Adding WooCommerce Attribute via PHP code

Question

I could see a lots of question on adding woocommerce product attribute. But doing so, I could see those added attributes in this screen

wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=product&page=product_attributes

My question is how can we add the attributes via PHP code to so that it appears in this above specified woocommerce attribute screen ? My intention is to make these attributes visible under 'Layered Navs' widget to filter out.

Anand Shah · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-13 15:47:59Z

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Following code will create the attribute programmatically which will be visible on the product_attributes page in the backend.

        global $wpdb; 

        $insert = $wpdb->insert(
            $wpdb->prefix . 'woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies',
            array(
                'attribute_label'   => 'name',
                'attribute_name'    => 'slug',
                'attribute_type'    => 'type',
                'attribute_orderby' => 'order_by',
                'attribute_public'  => 1
            ),
            array( '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%d' )
        );

        if ( is_wp_error( $insert ) ) {
            throw new WC_API_Exception( 'woocommerce_api_cannot_create_product_attribute', $insert->get_error_message(), 400 );
        }

        // Clear transients
        delete_transient( 'wc_attribute_taxonomies' );

Change name, slug etc with the relevant values.

edited Sep 13, 2015 at 15:47

answered Sep 11, 2015 at 8:15

Anand Shah

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6 Comments

James Hayes Over a year ago

Hi,This snippet works as fine. But it failed to work on the activation hook of the plugin. I have to create few product attributes on plugin activation. What is the solution? I do not find any issue on running this code after the page is loaded.

Anand Shah Over a year ago

Which hook have to attached the code to? Please note there's no guarantee that WooCommerce will always load before your plugin. Try running the code on woocommerce_loaded

James Hayes Over a year ago

Preferably on plugin activation hook. In that way, I can define few woocommerce product attributes.

Anand Shah Over a year ago

ah yes certainly, forgot about it. Thanks for pointing it out have updated the code for future visitors.

James Hayes Over a year ago

Happy to know that your code worked fine. I have few custom requirements. Would you able to do for a small fee? It is related with setting a AJAX styled product search form and showing results on pagination. And few more requirements.....

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