Scraping WooCommerce Product Variations, Prices & SKUs

Key Takeaways

• Variable products require resolving parent post records with child variation records.
• Each variation must carry distinct SKUs, prices, stock levels, and Option1/Option2/Option3 attributes.
• WooScraper deconstructs variation matrices automatically for clean export.

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How WooCommerce Variable Products Work

In WooCommerce, a variable product (like a T-Shirt available in Small, Medium, Large in Red, Blue, Green) consists of:

• Parent Product Container (product_type = variable): Contains general title, main description, and shared categories.
• Child Variations (post_type = product_variation): Each specific combination represents an individual post in the database with its own unique SKU (_sku), price (_price), stock status, and assigned image ID.

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Variation Deconstruction for Clean Export

When exporting to Shopify or WooCommerce CSV, a scraper must:

• Extract all global and custom attribute taxonomies.
• Calculate all available variant combinations.
• Map distinct variation pricing and inventory levels into dedicated sub-rows.

Launch WooScraper to extract complex variation matrices with 100% data fidelity.