How to Add Custom Attribute in WooCommerce

Add Custom Attribute in WooCommerceAre you looking for a way to create custom product attributes in WooCommerce? In today’s brief guide, we will look at custom product attributes in WooCommerce. The main aim of this guide is to provide you with all the information you need so that you can start using product attributes.

It is important to note that product attributes in WooCommerce represent a certain feature of a product. However, you should not confuse them with global product attributes.

A custom attribute is used to define a specific product feature, which is not applicable to other products. It has to be created while adding/editing a product from within the Product Data section.

For example, if you are selling coffee in bulk, you might want to sell them in packs of 10 Sachets, 20 Sachets, and 50 Sachets per order. This custom order package might not be applicable to any other product in your store. You can use a custom product attribute to define this feature and possibly use it for variations.

By default, WooCommerce comes with a built-in feature to create custom product attributes. This means that you do not need to write any line of code or install a plugin.

However, most WooCommerce users do not know if this feature exists. This is why we decided to create this tutorial to help you out.

How to Add Custom Attribute in WooCommerce

By the end of this step-by-step guide, you will easily add custom product attributes to your WooCommerce products. We will walk you through each step to make it easy for you.

Learning how to create custom attributes will help you save time from creating a global attribute separately and help to optimize the use of server resources.

With that in mind, let us get right into it.

Steps to Add Custom Attribute in WooCommerce

Here are the simple steps you need to follow:

  1. Log into your WordPress site and access the Dashboard as the admin user.
  2. From the Dashboard menu, navigate to Products > Add New. If you already have an existing product, open the edit page and scroll down to the Product Data Section.
  3. Click on the Attributes tab on the left side.
  4. On this tab, you will see a dropdown menu that says Custom product attribute. Click on the ‘Add’ button.
  5. You will custom attribute section that has been created. Enter the attribute name and the attribute terms, as shown below:attribute
  6. On the left side, you can see the option “Visible on the product page”. This option is selected by default. This means that this attribute term will be displayed on the product page.
  7. If you would like to use these attribute terms to create variants, mark the check box used for variations.
  8. Once you are done, click on the Save attribute button.

Wrapping Up

In summary, we have looked at how you can add custom attributes to your WooCommerce store. As mentioned earlier, you can use the attributes to create product variations.

Feel free to contact us if you need a custom solution made for your store. We hope that this guide helped you learn more about product attributes.

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