There are two main types of attributes: global attributes and product-specific attributes. Global attributes are created once and can be applied across multiple products, while product-specific attributes are unique to a single product. This tutorial explains how to add global attributes to your products.
Add Global Attributes To Your Products
- On the left menu, click on "Products"
- Below the "Products" heading, click on "Add New"
- Enter the Product Name, Description, etc...
- Scroll down to "Product Data" and select "Variable product" from the dropdown.
- Click on the "Attributes" tab on the left. On the right, click on "Add existing", then choose the global attribute that you want from the dropdown, eg: Colour, Size, etc...
- In this example, I've selected the Colour and Size attributes.
- Make sure to check "Used for variations", if it's not already checked.
- After you have selected and added all the variations, click on "Save attributes".
- Next, click on the "Variations" tab on the left. On the right, click on "Generate Variations" or "Add Manually".
If the product will use most of the variations that you just created, then choose Generate Variations, you can always remove the ones you don't need.
If the product will use only some of the variations, then you can choose to add them manually.
- If the price is the same for all variations, click on "Add price" to add the price for all. If the price is different for each variation, then click on "Edit" at the right of each variation and add the price.
- To edit or remove a variation, click on "Edit" on the right. Here you will be able to edit each variation indivdiually by adding a specific price, photo, manage stock, etc... Click on "Remove", if you no longer need that variation.
- When you are done entering your information, scroll back up to where it says "Publish", here you can choose to "Publish/Update", "Save Draft" or "Preview".
- Go to the page on the front end and review your entry.