PrestaShop 1.5.x. How to add/manage product attributes

This tutorial is going to show you how to add/manage product attributes on your PrestaShop website.

PrestaShop 1.5.x. How to add/manage product attributes

An attribute is a product variation. You can add multiple attributes to your products.

Adding Product Attributes

To add a product attribute:

1. Log into your Prestashop admin panel and go to Catalog -> Attributes and Values



2. Click the Add New Attributes button in the upper right corner.



3. On the Catalog : Attributes and Values : Add new Attribute page enter the following fields

Name: for instance, Color (the name will not be visible to the site visitors)

Public name: e.g. Color (visible to your site visitors)

URL: Specific URL format in block layered generation

Meta title: Specific format for meta title

Indexable: Use this attribute in URL generated by the layered navigation module

Attribute type: Choose the type of the attribute



4. Click Save. You are going to see the attribute you just added in the list.

Adding Attribute Values

1. Under Catalog -> Attributes and Values click Add New Values.



2. Enter the following fields

   Attribute type: Choose the type of the attribute, e.g. Color

   Value: the name of the value itself, for example for Color, it may be Metal, Pink etc

   Meta title: Specific format for meta title

   Color: Choose a color with the color picker, or enter an HTML color (e.g. "lightblue", "#CC6600")

   Texture: Upload color texture from your computer (this will override the HTML color)



3. Click Save at the top right or Save add another value to add more values.
4. Now under Catalog -> Attributes and Values if you click Details in the attribute you added the values to, you will see all the values you added. You can also edit or delete them from there.

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

PrestaShop 1.5.x. How to add/manage product attributes