Force Default Variant for WooCommerce
Removes the Standard WooCommerce variant default of 'Choose an Option' and replaces it with a variant.
4.8(21 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 7 months agoAs of April 2026, Force Default Variant for WooCommerce is a WordPress ecommerce plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 21 reviews. It has been downloaded 56K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Downloads are down 14% this week. Top alternative: WooCommerce.
4.8/521 reviews
3.0K+active installs
56K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Please Note – This plugin requires WooCommerce Version 2.4 or greater in order to properly function.
All WooCommerce variable products have a dropdown to select which variant the customer wants to add to cart. The standard behaviour is to not set a default and until a variant is chosen the ‘Add to Cart’ button is not visible.
This can cause confusion to customers coming to your site, which as a knock on affect could cause a lower than average conversion rate.
You can solve this by manually setting a default option per product, but this can be time consuming on sites with lots of products and also the user can still ‘clear’ the selection, causing the Add to Cart button to hide again.
This plugin aims to solve these issues by removing the blank ‘Choose an…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Brilliant! Works flawlessly and solves a BIG problem!
by wpress2010·1 month ago
One major problem with WC, IMHO, is that Products with Variations are a pain to configure. With this little plugin, ALL of the headaches with having certain Product variations appear as defaults just go away. All you have to do when setting up your products is to decide how the “default” variation you want is handled by this plug: I chose to make it the first variation in the list, but there are other ways to specify it. Just a great plugin in every respect!
Works great!
by BobRebus·1 year ago
Works great and it does what WP should allow by default. Thanks for creating this!
Very Useful Plugin
by aghalati·2 years ago
thanks for such a good plugin
Quickly set and ok everywhere
by Ishko·3 years ago
Perfect !
Install, activate, choose a few options and you’re all done.
Works perfectly as described.
Thanks to the developer !
Works like a charm
by tanazius·3 years ago
Straight-forward, easy to use. Recommended!
Download Trends
Today: 9Yesterday: 11This week: 59Period total: 8K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.8
86.4%
v1.5
7.3%
Other
6.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.8.3 – 5th September 2025
- UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 10.2+
- UPDATE – Branding Changes – Comply with WC Trademark.
Contributors
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