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Problem: I'm trying to create a custom search WP Archive for Product Categories that allows filtering by global Product Attributes. When I have the option "Only show available options for each input" active, none of my global product attribute filters appear in the search filters area. If I disable the "Only show available options for each input" option, the filter options appear but they do not seem to influence the results. Product results are not filtered by Product Attribute filters.
In another issue, some Product prices do not appear in the archive results.
Solution: When importing Products, it is important to import the product attributes as taxonomies. Otherwise, these imported attributes will not be mapped to your site's global attributes correctly.
The price display issue seems to be related to the WooCommerce Blocks calculated fields batch process. Some posts are being skipped unexpectedly in the process. A patch file is available now that will resolve the problem. In the next round of plugin updates, we will be releasing some improvements to WooCommerce Blocks that will make this process and the patch file obsolete.
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Last updated by Marcel 3 years, 1 month ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
Okay I have done some digging and the problem here does seem to be related to how the Product Attributes were imported with Products. There seems to be an attribute mapping problem. If you edit one of these Products you can see what I mean. For example, I am testing the archive here:
/product-categorie/hout/houtsoorten/
...and I'm editing one of those matching Products here:
/wp-admin/post.php?post=2615&action=edit
If you open up the Product Attributes panel, you can see a row for the attribute Bewerking, and the term "fijnbezaagd" is included. In order for the Product Attribute filter to pick up this term, it must be mapped to the actual Product Attribute, but it appears it is not correctly mapped.
If I add "Bewerking" as an attribute using the dropdown menu, I can select the Fijnbezaagd term using the system controls. When I add the term this way, the filter registers the attribute correctly, as you can see in the screenshots here. If I reload the page, I can see two rows for Bewerking again. In the row I created, the Fijnbezaagd term is shown in a "pill" form. This indicates the attribute and term are mapped to the Product Attribute "Bewerking" and the term "Fijnbezaagd" that can be found in Product > Attributes. This is how all the imported Product Attributes should be displayed. The term should appear in "pill" form, indicating the term is mapped to one of the Product Attribute terms from Product > Attributes. Otherwise, the term is not truly mapped to one of the filterable attributes. This is why your filters are not working correctly.
It seems that the Product Attributes were imported in a way that is not mapped to the Product Attribute terms stored in Product > Attributes. It seems that somehow they were imported as separate custom attributes rather than as the existing Product Attributes. Unfortunately I don't know enough about importing product attributes to be able to give you good advice here. There seems to be a difference between custom attributes and global attributes, but I'm not a WooCommerce expert. You may need to contact the support team for the plugin or import tool you used to import these products to see if there is a better way to map the attribute terms from the CSV file to the existing terms in the site. A quick search led me here: https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/19771
This might contain some helpful information, it sounds similar to what you're experiencing.
Hi Christian,
Thanks again for your effort.
I've had contact with the support team from WP All Import, they advised me to import the attributes as a taxonomy. That worked, now the filters finally seem to work as expected 🙂
However, is there a way to have a different search filter block on mobile? For example, can I have checkboxes on desktop, but select dropdowns on mobile?
