I’ve searched variations on the forums and I don’t see this listed anywhere
Creating a store for my wife’s soaps and crafts.
Soaps have attributes of
Size. Shapes and scents
All shapes are not available in all sizes. All are different. Is it possible to make it so where the customer selects the size of large in the drop down that the next drop down will only show the large shapes in it without showing small and medium.
Thanks for your response. I understand how to configure whats in the video.
Im trying the get the shapes drop down dependent on whats selected in the size drop down. Large is selected in in the size and only large images appear in the next drop down of shapes.
How many variations do you have for this product? There is a threshold, the default is 20 or 30 depending on what you read. Increasing the threshold to higher than the number of variations can help.
When size of large is selected from the first dropdown on large shapes will appear in the next dropdown. If medium is selected only medium images will be available in the next dropdown etc
SIZE Small, Medium and Large
SHAPES small 15, Medium 20, Large 34
SCENTS 43
COLORS 22
Not sure of the number of variations but with these numbers it will be HUGE. I only have 5 of each in my attributes for my sandbox for testing.
I may not be using scents and colors in my variations.
I need my drop down for size to determine the shapes sizes that will appear in dropdown of shapes. Large selected then large shapes names displayed in dropdown shapes. Medium displays medium and small displays only small shapes.
That’s around 200,000 variations, less any that are not available, so an impracticable number in my view. The most I’ve seen is a site with 800, and very much less would be easier to manage. Consider steps to reduce the number.
– split the product
– use the “Any” attribute option when making variations. For example, if I sell T-shirts in red and blue with a choice of 2 logos, that’s 2 x 2 = 4 variations. But if my variations are red/any and blue/any, that’s only 2 variations not 4. The principal will scale up. In my example, the logos would have to be all the same price.
– look at add-ons. Using the above example, my two variations would be red and blue, but I would have radio buttons underneath to allow the logo choice. The logo choice is carried to cart and checkout.
Booster (free) has an add-ons module: https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-jetpack/
The add-ons have both label and price. The free version may be a bit limiting but there are other premium add-on plugins you could look at.
Then there’s this one: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wc-fields-factory/
You can add custom fields to products. If the choices add a cost then some code is needed, but if say all colours are the same price, a series of radio buttons would allow the customer to choose.
Best to experiment a bit to see what works for you.
