How to validate an SKU for WooCommerce and Google Merchant
Jun 2023·4:13·831 views·Matt Knighton
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About This Video Guide
In this video I an invalid notification for an SKU in a WooCommerce Product on Google Merchant Listings.
This needed to be fix for a valid product to be listed.
I show how to fix these and also showcase a Plugin created that shows a full list of invalid SKU values inside your WooCommerce Product Listing.
Important Links:
SKU validator - https://bit.ly/46hWBD6
Regex Checker Tool - https://www.regextester.com/103645
You can support my channel by using these affiliate links.
Key Chapters & Timestamps
Jump to a chapter on YouTube:
- 0:00Intro(opens YouTube at 0:00 in a new tab)
- 0:24Invalid SKU Notification(opens YouTube at 0:24 in a new tab)
- 0:40Validate an SKU with Regex(opens YouTube at 0:40 in a new tab)
- 0:58Edit SKU in Quick Edit - WooCommerce(opens YouTube at 0:58 in a new tab)
- 1:30Overview of our SKU Validator Plugin(opens YouTube at 1:30 in a new tab)
- 1:52Regex inside MySQL Query for SKU Meta Data(opens YouTube at 1:52 in a new tab)
- 2:24How the sku validator plugin works in WordPress(opens YouTube at 2:24 in a new tab)
- 2:51Validating an SKU Fix(opens YouTube at 2:51 in a new tab)
- 3:16Confirmation of SKU Fix(opens YouTube at 3:16 in a new tab)
- 3:28Outro(opens YouTube at 3:28 in a new tab)
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