Title: SKU Error Fixer for WooCommerce Author: WordPress Monsters Published: May 11, 2016 Last modified: November 15, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev =1516289) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev =1516289) # SKU Error Fixer for WooCommerce By [WordPress Monsters](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpress-monsters/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/) ## Description When you are creating new products in your webshop using a WooCommerce plugin, you can get the unique SKU error for your product and SKU can’t be saved properly. This happens because in the database there are old variations of previously created products that have the same SKU number. WooCommerce SKU Error Fixer plugin solves this problem by cleaning and/or removing old products variables and also you can setup automatic checking and fixing of non-unique SKU problem when you edit a product. ## Screenshots [⌊Settings page - search of old variations⌉⌊Settings page - search of old variations⌉[ Settings page – search of old variations [⌊Settings page - clean SKU fields of old variations⌉⌊Settings page - clean SKU fields of old variations⌉[ Settings page – clean SKU fields of old variations [⌊Settings page - removal old variations⌉⌊Settings page - removal old variations⌉[ Settings page – removal old variations [[ [[ [[ ## Installation Install of “SKU Error Fixer for WooCommerce” can be done either by searching for“ SKU Error Fixer for WooCommerce” via the “Plugins > Add New” screen in your WordPress dashboard, or by using the following steps: 1. Download the plugin via WordPress.org 2. Upload the ZIP file through the ‘Plugins > Add New > Upload’ screen in your WordPress dashboard 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ What is the old variations? These are former variations of variable products when it type have been changed to Simple or another type of product not variable. WooCommerce does not remove these variations to the case you decide to change the product type on variable again. For this case variables remain intact with all fields filled in, including the SKU field. What’s the problem of old variations? Clogging the database of unnecessary data Old variation of products is invisible. You can change the product type with variable to another, and after some time to remove this product and forget about it, but these variations will not be removed. They are stored in the database and it can take a lot of space. Unique SKU problem A known problem of the uniqueness of the SKU number of the product. WooCommers allows you to assign only unique SKU for product. If you used any SKU for the product variation, and then changed the product type to another, you will not be able to use the same SKU for a different product. You will receive an error “Product SKU must be unique”. WooCommerce SKU Error Fixer plugin eliminates this problem. How do I use this plugin? After installing the plugin you will need to go to the plugin settings page Woocommerce > SKU Error Fixer, where you can to scan your site for presence of any old variations, clean them SKU fields or remove them completely. You can also setup automatic checking and fixing not unique SKU problem when you edit a product. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/44ca9e8426dea07cb07db3d82e992eeace531dd40c1179b86ee7ca75fc4c3205? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Thanks!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-1538/)󠁿 [evli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/evli/) February 4, 2019 Fixed my problem, thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/32f4cbc683fad9a97ceadcbbebce07d3658565c17e4be6513f4198e51e7094b2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-1947/)󠁿 [Arafat Jamil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arafatjamil01/) August 9, 2018 I tried it but it is not working ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63c81dd7f7167ee22f6860cd5402918f2e91f79b0c9126625ee5c4e0aaa9f593? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Amazing!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-1856/)󠁿 [Robert](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rpetrache/) August 6, 2018 Thanks for fixing that error! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2bd54d43656ebff0eaf690242bd97150259fd24e3f3ccd8e62f5a2b811815b3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good start, but did not work for me](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-start-but-did-not-work-for-me/)󠁿 [lausianne](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lausianne/) January 14, 2018 Did not fix this issue: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-or-duplicated- sku-2/#post-9862728 I assume it is just not the purpose of this plugin to fix issues that occur on import. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fac7d7fdaafd857394410148698a968fedb5bb9a51e0d74f97ea19dda8bbf15f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works like a charm](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-like-a-charm-1176/)󠁿 [jrburke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrburke/) January 13, 2018 After spending hours trying to figure out why sometimes CSV files with SKUs would import and other times they wouldn’t, I stumbled across this little plug-in and VOILA – problem SOLVED! Highly recommend this product! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9a1b25d370b58575b312a83cd05f24caec49a4eb0b5024c5cc5c90ff8df4c1d1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[One, Two, Three… DONE](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/one-two-three-done/)󠁿 [Ximbalo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ximbalo/) June 21, 2017 Installed. Ran. Database was clean. Got back to work. Perfect. [ Read all 12 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “SKU Error Fixer for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ WordPress Monsters ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpress-monsters/) [Translate “SKU Error Fixer for WooCommerce” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * 02.05.2016 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 3.4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.7.33** * Tags * [fix](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fix/)[sku](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sku/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 10 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sku-error-fixer-for-woocommerce/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ WordPress Monsters ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpress-monsters/) ## Support Got something to say? 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