{"id":3712,"date":"2019-10-28T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T08:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/woocommerce\/what-should-i-know-about-migration-of-product-variants-to-woocommerce\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:32:07","slug":"what-should-i-know-about-migration-of-product-variants-to-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/woocommerce-migration\/what-should-i-know-about-migration-of-product-variants-to-woocommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"What should I know about migration of Product Variants to WooCommerce?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can migrate product variants to WooCommerce together with their parent products and attributes, such as size, color, or material. Each migrated variant will appear as a separate variation under the corresponding <strong>Variable product<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The supported variant data typically includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SKU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manage Stock setting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Image<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Price<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special Price<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WooCommerce creates a separate variation for every combination of attribute values. For example, 10 sizes combined with 10 colors will create 100 variations. If a product has more than <strong>1,000 possible combinations<\/strong>, we will migrate the main product but skip its related variants and options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For products exceeding this limit, we can migrate their choices as product options through the paid <a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/products\/product-add-ons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WooCommerce Product Add-Ons<\/a> extension. You will need to install and activate this extension on your Target Store before migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that this alternative creates selectable <strong>product options<\/strong>, not separate variations in your WooCommerce admin. These options will therefore not retain individual variation details such as SKU, stock, price, or image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your products have more than 1,000 combinations or use a complex option structure, please contact us so we can review your data and recommend a suitable solution through our <a href=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/migration-services\/customization-services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Migration Customization Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case you have any other questions, please email us at\u00a0<strong>litextension@support.litextension.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[3598,3599,3600],"class_list":["post-3712","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_tag-product-variants","doc_tag-product-variants-migration","doc_tag-product-variants-migration-woocommerce"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7930,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3712\/revisions\/7930"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/21"}],"next":[{"title":"Can I migrate customer groups to WooCommece?","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/woocommerce-migration\/can-i-migrate-customer-groups-to-woocommece\/","href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4091"}],"prev":[{"title":"How can I create menu on WooCommerce after migration?","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/woocommerce-migration\/how-can-create-menu-on-woocommerce-after-migration\/","href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}