Title: Variable Product SKU Display Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Variable Product SKU Display * [Patrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seankillian/) * (@seankillian) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/) * Just wondering how to access the SKU’s on a variable product’s variations. * Ideally on the single product page, I want the SKU to change when the different variations are selected, like the price does. * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/woocommerce/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/woocommerce/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 49 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/4/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/2/?output_format=md) * [bheadrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bheadrick/) * (@bheadrick) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167800) * I think this might be a bug. * Thread Starter [Patrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seankillian/) * (@seankillian) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167812) * In meta.php, the **if** statement includes “variable” so I guess it should be displaying… `if ( $product->is_type( array( 'simple', 'variable' ) )` * Any idea of how to access an array of SKU’s for a variable product? * [samueljeden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samueljeden/) * (@samueljeden) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167814) * Hey Sean, * This was a bug i raised to the WC developers via github. * It has now been fixed for ready for 1.7 … * Do you want the fix to get it working on 1.6.5.2? * Many Thanks Samuel * Thread Starter [Patrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seankillian/) * (@seankillian) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167815) * Yes, that would be great thanks Samuel. I have a client quite eager to get this fixed before they go live. * Thanks, Sean K. * [jeffdubbeldam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffdubbeldam/) * (@jeffdubbeldam) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167817) * Hi Samuel, * I would also be interested in the fix for this. * Thanks, Jeff * [addicted2alice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addicted2alice/) * (@addicted2alice) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167820) * Finally found this! I am having the same problem. Could you share the fix with us Samuel? * Thank you, Alice * [pricklepantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pricklepantz/) * (@pricklepantz) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167821) * I need this fix please. Why would they wait til 1.7? * [samueljeden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samueljeden/) * (@samueljeden) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167822) * Hi, * Sorry for such a late response. * here is the fix.. * replace your add-to-cart-variation.js with the following code * ``` jQuery(document).ready(function($) { /** * Variations form handling */ $('form.variations_form') // On clicking the reset variation button .on( 'click', '.reset_variations', function( event ) { $(this).closest('form.variations_form').find('.variations select').val('').change(); return false; } ) // Upon changing an option .on( 'change', '.variations select', function( event ) { $variation_form = $(this).closest('form.variations_form'); $variation_form.find('input[name=variation_id]').val('').change(); $variation_form .trigger( 'woocommerce_variation_select_change' ) .trigger( 'check_variations', [ '', false ] ); $(this).blur(); if( $().uniform && $.isFunction( $.uniform.update ) ) { $.uniform.update(); } } ) // Upon gaining focus .on( 'focusin', '.variations select', function( event ) { $variation_form = $(this).closest('form.variations_form'); $variation_form .trigger( 'woocommerce_variation_select_focusin' ) .trigger( 'check_variations', [ $(this).attr('name'), true ] ); } ) // Check variations .on( 'check_variations', function( event, exclude, focus ) { var all_set = true; var any_set = false; var showing_variation = false; var current_settings = {}; var $variation_form = $(this); var $reset_variations = $variation_form.find('.reset_variations'); $variation_form.find('.variations select').each( function() { if ( $(this).val().length == 0 ) { all_set = false; } else { any_set = true; } if ( exclude && $(this).attr('name') == exclude ) { all_set = false; current_settings[$(this).attr('name')] = ''; } else { // Encode entities value = $(this).val() .replace(/&/g, '&') .replace(/"/g, '"') .replace(/'/g, ''') .replace(//g, '>'); // Add to settings array current_settings[ $(this).attr('name') ] = value; } }); var product_id = parseInt( $variation_form.attr( 'data-product_id' ) ); var all_variations = window[ "product_variations_" + product_id ]; // Fallback if ( ! all_variations ) all_variations = window[ "product_variations" ]; var matching_variations = find_matching_variations( all_variations, current_settings ); if ( all_set ) { var variation = matching_variations.pop(); if ( variation ) { // Found - set ID $variation_form .find('input[name=variation_id]') .val( variation.variation_id ) .change(); $variation_form.trigger( 'found_variation', [ variation ] ); } else { // Nothing found - reset fields $variation_form.find('.variations select').val(''); if ( ! focus ) $variation_form.trigger( 'reset_image' ); } } else { $variation_form.trigger( 'update_variation_values', [ matching_variations ] ); if ( ! focus ) $variation_form.trigger( 'reset_image' ); if ( ! exclude ) { $variation_form.find('.single_variation_wrap').slideUp('200'); } } if ( any_set ) { if ( $reset_variations.css('visibility') == 'hidden' ) $reset_variations.css('visibility','visible').hide().fadeIn(); } else { $reset_variations.css('visibility','hidden'); } } ) // Reset product image .on( 'reset_image', function( event ) { var $product = $(this).closest( '.product' ); var $product_img = $product.find( 'div.images img:eq(0)' ); var $product_link = $product.find( 'div.images a.zoom:eq(0)' ); var o_src = $product_img.attr('data-o_src'); var o_title = $product_img.attr('data-o_title'); var o_href = $product_link.attr('data-o_href'); if ( o_src && o_href && o_title ) { $product_img .attr( 'src', o_src ) .attr( 'alt', o_title ) .attr( 'title', o_title ); $product_link .attr( 'href', o_href ); } } ) // Disable option fields that are unavaiable for current set of attributes .on( 'update_variation_values', function( event, variations ) { $variation_form = $(this).closest('form.variations_form'); // Loop through selects and disable/enable options based on selections $variation_form.find('.variations select').each(function( index, el ){ current_attr_select = $(el); // Disable all current_attr_select.find('option:gt(0)').attr('disabled', 'disabled'); // Get name var current_attr_name = current_attr_select.attr('name'); // Loop through variations for ( num in variations ) { var attributes = variations[ num ].attributes; for ( attr_name in attributes ) { var attr_val = attributes[ attr_name ]; if ( attr_name == current_attr_name ) { if ( attr_val ) { // Decode entities attr_val = $("
").html( attr_val ).text(); // Add slashes attr_val = attr_val.replace(/'/g, "\\'"); attr_val = attr_val.replace(/"/g, "\\\""); // Compare the meercat current_attr_select.find('option[value="' + attr_val + '"]').removeAttr('disabled'); } else { current_attr_select.find('option').removeAttr('disabled'); } } } } }); // Custom event for when variations have been updated $variation_form.trigger('woocommerce_update_variation_values'); } ) // Show single variation details (price, stock, image) .on( 'found_variation', function( event, variation ) { var $variation_form = $(this); var $product = $(this).closest( '.product' ); var $product_img = $product.find( 'div.images img:eq(0)' ); var $product_link = $product.find( 'div.images a.zoom:eq(0)' ); var o_src = $product_img.attr('data-o_src'); var o_title = $product_img.attr('data-o_title'); var o_href = $product_link.attr('data-o_href'); var variation_image = variation.image_src; var variation_link = variation.image_link; var variation_title = variation.image_title; $variation_form.find('.variations_button').show(); $variation_form.find('.single_variation').html( variation.price_html + variation.availability_html ); if ( ! o_src ) { o_src = ( ! $product_img.attr('src') ) ? '' : $product_img.attr('src'); $product_img.attr('data-o_src', o_src ); } if ( ! o_href ) { o_href = ( ! $product_link.attr('href') ) ? '' : $product_link.attr('href'); $product_link.attr('data-o_href', o_href ); } if ( ! o_title ) { o_title = ( ! $product_img.attr('title') ) ? '' : $product_img.attr('title'); $product_img.attr('data-o_title', o_title ); } if ( variation_image && variation_image.length > 1 ) { $product_img .attr( 'src', variation_image ) .attr( 'alt', variation_title ) .attr( 'title', variation_title ); $product_link .attr( 'href', variation_link ); } else { $product_img .attr( 'src', o_src ) .attr( 'alt', o_title ) .attr( 'title', o_title ); $product_link .attr( 'href', o_href ); } var $single_variation_wrap = $variation_form.find('.single_variation_wrap'); if ( variation.sku ) $product.find('.product_meta').find('.sku').text( variation.sku ); else $product.find('.product_meta').find('.sku').text(''); $single_variation_wrap.find('.quantity').show(); if ( ! variation.is_in_stock && ! variation.backorders_allowed ) { $variation_form.find('.variations_button').hide(); } if ( variation.min_qty ) $single_variation_wrap.find('input[name=quantity]').attr( 'data-min', variation.min_qty ).val( variation.min_qty ); else $single_variation_wrap.find('input[name=quantity]').removeAttr('data-min'); if ( variation.max_qty ) $single_variation_wrap.find('input[name=quantity]').attr('data-max', variation.max_qty); else $single_variation_wrap.find('input[name=quantity]').removeAttr('data-max'); if ( variation.is_sold_individually == 'yes' ) { $single_variation_wrap.find('input[name=quantity]').val('1'); $single_variation_wrap.find('.quantity').hide(); } $single_variation_wrap.slideDown('200').trigger( 'show_variation', [ variation ] ); } ); /** * Initial states and loading */ $('form.variations_form .variations select').change(); /** * Helper functions for variations */ // Search for matching variations for given set of attributes function find_matching_variations( product_variations, settings ) { var matching = []; for (var i = 0; i < product_variations.length; i++) { var variation = product_variations[i]; var variation_id = variation.variation_id; if ( variations_match( variation.attributes, settings ) ) { matching.push(variation); } } return matching; } // Check if two arrays of attributes match function variations_match( attrs1, attrs2 ) { var match = true; for ( attr_name in attrs1 ) { var val1 = attrs1[ attr_name ]; var val2 = attrs2[ attr_name ]; if ( val1 !== undefined && val2 !== undefined && val1.length != 0 && val2.length != 0 && val1 != val2 ) { match = false; } } return match; } }); ``` * and also your add-to-cart-variation-min.js with the following: * ``` jQuery(document).ready(function(e){function t(e,t){var r=[];for(var i=0;i/g,">");a[e(this).attr("name")]=value}});var c=parseInt(f.attr("data-product_id")),h=window["product_variations_"+c];h||(h=window.product_variations);var p=t(h,a);if(s){var d=p.pop();if(d){f.find("input[name=variation_id]").val(d.variation_id).change();f.trigger("found_variation",[d])}else{f.find(".variations select").val("");i||f.trigger("reset_image")}}else{f.trigger("update_variation_values",[p]);i||f.trigger("reset_image");r||f.find(".single_variation_wrap").slideUp("200")}o?l.css("visibility")=="hidden"&&l.css("visibility","visible").hide().fadeIn():l.css("visibility","hidden")}).on("reset_image",function(t){var n=e(this).closest(".product"),r=n.find("div.images img:eq(0)"),i=n.find("div.images a.zoom:eq(0)"),s=r.attr("data-o_src"),o=r.attr("data-o_title"),u=i.attr("data-o_href");if(s&&u&&o){r.attr("src",s).attr("alt",o).attr("title",o);i.attr("href",u)}}).on("update_variation_values",function(t,n){$variation_form=e(this).closest("form.variations_form");$variation_form.find(".variations select").each(function(t,r){current_attr_select=e(r);current_attr_select.find("option:gt(0)").attr("disabled","disabled");var i=current_attr_select.attr("name");for(num in n){var s=n[num].attributes;for(attr_name in s){var o=s[attr_name];if(attr_name==i)if(o){o=e("
").html(o).text();o=o.replace(/'/g,"\\'");o=o.replace(/"/g,'\\"');current_attr_select.find('option[value="'+o+'"]').removeAttr("disabled")}else current_attr_select.find("option").removeAttr("disabled")}}});$variation_form.trigger("woocommerce_update_variation_values")}).on("found_variation",function(t,n){var r=e(this),i=e(this).closest(".product"),s=i.find("div.images img:eq(0)"),o=i.find("div.images a.zoom:eq(0)"),u=s.attr("data-o_src"),a=s.attr("data-o_title"),f=o.attr("data-o_href"),l=n.image_src,c=n.image_link,h=n.image_title;r.find(".variations_button").show();r.find(".single_variation").html(n.price_html+n.availability_html);if(!u){u=s.attr("src")?s.attr("src"):"";s.attr("data-o_src",u)}if(!f){f=o.attr("href")?o.attr("href"):"";o.attr("data-o_href",f)}if(!a){a=s.attr("title")?s.attr("title"):"";s.attr("data-o_title",a)}if(l&&l.length>1){s.attr("src",l).attr("alt",h).attr("title",h);o.attr("href",c)}else{s.attr("src",u).attr("alt",a).attr("title",a);o.attr("href",f)}var p=r.find(".single_variation_wrap");n.sku?i.find(".product_meta").find(".sku").text(n.sku):i.find(".product_meta").find(".sku").text("");p.find(".quantity").show();!n.is_in_stock&&!n.backorders_allowed&&r.find(".variations_button").hide();n.min_qty?p.find("input[name=quantity]").attr("data-min",n.min_qty).val(n.min_qty):p.find("input[name=quantity]").removeAttr("data-min");n.max_qty?p.find("input[name=quantity]").attr("data-max",n.max_qty):p.find("input[name=quantity]").removeAttr("data-max");if(n.is_sold_individually=="yes"){p.find("input[name=quantity]").val("1");p.find(".quantity").hide()}p.slideDown("200").trigger("show_variation",[n])});e("form.variations_form .variations select").change()}); ``` * [lorsabyan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorsabyan/) * (@lorsabyan) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167823) * Dear samueljeden, * It’s nice to see solution, but this code seems to have syntax error. I have fix it (see below). * I’m using Woocommerce 1.6.6 and still sku for variable product isn’t visible. * [lorsabyan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorsabyan/) * (@lorsabyan) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167824) * add-to-cart-variation-min.js (fixed) * ``` jQuery(document).ready(function(e){function t(e,t){var r=[];for(var i=0;i/g,">");a[e(this).attr("name")]=value}});var c=parseInt(f.attr("data-product_id")),h=window["product_variations_"+c];h||(h=window.product_variations);var p=t(h,a);if(s){var d=p.pop();if(d){f.find("input[name=variation_id]").val(d.variation_id).change();f.trigger("found_variation",[d])}else{f.find(".variations select").val("");i||f.trigger("reset_image")}}else{f.trigger("update_variation_values",[p]);i||f.trigger("reset_image");r||f.find(".single_variation_wrap").slideUp("200")}o?l.css("visibility")=="hidden"&&l.css("visibility","visible").hide().fadeIn():l.css("visibility","hidden")}).on("reset_image",function(t){var n=e(this).closest(".product"),r=n.find("div.images img:eq(0)"),i=n.find("div.images a.zoom:eq(0)"),s=r.attr("data-o_src"),o=r.attr("data-o_title"),u=i.attr("data-o_href");if(s&&u&&o){r.attr("src",s).attr("alt",o).attr("title",o);i.attr("href",u)}}).on("update_variation_values",function(t,n){$variation_form=e(this).closest("form.variations_form");$variation_form.find(".variations select").each(function(t,r){current_attr_select=e(r);current_attr_select.find("option:gt(0)").attr("disabled","disabled");var i=current_attr_select.attr("name");for(num in n){var s=n[num].attributes;for(attr_name in s){var o=s[attr_name];if(attr_name==i)if(o){o=e("
").html(o).text();o=o.replace(/'/g,"\\'");o=o.replace(/"/g,'\\"');current_attr_select.find('option[value="'+o+'"]').removeAttr("disabled")}else current_attr_select.find("option").removeAttr("disabled")}}});$variation_form.trigger("woocommerce_update_variation_values")}).on("found_variation",function(t,n){var r=e(this),i=e(this).closest(".product"),s=i.find("div.images img:eq(0)"),o=i.find("div.images a.zoom:eq(0)"),u=s.attr("data-o_src"),a=s.attr("data-o_title"),f=o.attr("data-o_href"),l=n.image_src,c=n.image_link,h=n.image_title;r.find(".variations_button").show();r.find(".single_variation").html(n.price_html+n.availability_html);if(!u){u=s.attr("src")?s.attr("src"):"";s.attr("data-o_src",u)}if(!f){f=o.attr("href")?o.attr("href"):"";o.attr("data-o_href",f)}if(!a){a=s.attr("title")?s.attr("title"):"";s.attr("data-o_title",a)}if(l&&l.length>1){s.attr("src",l).attr("alt",h).attr("title",h);o.attr("href",c)}else{s.attr("src",u).attr("alt",a).attr("title",a);o.attr("href",f)}var p=r.find(".single_variation_wrap");n.sku?i.find(".product_meta").find(".sku").text(n.sku):i.find(".product_meta").find(".sku").text("");p.find(".quantity").show();!n.is_in_stock&&!n.backorders_allowed&&r.find(".variations_button").hide();n.min_qty?p.find("input[name=quantity]").attr("data-min",n.min_qty).val(n.min_qty):p.find("input[name=quantity]").removeAttr("data-min");n.max_qty?p.find("input[name=quantity]").attr("data-max",n.max_qty):p.find("input[name=quantity]").removeAttr("data-max");if(n.is_sold_individually=="yes"){p.find("input[name=quantity]").val("1");p.find(".quantity").hide()}p.slideDown("200").trigger("show_variation",[n])});e("form.variations_form .variations select").change()}); ``` * [addicted2alice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addicted2alice/) * (@addicted2alice) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167825) * Thank you for the code but same with lorsabyan, the SKU is still not appearing when choosing the variables. I have left the main SKU blank as stated in the docs and added a different SKU for each variable but it is still blank on the front end. 🙁 * [samueljeden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samueljeden/) * (@samueljeden) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167826) * My apologies for the syntax error. * You are required to have a parent sku for it to show. * Many Thanks * [samueljeden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samueljeden/) * (@samueljeden) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167827) * Hey Guys, * UPdate, just done a fresh fresh install of just WP 3.5, WC 1.6.6 and replaced the two files. * and it works, check here guys * [http://fresh2.samueleden.org.uk/shop/this-is-a-test-product/](http://fresh2.samueleden.org.uk/shop/this-is-a-test-product/) * [addicted2alice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addicted2alice/) * (@addicted2alice) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167828) * Awesome, works great! You’re a life-safer! Been trying to find this fix for the past few days. Thank you for sharing and have a Happy Holidays! * [pricklepantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pricklepantz/) * (@pricklepantz) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/#post-3167829) * kudos to samueljeden and lorsabyan !! tried and it works! Happy holidays! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 49 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/4/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Variable Product SKU Display’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/woocommerce/assets/icon.svg?rev=3234504) * [WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/reviews/) ## Tags * [sku](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sku/) * [variable product](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/variable-product/) * 49 replies * 16 participants * Last reply from: [zaheeratd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zaheeratd/) * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-product-sku-display/page/4/#post-3167870) * Status: not resolved