Magento 2 has Configurable Products, but some people prefer simple products for SEO or visibility on the listing pages. This module adds an alternative method to show simple products, but link the simple products to other products, as variants on their own page.
Require this module and enable it:
composer require fruitcake/magento2-simple-configurable-variants
php bin/magento module:enable Fruitcake_SimpleConfigurableVariants
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
In the admin config, go to Catalog -> Catalog -> Simple Configurable products and enable the module.
You can choose to hide out-of-stock products and/or unavailable options.
- Create a configurable product as usual
- Make the simple products visible (either
CatalogorCatalog,Search) - Add one or more simple products to your category, instead of the configurable
Feel free to override the variants.phtml file, but make sure you check future changes
- Option for dropdown instead of swatches
- Show product images
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