{"id":6071,"date":"2019-01-31T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6071"},"modified":"2023-05-30T11:05:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:05:05","slug":"how-to-add-sku-for-woocommerce-products","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-add-sku-for-woocommerce-products\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add SKU for WooCommerce Products to Use in the Query"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-sku\">What is SKU?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p><strong>SKU<\/strong> stands for a stock-keeping unit and refers to a unique identification number of a single product that will help you and your customers to track products quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, <strong>SKU<\/strong> is associated with any purchasable item in a store or catalog. If you sell, for instance, 5 dresses with different prints, you need to distinguish them somehow. Here is when <strong>SKU<\/strong> comes into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are special <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/woocommerce-product-sku-generator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WooCommerce Product SKU Generator<\/a> plugins and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoho.com\/inventory\/sku-generator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">online SKU Generator<\/a> to help you to add unique numbers to all of your products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let\u2019s learn how to add <strong>SKU<\/strong> to your products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you need to log into the <strong>WordPress Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see a list of all the products, you\u2019d have to navigate to the<strong> Products > All Products<\/strong> block. Hover over a product to reveal the <strong>Edit<\/strong> option. Click it to add SKU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vfdsfd.png\" alt=\"all products list\">\n\n\n\n<p>Scroll down to the <strong>Product data <\/strong>block. There is a side menu on the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the <strong>Inventory<\/strong> tab, and you\u2019ll see the <strong>SKU number<\/strong> field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type in the unique code that you have previously made up or generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fdfsdf.png\" alt=\"adding sku to woocommerce product\">\n\n\n\n<p>Click the <strong>Update<\/strong> button in order to save all the modifications.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you can view <strong>SKU<\/strong> in the description of the product. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From this tutorial, you\u2019ll learn how to add SKU for WooCommerce products. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","builder-category":[],"article-category":[349,530],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Add Products SKU | Crocoblock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn more about the purpose of SKU and see how to implement it on your WordPress website. 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