Force Default Variant for WooCommerce

1.8.3 – 5th September 2025

UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 10.2+

UPDATE – Branding Changes – Comply with WC Trademark.

1.8.2 – 16th July 2025

FIX – WooCommerce 10.2 Version check fix.

UPDATE – Works with WordPress 6.8.2

1.8.1 – 28th September 2024

NEW – Added Stock Count to the first Sort selection.

UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 9.3.3

UPDATE – Works with WordPress 6.6.2

1.8 – 27th October 2023

FIX – Issue with multiple attributes fixed

NEW – Tested and declared compatibility with WC HPOS

UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 8.2.1

UPDATE – Works with WordPress 6.3.2

1.7 – 24th March 2023

NEW – Adds the ability to order variations Alphabetically

FIX – Now requires WooCommerce to be active before activating

UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 7.5+

UPDATE – Works with WordPress 6.1+

UPDATE – Works with PHP 8.1

1.6.1 – 29th July 2022

FIX – Issue in 1.6 that caused Out of Stock variations to appear in WooCommerce Hide Out of Stock setting is ticked.

1.6.0 – 1st July 2022

FIX – Sort by Position fixed – This will now correctly sort by the variation order within the Variations tab on each Product page.

FIX – Sort by Position renamed – To reflect the fix above, this has also been renamed to ‘Variation Position’ to make it clearer.

NEW – Sort by Attribute Order now exists – This will sort by the Menu Order based on the variation Attributes.

UPDATE – Works with WooCommerce 6.6+

UPDATE – Work with WordPress 6.0+

1.5.2

FIX – Will work properly with custom attributes