SKU Generator for WooCommerce

Add full SKU support to WooCommerce:

• Set SKU by custom format (prefix, suffix, number length, category, tag) automatically for new products.
• Regenerate SKUs for all existing products (or regenerate only for products with no SKU).
• Add product searching by SKU on frontend.
• Add SKU to customer emails.
• Allow Duplicate SKUs.

Feedback

• We are open to your suggestions and feedback, and thank you for using or trying out one of our plugins!
• Drop us a line at www.wpwham.com.

More

• Visit the SKU Generator for WooCommerce plugin page.

1. Upload the entire plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
3. Go to “WooCommerce > Settings > SKU”.

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   SKU Generator for WooCommerce - SKU Format Options.

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   SKU Generator for WooCommerce - More Options.

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   SKU Generator for WooCommerce - Categories Options.

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   SKU Generator for WooCommerce - Tags Options.

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   SKU Generator for WooCommerce - SKU Regenerator Tool.

1.6.4 – 2025-05-31

• FIX: PHP notice.

1.6.3 – 2025-03-06

• FIX: admin searching by SKU (94732).

1.6.2 – 2024-08-29

• UPDATE: bump tested versions.

1.6.1 – 2023-07-15

• FIX: PHP 8.2 notices.
• NEW: add “Generate different SKU for each variation” option into free version (previously was a feature only in the pro version).

1.6.0 – 2022-03-07

• NEW: add filter ‘wpwham_sku_sku_template_variables’. This filter will be useful for creating your own SKU template variables using custom code.
• UPDATE: PHP 8 now officially supported.
• UPDATE: updated .pot file for translations.

1.5.1 – 2021-04-12

• UPDATE: bump tested versions

1.5.0 – 2021-01-20

• NEW: (premium version only) add support for Yoast primary categories.
• NEW: (premium version only) add product attributes as option for variation suffix (thanks to Joseph VanTine).
• FIX: issues when using Search by SKU “pre_get_posts” algorithm.
• FIX: minor display bug on settings page, also clarify settings page wording a little.
• UPDATE: updated .pot file for translations.

1.4.3 – 2020-09-17

• UPDATE: bump tested versions

1.4.2 – 2020-08-25

• UPDATE: bump tested versions

1.4.1 – 2020-07-24

• FIX: issue with variations always being assigned same SKU as parent product, when inserting new product.
• UPDATE: display our settings in WC status report.

1.4.0 – 2020-06-08

• NEW: add “Generate SKUs for Variations” option to variations bulk action dropdown.
• NEW: allow forcing uppercase letters in SKU templates.
• FIX: show correct “old SKU” for variations in bulk regenerator tool preview.
• UPDATE: reorder columns in previews (show Old SKU on the left, New SKU on the right).
• UPDATE: updated .pot file for translations.

1.3.3 – 2019-12-17

• UPDATE: bump tested versions

1.3.2 – 2019-11-15

• UPDATE: bump tested versions

1.3.1 – 2019-09-14

• UPDATE: bump tested upto versions

1.3.0 – 2018-10-21

• UPDATE: updated .pot file for translations

1.2.5 – 2018-09-20

• Dev – General – {category_slug}, {category_name}, {tag_slug} and {tag_name} replaced values added.
• Dev – General – Template – Admin settings field now accepts “raw” input.
• Dev – Tool – Minor restyling.

1.2.4 – 2018-09-10

• Dev – “Contributors” and “Author URI” updated.

1.2.3 – 2018-08-25

• Fix – version_updated() function fixed.

1.2.2 – 2018-08-23

• Fix – “Search by SKU” option fixed (and “Search by SKU: Algorithm” option added to “General > More Options > Search by SKU”).
• Dev – “Sequential numbering on per category basis” option added.
• Dev – “WC tested up to” added to plugin header.
• Dev – General – More Options – Automatically generate SKU for new products – “Delay SKU generation till product is published” option default set to “yes”.
• Dev – Code refactoring.
• Dev – Admin settings restyled.
• Dev – Plugin URI updated.

1.2.1 – 2017-12-06

• Dev – General – WooCommerce v3.2.0 compatibility – select type in admin settings fixed.
• Dev – General – “Delay SKU generation till product is published” option added.
• Dev – General – Admin settings minor restyling.
• Dev – Saving settings array as main class property.

1.2.0 – 2017-04-18

• Dev – WooCommerce v3.0.0 compatibility – get_child() replaced with wc_get_product().
• Dev – “Template” option added.
• Dev – “Pseudorandom – Hash (max 10 digits)” option added to “Number Generation”.
• Dev – “Generate SKUs Only for Products with Empty SKU” option added.
• Dev – “Categories Options” section added.
• Dev – “Tags Options” section added.
• Dev – “Search by SKU” option added.
• Dev – “Add SKU to Customer Emails” option added.
• Dev – “Automatically Generate SKU for New Products” option added.
• Dev – “Reset Section Settings” option added.
• Dev – WP_Query optimized to return ids only.
• Tweak – Plugin link updated from coder.fm to wpcodefactory.com.
• Tweak – general section cleanup.
• Tweak – Default values added to all get_option() calls.
• Tweak – Filter rewritten.

1.1.3 – 2016-12-21

• Fix – load_plugin_textdomain() moved from init hook to constructor.
• Fix – Generating SKU on “duplicate product” action.
• Dev – Language (POT) file updated.

1.1.2 – 2016-08-21

• Dev – “Allow duplicate SKUs” option added.
• Dev – Version system added.
• Tweak – Plugin renamed.
• Tweak – Contributors changed.
• Tweak – Option filter added.

1.1.1 – 2016-06-13

• Dev – get_available_variations replaced with get_all_variations.
• Dev – SKU Regenerator tool – No auto preview after generation.

1.1.0 – 2016-06-10

• Dev – Sequential SKU number format option added.
• Dev – Language (POT) file added.
• Dev – Multisite support added.
• Dev – Description added to “SKU Format Options”.

1.0.0 – 2015-08-06

• Initial Release.