title hook
*
* @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_rating - 5
* @hooked woocommerce_template_loop_price - 10
*/
do_action( 'woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title' );
?>

</a>

<?php do_action( 'woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item' ); ?>

<?php
//ADD VARIATIONS BEFORE ADD TO CART 

if($product->product_type == "variable"){
woocommerce_variable_add_to_cart();
} else {
woocommerce_template_loop_add_to_cart();
}

?>