Title: Inventory vs variations
Last modified: July 5, 2017

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# Inventory vs variations

 *  Resolved [marciosironi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marciosironi/)
 * (@marciosironi)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inventory-vs-variations/)
 * I need to create a product with variations, but inventory management needs to
   be done at the “Product Level” rather than controlling the stock for each variation.
   
   It seems that the plugin does not work with this configuration.
 * Can someone help me?
 * PS. If I put varying stock management, it works, but it’s not what I need.

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 *  Plugin Author [James Golovich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesgol/)
 * (@jamesgol)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inventory-vs-variations/#post-9291888)
 * It has worked in that configuration in the past and I’m pretty certain with the
   WooCommerce 3.x upgrades I tested that exact configuration. Can you take screenshots
   of your product setup?
 *  Thread Starter [marciosironi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marciosironi/)
 * (@marciosironi)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inventory-vs-variations/#post-9292757)
 * ![Error](https://i0.wp.com/www.afarprodutora.com.br/ArquivoMorto/Capturar.JPG)
 * If I mark a product as “Variable Product” and mark “Enable stock management at
   product level”, what happens is that the stock is now managed by the standard
   Woocommerce script. It’s as if the plugin was disabled in this case.
 *  Plugin Author [James Golovich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesgol/)
 * (@jamesgol)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inventory-vs-variations/#post-9294708)
 * If you want to try a quick fix out, edit woocommerce-cart-stock-reducer/includes/
   class-woocommerce-cart-stock-reducer.php line 972 from:
    $stock = $product->get_stock_quantity(‘
   edit’ ); to: $stock = $product->get_stock_quantity( ‘view’ );
 * Though it’s possible some other issues will pop up because of the change. I’m
   away on vacation now, but when I get a chance I’ll explore the issue more.
 *  Thread Starter [marciosironi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marciosironi/)
 * (@marciosironi)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inventory-vs-variations/#post-9295685)
 * worked perfectly. Thank you very much for the support.
 *  Plugin Author [James Golovich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesgol/)
 * (@jamesgol)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inventory-vs-variations/#post-9327191)
 * After testing that is not a complete proper fix, it causes other issues. I did
   just commit a change that should take care of it. I’ve got a few other things
   to fix up before releasing a new version.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inventory-vs-variations/#post-9327191)
 * Status: resolved