WooCommerce Attribute Stock Management

Use Cases

Let’s have a look at a few examples to get a better understanding of this plugin’s functionality

Example #1 – Decimal Quantity

If a store sells a product by weight having multiple weight options as variations then using this plugin merchant can easily identify the total remaining quantity even if it’s a decimal value. As you can see in the screenshot when 250g is deducted from the 2 kg total quantity, the remaining quantity is reduced to 1.75 kg accordingly.

Example #2 – Quantity Multiplier

If a store sells items in bundles of more than 1 piece, then merchants can easily add a quantity multiplier at the attribute level for accurate deduction of stock. As seen in the screenshot when a customer buys a bundle of 3 soaps the quantity is reduced by 3 units instead of one this is because a multiplier of 3 is added so each time a customer buys a bundle of 3 the quantity is reduced by 3.

Example #3 – Attribute Based Stock

When the stock is added at attribute level then it will be deducted accordingly for example as seen in the screenshot stock for the product customizable cup is grouped between the attributes style and size. The quantity displayed is for the grouped attribute and upon ordering a cup the stock is reduced from the relevant attribute group.

Manage Variable Products Globally

WooCommerce shared attribute stock management allows merchants to add stock management rules globally. Adding shared inventory for variation groups is easy just create a new rule, select variation combinations, add a multiplier, and select multiple products, categories or tags and that’s it the new rule enforces all the stock management changes on all products and categories at once.

Add Stock Multiplier to Shared Inventory Groups

When creating global stock management rules using WooCommerce shared attribute product stock management plugin, stock multipliers are used for real-time reduction of stock upon purchasing. For example, if you have created a group of variations red and large and set the multiplier to 2 then every time a customer purchases the same combination, 2 units of quantity are reduced as a result.

Export Stock Reports in CSV Format

Apart from viewing and analyzing stock reports merchants can also export these reports in CSV format using the export option on the plugin’s settings page. The exported CSV reports contain data for all low-stock, most-stock, and out-of-stock variations.

Add Stock Thresholds and Show Custom Error Messages

WooCommerce shared attribute stock allows merchants to add thresholds to stock i.e low stock threshold and display messages when the threshold is triggered. These messages are editable from WooCommerce settings panel and the admin can also add variables for:

• Product name {product_name}
• Product remaining quantity {remaining_qty}
• Attribute name {attribute_name}