WooCommerce Force Default Variant

1.8.1 – 28th September 2024

• NEW – Added Stock Count to the first Sort selection.
• UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 9.3.3
• UPDATE – Works with WordPress 6.6.2

1.8 – 27th October 2023

• FIX – Issue with multiple attributes fixed
• NEW – Tested and declared compatibility with WC HPOS
• UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 8.2.1
• UPDATE – Works with WordPress 6.3.2

1.7 – 24th March 2023

• NEW – Adds the ability to order variations Alphabetically
• FIX – Now requires WooCommerce to be active before activating
• UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 7.5+
• UPDATE – Works with WordPress 6.1+
• UPDATE – Works with PHP 8.1

1.6.1 – 29th July 2022

• FIX – Issue in 1.6 that caused Out of Stock variations to appear in WooCommerce Hide Out of Stock setting is ticked.

1.6.0 – 1st July 2022

• FIX – Sort by Position fixed – This will now correctly sort by the variation order within the Variations tab on each Product page.
• FIX – Sort by Position renamed – To reflect the fix above, this has also been renamed to ‘Variation Position’ to make it clearer.
• NEW – Sort by Attribute Order now exists – This will sort by the Menu Order based on the variation Attributes.
• UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 6.6+
• UPDATE – Work with WordPress 6.0+

1.5.2

• FIX – Will work properly with custom attributes
• FIX – ‘Select Option’ toggle works properly with WooCommerce v4+
• FIX – ‘Hide out of stock items’ now works properly with WooCommerce v4+
• IMPROVEMENT – If all Variants are below your specified Stock Limit, this will display the correct WooCommerce ‘Out of Stock’ message.
• UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 4.1.1
• UPDATE – Works with WordPress 5.4.1

1.5.1

• FIX – Now respects the ‘Hide out of stock items’ option within WooCommerce.
• IMPROVEMENT – Improved the ability for external translations.
• UPDATE – Tested up to WooCommerce 4.0+

1.5

• NEW – Added in a Secondary sort function. If products have the same price you can sort them again by Stock, Sales, ID or Position
• IMPROVEMENT – Added in more Filters and hooks.
• UPDATE – Tested up to WordPress 5.3
• UPDATE – Tested up to WooCommerce 3.8

1.4.3

• NEW – Select Option will now be removed from all product dropdown by default.
• NEW – Added new setting to toggle default ‘Select Option’ text
• FIX – Notice in /includes/variations.php:170
• FIX – Default selected option field being blank on page load due to missing JS classes.
• UPDATE – Now works with WordPress 5.2 and above.

1.4.2

• NEW – Adding in the ability to sort by Variant Position
• NEW – Added in Filters to make it easier to add your own sorting format.
• NEW – Added filter to allow you to show/hide unavailable selections on multiple attributes.
• FIX – If a Variant is disabled it will no longer appear on the list.
• FIX – Takes note of Sale prices when reordering by Price.
• FIX – Works with multiple attributes at once.
• UPDATE – Now works with WordPress 5.1 and above.

1.4.1

• FIX – Fixed a fatal error when variation does not exist.
• FIX – Fixed an error where type became unreadable.

1.4

• NEW – The Stock Status will be checked before the variant is selected. You will no longer have an out of stock Default Variant
• NEW – Added the ability to set a minimum Stock Quantity limit if you manage stock manually.
• NEW – Added the ability to keep manually set defaults on a site wide basis.
• UPDATE – Now works with WooCommerce 3.5 and above.
• UPDATE – Now works with WordPress 5.0 and above.

1.3

• UPDATE – Now works with WordPress 4.9 and above.
• UPDATE – Now works with WooCommerce 3.3 and above.
• UPDATE – Works with PHP 7.0 and above.

1.2

• UPDATE – Now works with WordPress 4.6.2
• UPDATE – Now works with WooCommerce 2.6.4

1.1.1

• IMPROVEMENT – Removed ‘Choose an Option’ dropdown option.

1.1

• FIX – fixed Fatal Error on activation.

1.0

• UPDATE – Compatible with WordPress 4.4+
• UPDATE – Compatible with WooCommerce 2.4+
• IMPROVEMENT – Removed Templates and now using correct Functions/Filters for safer Updates

0.1

• Released Beta Version