Title: orphaned products Last modified: May 27, 2022 --- # orphaned products * Resolved [maxabseedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxabseedy/) * (@maxabseedy) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/) * Hi, * Earlier in the week I tried to update all my products with SEO keywords using the meta data column on a few CSV files. When I did this initially it removed all of the attributes from all my products. * Since then I have restored my site through jetpack to a point before I made any changes. * Now a load of orphaned products have appeared as well as woocommerce status telling me I have 11747 products out of stock. * I have 4659 published variable products and since yesterday it is now showing 4453 as orphaned. * I have tried to do what was suggested on a previous ticket going to status > tools > remove orphaned variations but it just says “0 variations were removed” * I spoke to my webhost to see if they could help but they advised me to contact woocommerce. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/) * (@rainfallnixfig) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/#post-15685994) * Hi [@maxabseedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxabseedy/), * Not an ideal situation and sorry to hear the issue you ran into. * Let’s see what can be done. I think the best way forward to avoid further problems here would be to restore a state of your site and database where it does not show orphaned variations and out of stock products. * Restoring with Jetpack seems didn’t work 100% so I would recommend getting in touch with your hosting company which should have saved on their server daily backups including a database backup. * You could also reach out to Jetpack support and see if they have more suggestions for you. Follow the appropriate support channels based on their [scope of support](https://jetpack.com/support/scope-of-support/). * Let us know how it goes. * Thread Starter [maxabseedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxabseedy/) * (@maxabseedy) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/#post-15689193) * Hey [@rainfallnixfig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/) * thanks for the reply & advice. * will get in touch with my webhost now and see what they say and let you know. * hopefully they can do what you have said and it will be sorted! * Plugin Support [Sérgio L. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csnlima/) * (@csnlima) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/#post-15689222) * Hi [@maxabseedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxabseedy/), * Thanks for the update. Please, keep us posted. * Best, * Thread Starter [maxabseedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxabseedy/) * (@maxabseedy) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/#post-15699238) * Hi, * quick update * have had the site restored back to the 20th May 2022 but am still getting the orpahned products. * I deactivated all plug ins and activated one by one to find that it is the yoast premium plug in that is causing the orphaned products to show. * I am now going to contact yoast to see if they can help. * If anyone has any further suggestions i am open to ideas! thank you! * [3 Sons Development](https://wordpress.org/support/users/3sonsdevelopment/) * (@3sonsdevelopment) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/#post-15707172) * Thanks for updating us. If you hear anything back from Yoast’s team, please let us know. * Thread Starter [maxabseedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxabseedy/) * (@maxabseedy) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/#post-15726509) * yoast have not been helpful at all. * one of their replies said things should be fine as I have links all over the site to other products but the latest reply said my products arent going to be indexed properly on google if it stays how it is. * Now i am not sure what to do or how to fix the issue. All my products have links all over the site so it has left me stumped. * with the initial problem I also now still have over 6000 products out of stock and when i do a woo export it is showing me duplicate SKUs for variations that are out of stock but i cant see any duplicates when i go into the products or search in any other way. * I tried wp sheet editor to see if i could delete duplicate SKUs but that also found 0 duplicates. All very confusing and frustrating! * [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/) * (@rainfallnixfig) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/#post-15726671) * Hi there, * Thanks for the update! * The next approach would be to check the database and fix things there. If you’re not a database expert I would not touch it though and request the services of a local developer or you could also get in touch with one of the experts listed at [https://woocommerce.com/customizations/](https://woocommerce.com/customizations/). * [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/) * (@rainfallnixfig) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orphaned-products-2/#post-15747825) * Hi there, * We haven’t heard from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved. Feel free to start a new thread if you have any more questions. * Cheers. 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