{"id":1101,"date":"2021-05-12T11:48:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2023-07-10T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T15:15:28","slug":"bulk-edit-simple-products-to-variable-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/bulk-edit-simple-products-to-variable-products\/","title":{"rendered":"How to bulk edit simple products to variable products in WooCommerce variations bulk edit plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Convert simple product to variable in WooCommerce maybe need sometimes when you want to add a new attribute to your product. To change multi simple products to variable products in <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/woocommerce-variations-bulk-edit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WooCommerce variations bulk edit plugin<\/span><\/a> very fast and easy you have two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bulk edit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bind edit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This methods help you to speed up WooCommerce variations changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before using \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>Bind Edit<\/strong>\u201d, you need to filter simple products by doing below actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>WordPress Dashboard<\/strong> &gt; <strong>IT Bulk Editing<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Woo Variations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Filter Form<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to \u201c<strong>Type<\/strong>\u201d tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the list of \u201c<strong>Product Type<\/strong>\u201d by clicking on the combo box in front of it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose \u201c<strong>Simple Product<\/strong>\u201d from the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Get products<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/20-type-tab.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/20-type-tab.jpg\" alt=\"display Simple Product in Woocommerce product bulk editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" width=\"1200\" height=\"616\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulk edit simple products to variable products using bulk edit form<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, all WooCommerce simple products are filtered and we can bulk edit their type by clicking on \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d button and continue as following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to \u201c<strong>Type<\/strong>\u201d tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the combo box in front of \u201c<strong>Product Type<\/strong>\u201d.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select \u201c<strong>Variable Product<\/strong>\u201d from the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Do Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/20-Variable-Product.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/20-Variable-Product.jpg\" alt=\"simple products to variable products bulk edit\" class=\"wp-image-1108\" width=\"1200\" height=\"620\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Done! You have changed multi WooCommerce simple products to variable products in a few seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Bulk edit simple products to variable products using<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>bind edit&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To use bind edit, you need to add product type column to the product table as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Column Profile<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark \u201c<strong>Product Type<\/strong>\u201d.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Apply To Table<\/strong>\u201d.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/20-Product-Type.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/20-Product-Type.jpg\" alt=\"support all product type in woocommerce bulk product editing\" class=\"wp-image-1111\" width=\"1200\" height=\"620\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you just need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select all products in this page by marking checkbox next to ID.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark \u201c<strong>Bind Edit<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the combo box of \u201c<strong>Product Type<\/strong>\u201d in front of one of the products.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose \u201c<strong>Variable Product<\/strong>\u201d from the list.&nbsp;<\/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\/20-Variable-Product-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/20-Variable-Product-1-e1688894914454.jpg\" alt=\"change simple to Variable Product\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All of selected product will be changed to variable products and it&#8217;s possible to add some variations for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And see the result as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/20-result.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-variation-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/20-result-e1688895583817.jpg\" alt=\"simple products to variable products in woocommerce bulk product editing\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convert simple product to variable in WooCommerce maybe need sometimes when you want to add a new attribute to your product. To change multi simple products to variable products in WooCommerce variations bulk edit plugin very fast and easy you have two ways: This methods help you to speed up WooCommerce variations changes. 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