Option group

Before analyzing how to configure a new options group, we will start by making a few clarifications. The plugin allows creating three “typologies” of options group:

• “global”: options are inserted in all the products of the shop
• “by category”: the options group is applied to the products related to one or more specified categories
• “by product”: the options group is used only on the selected product.

The plugin allows creating options groups for variable products, but not for single product variations. The options group can be configured in the general product information and not in a different way for a single variation.

 

To create an options group of “global” or “category” typology, therefore available on all the products of your shop, go to Products -> Product Add-Ons and click on “Add new”.

Insert the name of the options group and select in “Products” field the products on which you want to show them. Leave the field empty if you want to show them on all the products of the shop.

Before inserting all the options of the group, configure the following parameters:

• “Priority”: the priority is used to give an order to show the options group in product page (in value ascending order)
• “Visibility”: the option allows choosing to hide the options group, to show it to all users or only to the administrator of the shop.

After saving the new group, click on “Add new type” button to insert a new option in the group. Read this section of the documentation to discover how to configure the option correctly.

It is possible to insert an unlimited number of add-ons in a group, choosing from one of the following typologies:

• checkbox
• radio button
• text

Optionally, you can combine to the add-on “label” and “description”.

To enable/disable the display of add-on details, go to the “General” section of the plugin settings dashboard.

By setting the add-on as “required”, users cannot add the product to the cart if they did not select the options related to the add-on.

 

With the plugin, you can set dependency between add-ons of the same options group. This allows showing one or more options only if the user used the ones related to them.
To create this dependency, select in “Requirement” the add-on to which the selected add-on must be dependent on.

Now insert all the options for the add-on specifying for each of them the following values:

• label
• description
• price: the price to combine the option is fixed
• checked: if the add-on is of “checkbox” typology, it can be used to set a single product as “checked”
• min/max: these values can be configured if the add-on is of “number” typology

To enable/disable the display of add-on option details, go to “General” section of the plugin settings dashboard.

 

Examples

To create an options group on single product, go to “create group” page and click on “YITH Advanced Product Options” tab. Insert the name of the options group and click on the “Add group” button.

By default, all the options groups configured in the product and all the “global” ones are available on the product itself. In case you want to show only the options group configured in the product, enable “Disable Globals”.