Product Variations is an add-on for the Payment Button for PayPal WordPress plugin (also known as WP PayPal or WordPress PayPal) that can be used to add variations to your PayPal buttons. The plugin uses the PayPal Payments Standard API (also known as PayPal Website Payments Standard) for accepting payments in WordPress.
Table of Contents
- WP PayPal Variable Product/Product Variation Demo
- Simple Variation for PayPal
- Priced Variation for PayPal
- Multiple Variations for PayPal
- Get the Product Variations Add-on
WP PayPal Variable Product/Product Variation Demo
Simple Variation for PayPal
In order to add a simple variation you can use the following shortcode.
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" amount="1.00" on0="Size" os0_val0="Small" os0_val1="Medium" os0_val2="Large"]
on0
The name of the variation (e.g. Size).
os0_val0
First option field for the variation. If you have created a variation named “Size” you may want to set this value to “Small”.
os0_val1
Second option field for the variation. If you have created a variation named “Size” you may want to set this value to “Medium”.
os0_val2
Third option field for the variation. If you have created a variation named “Size” you may want to set this value to “Large”.
It is up to you how you want to set up on0, os0_val0, os0_val1 and os0_val2. If you specify the on0 parameter in the shortcode the plugin expects at least one option (e.g. os0_val0).
The shortcode above can be modified to offer color options. For example,
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" amount="1.00" on0="Color" os0_val0="Red" os0_val1="Blue" os0_val2="Black"]
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" amount="1.00" on0="Color" os0_val0="Red"]
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" amount="1.00" on0="Color" os0_val0="Red" os0_val1="Blue"]
You can add up to 10 options. For example:
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My Product" on0="Colors" os0_val0="Coral" os0_val1="LightCoral" os0_val2="Salmon" os0_val3="DarkSalmon" os0_val4="LightSalmon" os0_val5="Crimson" os0_val6="Red" os0_val7="FireBrick" os0_val8="DarkRed" os0_val9="Pink"]
Priced Variation for PayPal
If you want to specify a different price for each option you can do so by adding a corresponding amount for it.
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" on0="Size" os0_val0="Small" os0_val1="Medium" os0_val2="Large" os0_amount0="1.99" os0_amount1="2.99" os0_amount2="3.99"]
os0_amount0
The amount that you want to charge for the first option.
os0_amount1
The amount that you want to charge for the second option.
os0_amount2
The amount that you want to charge for the third option.
You can add up to 10 priced options. For example:
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My Product" on0="Colors" os0_val0="Coral" os0_val1="LightCoral" os0_val2="Salmon" os0_val3="DarkSalmon" os0_val4="LightSalmon" os0_val5="Crimson" os0_val6="Red" os0_val7="FireBrick" os0_val8="DarkRed" os0_val9="Pink" os0_amount0="1.99" os0_amount1="2.99" os0_amount2="3.99" os0_amount3="4.99" os0_amount4="5.99" os0_amount5="6.99" os0_amount6="7.99" os0_amount7="8.99" os0_amount8="9.99" os0_amount9="10.99"]
The display text by default is OPTION AMOUNT CURRENCY. This can be customized using the os0_option parameters. For example:
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" on0="Size" os0_val0="Small" os0_val1="Medium" os0_val2="Large" os0_amount0="1.99" os0_amount1="2.99" os0_amount2="3.99" os0_option0="Small $1.99" os0_option1="Medium $2.99" os0_option2="Large $3.99"]
Multiple Variations for PayPal
You can add a second variation (without prices) by using the following parameters in the shortcode.
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Buy Now Product" on0="Size" os0_val0="Small" os0_val1="Medium" os0_val2="Large" os0_amount0="1.99" os0_amount1="2.99" os0_amount2="3.99" on1="Color" os1_val0="Blue" os1_val1="Black" os1_val2="Red"]
The second variation can also support up to 10 options. For example:
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="Buy Now Product" on0="Size" os0_val0="Small" os0_val1="Medium" os0_val2="Large" os0_amount0="1.99" os0_amount1="2.99" os0_amount2="3.99" on1="Color" os1_val0="Blue" os1_val1="Black" os1_val2="Red" os1_val3="Pink" os1_val4="Yellow" os1_val5="Grey" os1_val6="Orange" os1_val7="White" os1_val8="Green" os1_val9="Brown"]
Get the Product Variations Add-on
Char says
Hello Noor, Are additional variables, up to 8, available with this extension? That is how many product variations I will need. Is there a way to extend it to allow that? Thanks
Noor Alam says
@Char, PayPal supports up to 10 options for a variation. The extension supports up to 10 as well.
Moss says
Hello Noor,
There seems to be some issue where I use the following short code :
[wp_paypal button="buynow" name="My product" on0="Size" os0_val0="Small" os0_val1="Medium" os0_val2="Large" os0_amount0="1.99" os0_amount1="2.99" os0_amount2="3.99"]When we click on the buy now button, it seems to throw up the pricing Blank, where the customer has to put the price.
Rather then the variation price that it should show up that has been provided.
Could you please advise!?
Thanks & Regards
Noor Alam says
@Moss, Do you have the WP PayPal Variations extension installed?
John says
Can I have more than 3 options for a simple variation?
Noor Alam says
@John, Yes.
Duane says
Can you have both size and color variations on the same drop-down?
Noor Alam says
@Duane, It is possible. I have updated the documentation.
bee says
Hello,
Is this plugin still working on the latest Woocommerce. I cannot see a date when this article was written and therefore don’t know if all of the above is already obsolete. I can tell that there is still no option to add just simple price variations for the same product on Woocomerce.
Noor Alam says
@bee, This add-on is not for WooCommerce.
Bee says
Granted, but I am using PayPal with WooCommerce. In fact I installed PayPal first.
Noor Alam says
@Bee, WP PayPal is the name of the core plugin (there is a link to the plugin on this page). This add-on is for that plugin.