{"id":1078,"date":"2021-05-12T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:14:55","slug":"bulk-edit-product-custom-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/bulk-edit-product-custom-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"How to bulk edit product custom fields in VBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Variations plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Change multi custom fields is as easy as other bulk editing in <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/woocommerce-variations-bulk-edit\/?utm_source=kb&amp;utm_content=bulk-edit-custom-field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Variations &#8211; plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only difference is about adding custom fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/add-custom-fields-meta-fields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to add custom fields\/meta fields and bulk edit them in VBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Variations &#8211; plugin?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To add the custom field as we described in the previous tutorial, you need to go to \u201c<strong>Meta Fields<\/strong>\u201d tab and add them to the plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, in this tutorial, we added three custom fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Material&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thickness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACF title<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-meta-fields.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-meta-fields-e1688915760847.jpg\" alt=\"add new fields  in Woocommerce product bulk editing plugin\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, for changing product custom fields, you need to click on the \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d button and go to the custom fields tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tab you can see as many meta fields as you added before in the \u201c<strong>Meta Field<\/strong>\u201d tab of our plugin and you can bulk edit products according to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conditions and type of fields displayed here, is exactly in accordance with what you have assigned to them in the Meta field tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-custom-fields.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-custom-fields.jpg\" alt=\"meta field  in Woocommerce product bulk editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1084\" style=\"width:1200px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we assigned <strong><em>Textinput <\/em><\/strong><em>&gt; <\/em><strong><em>string<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>to the \u201cMaterial\u201d field. So, as shown below, we can bulk edit this custom field with choosing a condition among the combo box and type a text to be added, deleted or replaced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-Material-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-Material-1.jpg\" alt=\"change meta fields in woocommerce bulk product editing\" class=\"wp-image-1087\" style=\"width:1200px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as we assigned check box to the thickness, this field included a combo box and you can bulk edit its value by choosing one of the items in the list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-thickness.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-thickness.jpg\" alt=\"new fields in woocommerce bulk product editing\" class=\"wp-image-1089\" style=\"width:1200px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Add product custom fields to table<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To better trace our changes in the custom fields, let&#8217;s add their columns to the product table from \u201cColumn Profile\u201d form.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it is obvious in the below picture, the custom fields will be added to the \u201cColumn Profile\u201d form as soon as you add them as a mea field in the plugin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-custom-fields-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-custom-fields-1.jpg\" alt=\"display product extra fields as columns\" class=\"wp-image-1091\" style=\"width:1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After marking those columns and clicking on \u201c<strong>Apply To Table<\/strong>\u201d, they will be displayed in the product table as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-product-table.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-product-table-e1688915907603.jpg\" alt=\"support all product new fields\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, to change product custom fields at the same time, we decided to assign some values to the material field of \u201cShirts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, we search \u201cshirt&#8221; in the \u201c<strong>Quick Search<\/strong>\u201d form as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/use-quick-search-to-find-products.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1196\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/use-quick-search-to-find-products.png\" alt=\"use quick search to find products\" class=\"wp-image-3059\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulk edit custom fields<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Then clicked on \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit\u201d<\/strong> button and open \u201c<strong>Custom Field<\/strong>\u201d tab to change product custom fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-Custom-Field.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-Custom-Field.jpg\" alt=\"bulk edit and change product custom fields\" class=\"wp-image-1097\" style=\"width:1200px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We selected \u201c<strong>New<\/strong>\u201d from the condition box of the \u201cMaterial\u201d field and typed \u201cCotton\u201d as the value in the text box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After clicking on \u201c<strong>Do bulk edit<\/strong>\u201d, the \u201cCotton\u201d were displayed as the \u201cMaterial\u201d of \u201cshirts\u201d as we expected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-bulk-edit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/19-bulk-edit-e1688916114567.jpg\" alt=\"bind edit in woocommerce bulk product editing\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also \u201c<strong>Bind Edit<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cInline Edit\u201d custom fields exactly the same as any other columns in the product table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/what-is-bind-edit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to bind edit products by VBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Variations &#8211; plugin?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/inline-edit-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to inline edit WooCommerce products in VBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Variations &#8211; plugin?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change multi custom fields is as easy as other bulk editing in VBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Variations &#8211; plugin. The only difference is about adding custom fields. Read More: How to add custom fields\/meta fields and bulk edit them in VBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Variations &#8211; plugin? To add the custom field as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plugin-usage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3933,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/3933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}