Displaying product attributes

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If you have set up attributes for your products, there are various ways of displaying them:

  • Using the PDF Customizer.
  • In a custom template (for full control over the exact position).
  • By adding some code (an action) to your theme’s functions.php.

Using the PDF Customizer #

This is the easiest way to display an attribute on your PDF documents, thanks to the Premium Templates extension of the WooCommerce PDF Invoices and Packing Slips Plus Bundle.

{{product_attribute::ATTRIBUTE_NAME}}

Replace ‘ATTRIBUTE_NAME’ with the name of attribute. So if your attribute name is ‘Color’, your placeholder is {{product_attribute::Color}}.

Example usage in the image below:

  • This Customizer also allows for the usage of the Product Attribute column, for the Order item columns.

In a custom template #

First, you need to create a custom template by following instructions here: Creating a custom PDF template.

Then place the following snippet where you would like the product attributes to appear. Note that this has to be in the order items table!

<?php if(!empty($item['product'])) $this->product_attribute('Attribute name', $item['product']); ?>

Replace 'Attribute name' with the name of your product attribute.

With a template action hook #

It is also possible to display product attributes without creating a custom template, by using one the template action hooks (before or after the item meta) and adding it to your themes functions.php:

add_action( 'wpo_wcpdf_after_item_meta', 'wpo_wcpdf_show_product_attributes', 10, 3 );
function wpo_wcpdf_show_product_attributes ( $template_type, $item, $order ) {
    if(empty($item['product'])) return;
    $document = wcpdf_get_document( $template_type, $order );
    printf('<div class="product-attribute">Attribute name: %s</div>', $document->get_product_attribute('Attribute name', $item['product']));
}

or limited to the packing slip:

add_action( 'wpo_wcpdf_after_item_meta', 'wpo_wcpdf_show_product_attributes', 10, 3 );
function wpo_wcpdf_show_product_attributes ( $template_type, $item, $order ) {
    if(empty($item['product'])) return;
    $document = wcpdf_get_document( $template_type, $order );
    if ($template_type == 'packing-slip') {
        printf('<div class="product-attribute">Attribute name: %s</div>', $document->get_product_attribute('Attribute name', $item['product']));
    }
}
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