Hello everyone,

I’m working with a fairly simple scenario, but I can’t get it to work as intended.

I sell a basic product, a pen in different colors (e.g., green, red, black). Each color has its own stock, like 10 green pens, 5 red, and 3 black. That part works fine.

Additionally, I offer accessory products like a paper case or a wooden case for the pen. These are also simple products with their own inventory — for example, 10 paper cases and 5 wooden cases.

Here’s what I want to achieve:

• The customer selects a pen color (e.g., green — 10 in stock).

• Then they can optionally choose a case.

• The selection should show the available stock of the selected case (e.g., only 5 wooden cases available).

• The total price should adjust depending on the selected case (e.g., +€1 for wooden, +€0.50 for paper).

This setup isn’t possible with standard product variations, since that would require defining stock for every possible combination (e.g., green pen + wooden case), which isn’t feasible — I don’t know in advance which combinations the customer will pick.

To solve this, I purchased WPC Composite Products for WooCommerce. I’m now able to select the global product attribute for color, but this attribute does not appear on the product page.

Am I missing a step, or doing something wrong in the configuration?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hey Dustin,

this is exactly my problem – it does not appear.

I want to display my color attributes, not the product itself.
In my first post, you can see the color attribute with its values.
Why can’t I set a color as the default instead of a product?
I don’t want to create a separate product for each color.

Right now, the plugin isn’t working as expected, because if I can select an attribute as the source, I want to be able to use that source.

For the cases, I need the plugin — and that part works — but I also need to display the regular WordPress/WooCommerce attributes at the same time.

The problem is: when I configure a product to work with the plugin, all standard attributes are removed.

I need both:

• the normal WooCommerce attributes (and their variations)

• the plugin’s functionality

At the moment, there’s no option to have the product set as a physical product or variation and use the plugin simultaneously.

Example:

• Global attribute: Color → Blue, Green, Red, etc. → Currently nothing is shown.

• I need these attributes to display alongside the cases.

Current situation:

• Products Case A and Case B work fine with your plugin’s selection feature.

• But attributes I’ve already defined are ignored when using the plugin.

• Ideally, those attributes should appear as additional dropdowns or buttons — nothing more is needed.

Why I think Product Options is not the solution:
I already have defined attributes, but they’re ignored when the plugin is active.

Simple test to reproduce the issue:

1. Create a Variable Product.

2. Add some attributes (e.g., Color).

3. Generate variations from the attributes, set prices — now the product correctly shows the color variations.

4. Switch the product type to Smart Composite.

5. You’ll see:

   • Attributes still appear in the backend

   • Components you define with the plugin are also shown

   • But the variations are gone.

I need the variations to remain visible and functional while still having the ability to use other products (with their stock levels) as options.

Funny enough, I actually tried this plugin as well, but I still wasn’t able to achieve my goal.

I’m feeling quite frustrated and think I’ll just request a refund and avoid using any WP plugins in the future.

Could you please arrange the refund? Thanks.