Parent product hides completely when variations are excluded in WoodMart 8.3.4

Hello WoodMart support team,

I’m experiencing a conflict with variable products in WoodMart 8.3.4 and the “Hide main variable product” option in the product grid.

Context
• The global option “Show variations as separate products” is enabled.
• The global option “Hide main variable product in grid” is also enabled.
• WoodMart allows excluding specific products from showing their variations using the option:
“Exclude product variations in the grid” in the product edit screen → General → Product Settings.

Problem

Currently, the behavior is:
1. For products not excluded, variations are shown individually and the parent product is hidden correctly. ✅
2. For products excluded (I marked “Exclude product variations in the grid”), variations do not appear, but the parent product is also hidden due to the global setting. ❌
3. This causes these products to disappear completely from the grid, which is not expected.

Expected behavior
• Parent products should only be hidden if their variations are displayed as individual products.
• Products with variations excluded should remain visible in the grid, even if their variations are hidden.

Question

Is there a way for WoodMart to respect the per-product exclude variations setting, but only hide the parent product if its variations are visible?
If not, could you suggest the recommended approach to achieve this behavior correctly?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Hello,

At the moment, the “Hide main variable product in grid” option works globally and does not dynamically adjust based on whether a product has its variations excluded individually. This means that when the global option is enabled, the parent product will always be hidden — even if the “Exclude product variations in the grid” option is checked for that specific product.

However, WoodMart also provides per-variation control: In each variation’s settings, you’ll find a checkbox called “Show variation product”.

* If this option is checked, that specific variation will appear in the product grid.
* If it’s unchecked, that variation will be hidden. https://postimg.cc/kBGbwGVQ

Best Regards,

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