What is the difference between option fields and product specs?

Option fields generate variant combinations: define Colour and Size and the product gets a variant per combination, which the customer picks on the storefront. Product specs and variant specs are information fields only — they create no variants.

What does the filterable switch do?

Marking a field filterable lets shoppers narrow the product list by it on the storefront. Only turn it on for genuinely distinguishing fields; making every field a filter makes the list unusable.

Product page or checkout step — how do I choose?

If the answer differs per product, use the product page: an engraving is asked per line. If the answer is one per order, checkout is right — the checkout order form is collected once per order on the payment page.

Creating and attaching product forms

Define the option and spec fields each product type needs, attach the form to products, and set up the forms that collect extra buyer details.

5 min de lectureDernière mise à jour : 2026-08-30

A dining table and a pair of glasses cannot be described with the same fields: one needs wood type and dimensions, the other a prescription and a frame style. A product form lets you define the fields of a product type once and reuse that layout across every product of that type. The same plugin also runs the forms that collect extra information from the customer during an order, and the choices a buyer makes before adding to basket.

Avant de commencer

The Product Forms plugin enabled
An admin account with the products:read permission
The product saved first — the form and options cards are locked on an unsaved product

Étapes

Les écrans sont illustratifs ; les données de votre panneau différeront.

Étape 1: Open the product forms list
Ürünler → Ürün Formları lists every form with its name, description, option-field count, spec-field count, filterable fields and how many products use it. That last column is the one that matters when you want to delete something. A form marked Varsayılan (default) is what new products open with, and it cannot be deleted. With no forms yet the screen invites you to create the first one.
Product forms
Define product types with their own fields, one per product category.
Name Description Option Fields Spec Fields Products
Genel Default product type 1 2 112
Mobilya Tables, chairs and cabinets 2 5 38
Gözlük Optical and sunglasses 3 4 64
Create Product Form
Product forms — exemple de vue du panneau
Étape 2: Name the form and define its option fields
After Ürün Formu Oluştur, fill in the form name and description under Temel Bilgiler. The real work is the Seçenek Alanları card: these fields generate the variant combinations, and their order decides the selection hierarchy on the storefront. Each field takes a label and a display type (text or colour); switching on Filtrelenebilir lets shoppers filter by it. Add no option fields and variants are created by hand instead.
Create product form
Form name
Mobilya
Description
Tables, chairs and cabinets
Option fields generate the variant combinations. Their order sets the selection hierarchy in the store.
Label
Wood colour
Display Type
Colour
Filterable
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Add optionGenerate with AI
Create product form — exemple de vue du panneau
Étape 3: Add product and variant specs
Product specs describe the product as a whole (material, warranty); variant specs are filled in per variant (weight, dimensions). Neither creates variants — they only carry information. Each field takes a label and a type — text, number, dropdown, toggle, colour, date, email or link — optionally a unit, and the 'show on menu' and 'filterable' switches. Press create when you are done.
Product specs
Information fields about the product (e.g. resolution, dimensions). Does not create variants.
Label
Wood type
Type
Dropdown
Options
Oak, Walnut, Beech
Unit
cm
Shown on number fields
Show on menu
kapalı
Add SpecCreate
Product specs — exemple de vue du panneau
Étape 4: Attach the form to products
Open a product under Ürünler → Tüm Ürünler and pick the form in the Ürün Formu field in the right-hand column. If the store only has one form, no picker appears at all and the product uses the default. Changing a product's form redraws its fields to the new layout, so check what a populated product carries before moving it to another type.
Dining table — Oak 180 cm
Product form
Mobilya
Pick a product form
Field Source Value
Wood colour Option fields Oak / Walnut
Wood type Product specs Oak
Weight Variant specs 42 kg
Dining table — Oak 180 cm — exemple de vue du panneau
Étape 5: Add a form that collects extra buyer details
The Özel formlar card on the same product page collects free-form information from the customer — an engraving, a gift note, a measurement file. Create a form, give it a name, choose whether it appears on the product page or at checkout, and scope it to all variants or only selected ones. Fields take a label, a type and a required switch; the type list includes short text, dropdown, file upload, colour picker and money.
Custom forms
Form name
Engraving details
Placement
Product page
Scope
All variants
Label Type Required
Name to engrave Short text Yes
Typeface Dropdown Yes
Reference image File upload No
Editing this form updates every place it is used.
Custom forms — exemple de vue du panneau
Étape 6: Make buyers choose before adding to basket
The Ürün Seçenekleri card makes the customer fill a box or pick from a menu before the product reaches the basket. Adding a group asks for its type: a quantity group is filled up to a target, a choice group asks for a set number of picks. Each option can carry a price delta, and 'deduct component stock' takes the chosen items out of their own stock at checkout.
Box filling
Product options
Let customers fill a box or pick menu-style options before adding to basket.
Group type
Quantity fill (build a box)
Target quantity
15
Step (per pick)
3
The target must divide by the step (e.g. 15 for a step of 3) or the box can never be completed.
Label Price delta Max per option
Milk ₺0 9
Dark ₺0 9
Hazelnut ₺15 6
Deduct component stock
Linked products chosen here come out of their own stock at checkout.
açık
Product options — exemple de vue du panneau
Étape 7: Set the store-wide forms
Questions that belong to the whole order rather than one product live under Ayarlar. The checkout order form (Ayarlar → Ödeme formu) is asked once per order on the payment page — gift wrapping, a gift note. Ayarlar → Kayıt formu collects the extra details asked when a customer registers (tax number, trading name, documents), and Ayarlar → Teklif formu is what a visitor fills in when making an offer on a listing.
Checkout order form
These fields are collected once per order at the checkout step.
Label Type Required
Would you like gift wrapping? Checkbox No
Gift note Long text No
Invoice type Dropdown Yes
Replace with another formUse
Checkout order form — exemple de vue du panneau

Name	Description	Option Fields	Spec Fields	Products
Genel	Default product type	1	2	112
Mobilya	Tables, chairs and cabinets	2	5	38
Gözlük	Optical and sunglasses	3	4	64

Field	Source	Value
Wood colour	Option fields	Oak / Walnut
Wood type	Product specs	Oak
Weight	Variant specs	42 kg

Label	Type	Required
Name to engrave	Short text	Yes
Typeface	Dropdown	Yes
Reference image	File upload	No

Label	Price delta	Max per option
Milk	₺0	9
Dark	₺0	9
Hazelnut	₺15	6

Label	Type	Required
Would you like gift wrapping?	Checkbox	No
Gift note	Long text	No
Invoice type	Dropdown	Yes

Conseils

You cannot delete a form that is in use

Trying to delete a form that products still use returns a message naming how many products it covers. The order is: reassign those products to another form first, then delete. And when you need a form close to an existing one, duplicate it from the list rather than rebuilding it from scratch.

Signup answers are frozen; product forms are not

Editing a custom form updates every place it is used — but the answers given on the signup form are stored once at registration and do not change when you later edit the form. Keep that in mind when reviewing wholesale applications: older applications carry the answers to the older questions.

Questions fréquentes

What is the difference between option fields and product specs?: Option fields generate variant combinations: define Colour and Size and the product gets a variant per combination, which the customer picks on the storefront. Product specs and variant specs are information fields only — they create no variants.
What does the filterable switch do?: Marking a field filterable lets shoppers narrow the product list by it on the storefront. Only turn it on for genuinely distinguishing fields; making every field a filter makes the list unusable.
Product page or checkout step — how do I choose?: If the answer differs per product, use the product page: an engraving is asked per line. If the answer is one per order, checkout is right — the checkout order form is collected once per order on the payment page.