WooCommerce Meta Fields

WooCommerce Meta Fields

We store some data in meta fields on WooCommerce. This KB article will list out these meta fields which can be useful in importing/exporting data from Woo

Products

The custom fields for products are listed here. You can see where to find them in the WooCommerce admin in this article.

WooCommerce Meta Key
Type
Values
EposNow Field
sln_ignore_stock_update
boolean
0,1
0 = process stock updates

1 = ignore stock updates
sln_ignore_product_update
boolean
0,1
0 = process product updates

1 = ignore productupdates
sln_epn_title
text

Product name to be used on EposNow. If not set, defaults to woo product name.

Does not affect Woo product name.

Useful when abbreviated names need to be used on EposNow.

Has a 40 character limit.
sln_epn_description
text

Product description to be used on EposNow.

If not set, defaults to sln_epn_title.

Does not affect Woo product description.

Has a 127 character limit.
sln_product_type
text
standard, measured, weighted
Type of product on EposNow.

Cannot be changed once set.
sln_sale_price_measurement_scheme_item_id
integer
1 => “Centimetres”,
2 => “Metres”,
3 => “Grams”,
4 => “Kilograms”,
5 => “Millilitres”,
6 => “Centilitres”,
7 => “Litres”,
8 => “Square Centimeter”,
9 => “Square Meter”,
11 => “Square Feet”,
12 => “Square Yard”,
18 => “Yards”
only needs to be set for weighed and measured products

SalePriceMeasurementSchemeItemId
sln_sale_price_measurement_unit_volume
integer

EPN Measurement Unit Volume
sln_unit_multiplier
double

Slynk unit multiplier.

Useful with multipacks and measured/weighed products
sln_wc_measurement_unit
integer
1 => “Centimetres”,
2 => “Metres”,
3 => “Grams”,
4 => “Kilograms”,
5 => “Millilitres”,
6 => “Centilitres”,
7 => “Litres”,
8 => “Square Centimeter”,
9 => “Square Meter”,
11 => “Square Feet”,
12 => “Square Yard”,
18 => “Yards”
only needs to be set for weighed and measured products
sln_epn_cost_price
double

EposNow cost price

Recommend setting this field in Woo and adding to field mapping as EposNow creates stock batches using the cost price at the time the stock was added. When the stock is deducted, it deducts from the oldest stock batch and uses the cost price from the stock batch to determine the margin.
sln_epn_eat_out_price
double

Eat out price
sln_epn_rrp_price
double

Rrp price
sln_epn_barcode
text

Barcode
sln_epn_order_code
text

Order code
sln_epn_article_code
text

Article Code
sln_epn_brand_id
integer

EposNow brand ID
sln_epn_supplier_id
integer

EposNow supplier ID
sln_epn_tare_weight
integer

EposNow tare weight
sln_epn_size
text

EposNow Size attribute
sln_product_category_master
integer
WooCommerce category ID
Which category should be used when checking the category mapping.

Only required if category mapping is enabled on your Slynk account.
sln_epn_product_id
integer

The EposNow product ID.

Only used when importing products from EposNow to Woo for initial product linking.


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