WooCommerce Chained Products is an extension for WooCommerce, the popular e-commerce platform for WordPress.

It allows store owners to create product bundles or combos by linking different products together, with the aim of increasing the average order value and clearing out inventory.

With Chained Products, store owners can create pre-configured product bundles with related products, frequently bought together items, or any other combination of products they choose.

The plugin works seamlessly with different product types, including simple, variable, subscriptions, virtual, and downloadable products. It even works with custom product types, making it highly flexible for any kind of store.

The configuration of the product bundle is set by the store owner, so customers cannot pick their own variation options or change bundle configuration.

This forces customers to evaluate the “price vs value” of the bundle, rather than getting confused about what to pick.

The main product price will be kept at zero, and individual chained product prices will sum up to the total bundle price.

The WooCommerce Chained Products extension allows store owners to set a price for the main product, or configure chained products to be priced individually.

They can link as many products as they want to create a product bundle, pick up variations, and even select quantities. This opens up a lot of flexible ways to use the chained product plugin.

WooCommerce Chained Products extension also allows store owners to set up “Buy One Get One” or “Buy One Get More” offers by chaining a product variation to show a BOGO offer, or chain multiple products in multiple quantities to the main product for a Buy One Get More offer. This can be a powerful tool to drive sales and increase average order value.

The inventory for each individual chained product is managed separately, which means that if one of the chained items goes out of stock, customers can’t buy the “main” product either. This saves a lot of customer support and order management hassles.

WooCommerce Chained Products extension also has an auto-update feature that can add or remove products from historical orders when linked products are updated in the “main” product.

This is useful for club memberships, unlimited digital downloads, and recurring subscription box bundles.

In terms of performance, Chained Products does not slow down the website or checkout process. It is used by some of the largest WooCommerce stores and has excellent code quality.

Store owners can use the [chained_products] shortcode to display chained products on the product page and customize the display of chained products using shortcode attributes.

They can also show or hide chained items from the cart, cart widget, checkout, and order, which is very useful when selling assembled items and maintaining their inventory level.

Chained Products extension can be translated into different languages using Loco Translate or any other translation plugins.

Overall, WooCommerce Chained Products is a powerful and flexible extension for WooCommerce store owners who want to create product bundles and increase average order value while clearing out inventory.