Adding the Components
To add components that are dependent on other components in a composite product using the Composite Products for WooCommerce plugin, you can follow these steps:
Create a New Composite Product:
- Go to your WordPress dashboard. Navigate to Products > Add New.
- In the Product Data panel, select “Configurable Product” as the product type.
- After selecting the product type, go to the “Components” tab. This is where you’ll add the components for your composite product.
Basic Settings for Components:
- Name: Enter a unique name for the component
- Description: Provide a custom description for the component
- Component Image: Select a custom image for the component if desired
- Choose Products: Select the products that should be available as options within this component
- Choose Categories: Choose specific product categories that are relevant to this component
- Choose Tags: Select suitable product tags for this component
- Default Product: Choose a default product that will be pre-selected from the options you’ve chosen in “Choose Products,” “Choose Categories,” or “Choose Tags”
- Component Quantity Type: Select how the quantity of the component product should be determined. You can choose from two options:
- Fixed Quantity: Enter a specific quantity for the component product
- Range Min/Max: Specify a minimum and maximum quantity range for the component product
- Adjustment Type: Choose an adjustment type from the dropdown. This determines how the component’s price or quantity affects the overall price of the composite product. Options typically include:
- Fixed Increase
- Fixed Decrease
- Percentage Increase
- Percentage Decrease
- Adjustment Value: Enter a custom adjustment value that will be applied based on the chosen adjustment type
Advanced Settings for Components:
- Product Listing Style: Specify the style for listing products within this component. Options often include:
- Simple Dropdown
- Dropdown with Product Image
- Radio Buttons
- Thumbnail
- Product Order: Set the order in which the products within this component should be listed. Options typically include:
- Price
- Name
- Date
- Rating
- Popularity
- Order Type: Choose whether the product listing order should be in ascending or descending order
- Product Price Style: Select how the price for the component product should be displayed. Options may include hiding the price, displaying the active price, or showing both the regular and sale prices
- Stock Availability: Choose whether to show or hide stock availability information for the component products
- Selection Detail Visibility: Check the options you want to display to the user for the selected component product, including title, description, thumbnail, price, and stock
- Allow Sorting: Checkmark this option to allow users to sort the products within this component based on criteria like price, rating, newest, and popularity
- Required Component: Checkmark this option if you want to make the component required, meaning the user must select this component when configuring the composite product
- Exclusive Product: Checkmark this option if you want to make the product exclusive to this component. This means the product won’t be available for selection in any other component
Once you’ve configured your components, save the composite product as a draft or publish it to make it available on your WooCommerce store. These steps will help you add components that are dependent on other components within a composite product using the Composite Products for WooCommerce plugin.