Product Configurator

Product Configurator offers an alternative to basic attribute selection by providing a clear, step-by-step product configuration process. Customers can conveniently configure furniture, for example, by choosing the fabric (from different price groups), size, finish, leg colour or corner sofa orientation.

In standard PrestaShop, every possible set of attributes must exist as a separate combination. The number of combinations is the product of all available choices: for example, 200 fabrics, 10 leg variants, 2 corner sofa orientations and 10 additional options mean as many as 40,000 combinations for a single product. Such a large catalogue of variants is difficult to update, maintain and render on the server.

The module has its own external mechanism for storing product configurations. A standard PrestaShop attribute combination is created only when the customer completes the configuration and adds the product to the cart.

Instead of displaying many technical attribute lists at once, the module divides configuration into organised steps. Each step can correspond to a different group, such as fabric type, leg colour or corner sofa orientation, as shown in our demo.

The module groups available options into families based on their names, such as Madrid, Sevilla or Valencia. The administrator can add a description and assign properties to each family. Information about the attribute group is shown to customers directly during configuration.

The most popular or best-matched sets can be displayed above the configurator as recommended, suggested or popular configurations, with a photo and a clear list of selected attributes. Customers can choose a ready-made suggestion with one click, and all its options are applied automatically in the configurator.

Recommended sets are based on previously prepared product combinations with an assigned photo. The section heading can be defined separately for each store language, making this feature suitable for multilingual sales as well.

When many variants are available, customers can use additional filters to narrow their choices quickly. For fabrics, these might include material type, ease of cleaning, water-repellent properties or suitability for pets. The store administrator defines the filter names and scope.

Once customers select the properties they are interested in, the configurator automatically keeps only options that meet those criteria visible. This helps them find a suitable variant faster without browsing the entire range.

A completed configuration can easily be copied from one product to another. This is particularly convenient for similar models that use the same configuration steps, option dependencies, surcharges, descriptions and filters.

Only the configurator settings are copied. Standard product data, photos and manually created combinations remain unchanged, allowing you to set up the configurator for more products quickly without risking overwriting their content.