In the Populate options, you will be able to add as many options as you wish. For example, if you choose a Label/image options set to display the available pizza toppings, every option will be one topping.
To add more options to this set, just click on + Add option:
The Populate settings allow enabling or disabling every option and vary based on the type selected. Let’s go through all of them one by one below.
As opposed to radio buttons, checkboxes let your users select more than one option for the same set. For every option you can set:
Selected by default
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Tooltip
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without entering a text in this option.
Example: add extra paid options to your custom box delivered at home like order tracking and insurance.
Radio
For every option you can set:
Selected by default: one of the created options will be always selected by default
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Tooltip
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
By its very nature, users can only select one option in a radio input. Use checkboxes if you want to let users select multiple options instead.
Example: I can create a radio add-on for the SSD Storage with two options: 1. 256GB SSD with an additional cost of $30 and selected by default 2. 512GB SSD with an additional cost of $65
Input text
For every option you can set:
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Tooltip
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without entering a text in this option
Limit input characters: here, you can set a minimum and maximum value.
Example: let your customer have a custom text printed on a T-shirt for an extra $5. The text can be no more than 20 characters. Explain what this is for in the option description. The screenshot above shows these specific settings and below is how it appears on the frontend.
Textarea
For every option you can set:
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Tooltip
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without entering a text in this option
Limit input characters: here, you can set a minimum and maximum value.
Example: show a textarea for delivery notes.
Color swatch
For every option you can set:
Selected by default
Show as:
color swatch
image swatch
Color: pick the color from the spectrum or enter the hexadecimal code. You can also add an additional color by clicking on + Add color to create a bicolor option
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Tooltip
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without entering a text in this option.
Example: you sell the Macbook Pro in two colors, space gray and silver gray. For each of them, you have not only selected a color using single color swatches but also uploaded an image of the MacBook in that color. The settings are shown in the screenshot above, whereas below you can see how it looks on the frontend.
Number
For every option you can set:
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Tooltip
Description
Show field: you can show the field empty by default or with a default number
Set min/max number: here, you can set a minimum and maximum value
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
price multiplied by value(this option will be available if you select Increase by product price): this allows you to multiply the option price by the number you enter
discount the product price
value multiplied by product price: this will multiply the product price by the number that you enter in the option.
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without entering a text in this option.
Example: you can add a number add-on to collect the age of users for statistic purposes.
Select
For every option you can set:
Selected by default
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
Example: you write copy and you offer two standard length for a blog post: 1. up to 500 words is the basic product price 2. 501 to 1000 words has an additional cost of $10. Settings are in the screenshot above, frontend is below.
Label or image
For every option you can set:
Selected by default
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Tooltip
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without entering a text in this option.
Example: you sell customizable baby towels, with 4 different options.
Product
With the Product add-on, you can include one or more products as options for another product. This will automatically update the stock of the selected products.
For every option you can set:
Selected by default
Choose product: pick a product from your WooCommerce products
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
use price of linked product
discount price of linked product: this discount will be available on the product only if the user buys it as an add-on.
Example: you sell a customizable computer and you can let your user choose every part of it by selecting a processor, motherboard, case, etc. Each of these parts will be an add-on with products/options the user can choose from.
Date
Label
Tooltip
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
Date format: choose between
Day / Month / Year
Month / Day / Year
Day . Month . Year
Year: select the start and end year you want to display in the calendar picker. You can refine these ranges with the options below. For example, if you want to let your users select a delivery date only within the year 2023, select 2023 both in the start and end year, but if you want to let your users select their date of birth, make sure the start year goes back enough to cover your users’ actual age.
Default date: this is the date that will be selected by default on the frontend:
None
Current day
Current day + 1
Set a specific day
Set a time interval from current day: for example, 7 days from today
First available date
Example of 7 days from today
Selectable dates:
Set no limits
Set a range of dates – this allows you to select a date range from the current date. For example, the user will be able to select any date between 1 and 10 days from today.
Set a specific date range – this allows you to select a specific start date and end date (for example 20th – 30th May), static dates basically
Disable dates previous to current day: all dates prior to the current day won’t be available for the selection.
Enable/Disable specific days: you can enable or disable specific days, days of the week, months or years in the calendar
Show time selector: let your customers select also the time. You can either show every time slot available or enable/disable specific time slots. Choose also the time interval that will be used to automatically generate the time slots.
Example – in the following screenshot, you see time slots of 30 minutes between 9 am and 6 pm.
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without entering a text in this option.
File upload
For every option you can set:
Label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
Tooltip
Description
Image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without entering a text in this option.
Allow multi-upload: let your users upload more than one file in the uploader. Optionally, you can set the maximum number of files allowed.
Example: you sell a customizable T-shirt and let your customers upload their own image(s) to be printed on it.
For more global settings of your upload options, please, refer to this page.
Color picker
For every option you can set:
the picker to show: you can choose from a default color and a placeholder text
default color or placeholder according to the previous selection
label
use also as label in cart
label in cart: enter a text to show as a label in cart (available only if the option “Use also as label in cart” is not enabled)
tooltip
description
image: you can either upload a file or enter the URL
Price: the option price can be calculated as a fixed or percentage amount from the product price:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the main product price
Required: if enabled, the customer cannot add the product to the cart without choosing a color in this option.
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to select only ONE of the available options or Multiple if you want them to select MULTIPLE options
Set the first options selected as free: enable to set a specific number of options as free. For example, the first three pizza ingredients are free and included in the product price. The user will pay for the fourth ingredient. In the example below, you can see that the product price does not change for the first 3 ingredients, but it adds $2 per any additional ingredient selected after the fourth
First 3 options freeFourth paid option
Force user to select options of this block: enable to force users to select an option before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to select: here, you can define the number of options that must be selected after choosing from At least or Exactly
Users can select a max of: (only if the Multiple selection type has been enabled): define the maximum number of options that users can select
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Radio
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Input text
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to fill only ONE of the available fields or Multiple if you want them to fill MULTIPLE fields
Set the first fields selected as free: enable to set a specific number of fields that can be filled for free
Users can fill for free: define the number of fields that users can fill for free
Force user to select fields of this block: enable to force users to select fields before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to fill: here, you can define the number of fields that must be filled after choosing from At least or Exactly
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Textarea
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to fill only ONE of the available text areas or Multiple if you want them to fill MULTIPLE text areas
Set the first text areas selected as free: enable to set a specific number of text areas that can be filled for free
Users can fill for free: define the number of text areas that users can fill for free
Force user to fill text areas of this block: enable to force users to fill text areas before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to fill: here, you can define the number of text areas that must be filled after choosing from At least or Exactly
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Color swatch
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to select only ONE of the available colors or Multiple if you want them to select MULTIPLE colors
Set the first colors selected as free: enable to set a specific number of colors that can be selected for free
Users can select for free: define the number of colors that users can select for free
Force user to select colors of this block: enable to force users to select colors before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to select: here, you can define the number of colors that must be selected after choosing from At least or Exactly
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Number
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to fill only ONE of the available number fields or Multiple if you want them to fill MULTIPLE number fields
Set the first number fields selected as free: enable to set a specific number of number fields that can be filled for free
Users can fill for free: define the number of number fields that users can fill for free
Force user to fill number fields of this block: enable to force users to fill number fields before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to fill: here, you can define the number of number fields that must be filled after choosing from At least or Exactly
Set a min/max value among all number fields: enable to define a minimum and/or maximum value for the sum of number fields that users can enter. If the values entered exceed the limit configured, an error message will show when adding the product to the cart. For example, if we set the minimum value to 2 and the maximum value to 5, this is what users will see if the sum of the entered values is higher.
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Select
Force user to select an option: enable to force users to select an option before proceeding with the purchase
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Label or image
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to select only ONE of the available options or Multiple if you want them to select MULTIPLE options
Set the first options selected as free: enable to set a specific number of options as free. For example, the first three pizza ingredients are free and included in the product price
Force user to select options of this block: enable to force users to select an option before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to select: here, you can define the number of options that must be selected after choosing from At least or Exactly
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Product
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to select only ONE of the available products or Multiple if you want them to select MULTIPLE products
Force user to select products of this block: enable to force users to select products before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to select: here, you can define the number of products that must be selected after choosing from At least or Exactly
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Date
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
File upload
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to use only ONE of the available uploaders or Multiple if you want them to use MULTIPLE uploaders
Force user to make use of uploaders of this block: enable to force users to use file uploaders before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to make use of: here, you can define the number of file uploaders that must be used, after choosing from At least or Exactly
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
Color picker
Selection type: choose Single if you want your users to select only ONE of the available colors or Multiple if you want them to select MULTIPLE colors
Set the first colors selected as free: enable to set a specific number of colors that can be selected for free
Users can select for free: define the number of colors that users can select for free
Force user to select colors of this block: enable to force users to select colors before proceeding with the purchase
To proceed with the purchase, users have to select: here, you can define the number of colors that must be selected after choosing from At least or Exactly
Sell options individually: if enabled, the options selected by the user will be added to the cart in a separate row. In this case, option prices won’t change based on the purchased product quantity.
From this tab, you can configure a set of display and style options. The options are the same for all types of options sets, except for the Select and Productsets which will be explained below on this page. Let’s analyze them together.
Show an image for this set of options
By enabling this option, you can show an additional image or icon near the title. You can have both an image for each option and an image for the set.
Example: in the screenshot below, we set a custom image for each option plus the additional add-on image (the “truck” icon), and set the images position to the right.
Product image replacing options
Choose to replace the default product image when an option is selected and which image to use to replace it.
Don’t replace the image
Replace with block image
Replace with options image
Replace with block image
Replace with options image
Note: make sure that if you replace the product image either with the block image or the options image, you don’t have more than one add-on with these settings in the same product. If you have more, the replacement image will be the one of the last selected option.
Hide options images
Hide the images of all the options of this block in one click. Please note, that if you’re using an image color swatch, also this image will be hidden.
Options images position
Choose the position to show the options images from:
above label
under label
left side
right side
Above label
Under label
Left side
Right side
Show as toggle
no
yes, with toggle opened by default
yes, with toggle closed by default
Toggle opened by default
Toggle closed by default
Hide options labels
Hide the labels of all the options of this block in one click.
Hide options prices
Hide the prices of all options in this add-on in one click.
Options per row
Use the slider to choose the number of options (from 1 to 10) to show in each row.
Use a grid layout
Enable to adjust the options in a grid based on the page width. This is particularly useful when you have many options with texts of different lengths: forcing them into a grid will make them cover the same space.
Select
For the Select type, in addition to the other display and style options, you will also be able to define the width (in %) of the select in relation to the container. The value can be configured from 1 to 100.
Product
The Display & Style options of the “Product” type differ from the general ones.
Show an image for this add-on: enable to show an additional image or icon near the title.
Show as toggle:
no
yes, with toggle opened by default
yes, with toggle closed by default
Hide options prices: hide the prices of all options of this block in one click.
Show SKU label: enable to show the related product SKU.
Show stock label: enable to show the stock info and quantity (if set).
Show add to cart button: enable if you want that customers can not only select these products as options of the main product but also add them to the cart as individual products.
Show quantity selector: enable to let your customers select the quantity of the product.
When a product is out of stock: you can either hide the product or disable it so that users can’t select it. Below is an example of an out-of-stock product disabled.
Options per row: use the slider to choose the number of options (from 1 to 10) to show in each row.
Adjust options in a grid: enable to adjust the options in a grid based on the page width.
The conditional logic is extremely useful if you want to hide or show some options based on what the customer selects in other options sets.
After enabling the creation of display conditions, you will be able to set up the display rules.
You can choose whether to show or hide the current options set (add-on) if either All of the following rules or any of them match.
You can create unlimited rules and for each of them, you can pick as a condition:
either the entire set of options
or one specific option selection
or a specific product variation.
Then set if it has to be:
Selected
Not selected
Empty
Not empty
Let’s give an example to clarify how these rules work.
Example — show X if Y is selected (YES/NO choice)
You want your customers to choose whether to add topping to their ice-cream or not. If they choose YES, they should be able to choose the flavor; if they choose NO, nothing appears.
First of all, create the YES/NO block, name it “Optional topping“.
Now add a Radio options set in it and add “YES” and “NO” as options.
Create another options set, this time choose a Checkbox field, name it “Choose your flavor” and add all the topping flavors as options.
4. Now you can configure the conditional logic options from within the Checkbox options.
IMPORTANT: keep in mind that the conditional logic options have to be configured inside the the options that will be hidden or shown based on the customer’s selection. So, in this case, you have to edit the conditional logic of the Checkbox options “Choose your flavor”.
Below an example of how it appears when YES or NO are selected.
In this post we will cover all price options, the general ones available in all types of options and the extra ones available for specific options sets:
For every option, you can choose one of the following:
product price doesn’t change – set option as free
increase the product price (on-sale available as well)
discount the product price
When you select either increase or decrease, you can choose the price as:
fixed
percentage
Also, you can set not only the regular price for the option but also a sale price.
Example: you sell customizable baby towels, with 4 different options. 1. The baby dragon discounts the base product price by 10% 2. The pink mermaid would generally cost $10.00 more, but it is on sale for +$3.00 3. Sweet lamb and 4. Teddy bear will not change the base product price.
Below you find the settings of the Pink mermaid option and the frontend of all 4 options.
Pro tip: if you want to offer a certain number of options as free, but charge the users if they select more, you can do that from the Options configuration tab.
Custom price options for Product type
Whenever you create a Product type option (so, include an existing product as an add-on of another product), you have some extra options concerning the price.
use the price of the linked products
discount price of linked product: this discount will be available on the product only if the user buys it as an add-on.
Example: you sell a customized print and want to offer a frame as an add-on with a special 30% discount.
Extra price options for Text inputs and Textareas
Do you offer a custom ring with engraving options and want to charge the user $1 for every letter?
Text input and Textarea options include this extra feature and allow you to multiply the cost of the option by the number of characters typed in by the user.
When you choose to Increase the product price, besides fixed or percentage, you will be able to choose also Price multiplied by string length:
Example: in the screenshot below you can see that the cost of the engraving is €1 per character, so a total of €7 as the word foreveris made of 7 letters.
Extra price options for Number
If you create a Number option type, you will have a couple of more options at your disposal to control the price.
Multiply by product price
In the Price dropdown, besides the standard options, you will be able to select also the Value multiplied by product price option.
This allows you to multiply the price of the product by the number entered by the user.
Example: if you sell fabric by the meter, you may want to let the customer use this option, enter the number of meters needed and get the product price updated based on that value (decimal values are supported). If the fabric is €15/meter and the user selects 4,5 m, it will cost €67.50.
Multiply by option price
The Number options set includes this extra feature and allows you to multiply the cost of the selected option by the value entered by the user. So, for example, 2 cokes at €2 each will add €4 to the total.
When you choose to Increase the product price, besides fixed or percentage, you will be able to choose also: Price multiplied by value. Additionally, you can also limit the input number and set a minimum and maximum value for every option:
Example: you offer drinks as extras on a pizza and want the user to enter a quantity for each drink: 2 cokes for €2.00 each and 1 beer for €4.00 each will add €8.00 to the total.
In the General settings tab, you will find two sections, the first of which is about General options, let’s check them one by one.
Options position in product page:
Before “Add to cart”
After “Add to cart”
In WooCommerce pages show:
“Select options” button
“Add to cart” button
Both of them will take the user to the product page, where the user can configure the add-ons.
Label for “Select options” button: customize here the text of the “Select options” button that shows on archive pages when a product has options to be selected.
Change the product base price with the calculated total: enable to replace the product base price (below the title) with the newly calculated total of the selected options.
No paid option selected
Paid option selected
Hide “Add to cart” until the required options are selected: if your product includes required options to be selected, enable this to make sure the “Add to cart” button is hidden until they are selected. Leave it disabled, if you want to show the “Add to cart” button but keep it disabled until the required options are selected.
Total price box:
Show product price and total options
Show the final total but hide options total only if the value is 0
Show only the final total
Hide price box on the product page
Hide titles and images of options groups: enable to hide all titles and images set in the “display” tab of the options.
Hide images of all singular options: enable to hide all the images uploaded in the “populate options” tab of the options.
Upload options
Uploads folder: enter the folder name where the files uploaded by the user will be stored.
Allowed file types: enter the file types (comma separated) that can be uploaded.
Max file size allowed: enter the maximum allowed size for files uploaded by the user.
Attach uploaded files to order emails: enable to attach the files uploaded by users to the order emails.
Date options
24-hour time format: enable this option if you want to show the time picker in the Date add-on type with a 24-hour format.
Still from the General settings tab, go to Cart & Order options to configure the following settings:
Show options in cart page: enable to show the details of the selected options in the Cart page.
Allow options editing in the cart: Enable this option to allow users to edit options directly in the cart, a new button ”Edit options” will be available in the cart.
By clicking it a modal window will be available to let you edit and update the add-ons previously selected (product variations included).
Show the replacement image in the cart: enable to replace the product image with the option image in the cart.
Hide options in the order email: enable to hide the selected options in the order email.
