Product attributes in Magento help you organise products in categories, enable catalogue price rules and do a lot of other things. Magento 2 dynamic attributes, on the other hand, are generated to help you display products dynamically in different places of your store.
We use them in two of our Magento 2 extensions. So today we get into more details about these attributes, starting with the definition.
What are Magefan Dynamic Attributes?
Magento Dynamic Product Attributes by Magefan is a set of attributes used in , and . They are based on product attributes and Magento orders and are used to create dynamic categories and product rules.
Now let's see what attributes we work with.
- Is on Sale — if a product has a special price, this dynamic attribute is enabled.
- Is New — this attribute is enabled during the Set Product as New From/ To period.
- Reviews count — is used from product reviews.
- Reviews score — is used from product rating.
- Best Sellers (QTY) Per Week/Month/Three Months/Year — is used from the sales (orders) data.
The dynamic product attributes are updated automatically by cron. You have a chance to adjust the schedule in the module's settings (Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Dynamic Product Attributes), or you can use the preset cron schedule values.
Besides, the dynamic attributes can also be updated on a product save, which is specifically useful for attributes that change frequently. You can specify which attributes exactly should be updated this way.
Note: If you update products via the mass attributes update, you need to manually press the "Update Dynamic Product Attributes" button and then hit "Apply Rules." Alternatively, you may wait for the cron job execution for the attributes to be updated.
How to Use Magento 2 Dynamic Attributes?
These Magento 2 dynamic product attributes are created to simplify the process of setting up conditions for you. Depending on the extension you use, you can use dynamic attributes to create dynamic categories or related products/cross-sells/up-sell blocks.
Discounted Products
The Is on Sale attribute obviously helps you to set up a category with the discounted products or display only products with a discount in the related products block.
New Arrivals
You can use the Is New attribute to create a category for newly arrived products or add only new products to related products.
Most-Rated Products
Create a category with the most rated products, using the Review rating and Score rating attributes. You can also use it to create auto-related product rules to display only highly rated products.
Best Sellers
Last but not least, you can use the Best Sellers attribute from different periods to set up a category with best sellers or use it for cross-sells.
The best part is you don't have you use Magento 2 dynamic attributes alone. You can combine them with any other product attributes to create a diverse catalogue and optimize your product blocks.
Check out the user guide for Automatic Related Products and Dynamic Category to explore the options.
