Smart Auto-Fill

Overview

Smart Auto-Fill uses your product data to automatically suggest values for GTIN, Brand, MPN, and Google Product Category. This saves hours of manual data entry, especially for stores with many products.

How It Works

Smart Auto-Fill analyzes:

• Product title
• Product categories
• Product tags
• Existing attributes
• Product descriptions

Based on this data, it suggests appropriate values that you can accept or modify.

Enabling Smart Auto-Fill

Global Setting

1. Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Product Feeds
2. Find Smart Auto-Fill
3. Toggle it On
4. Choose which fields to auto-fill:
   • Brand
   • Google Product Category
5. Save settings

On Product Pages

When enabled, Smart Auto-Fill runs automatically when you:

• Open a product for editing
• Create a new product
• Import products

Look for the “Auto-filled” indicator next to suggested values.

Brand Detection

Smart Auto-Fill identifies brands by:

1. Known brand lists: Common electronics, fashion, home goods brands
2. Title patterns: Brand names often appear at the start of titles
3. Category associations: Certain categories have known brand patterns
4. Tag matching: Product tags that match brand names

Example

For a product titled “Nike Air Max 90 Running Shoes”:

• Brand suggested: Nike
• Confidence: High (known brand, title position)

Category Suggestions

Smart Auto-Fill suggests Google Product Categories based on:

1. WooCommerce categories: Mapped to Google’s taxonomy
2. Product keywords: Title and description analysis
3. Product type: Simple, variable, grouped, etc.

Example

For a product in WooCommerce category “Men’s Shoes”:

• Suggested: Apparel & Accessories > Shoes > Men’s Shoes

Acceptance Workflow

Automatic Application

When set to automatic mode:

1. Suggested values are applied immediately
2. Products save with suggested data
3. You can override at any time

Manual Review

When set to suggestion mode:

1. Suggestions appear with a “Suggested” badge
2. Click Accept to apply
3. Click Edit to modify
4. Click Dismiss to ignore

Bulk Auto-Fill

Apply Smart Auto-Fill to multiple products at once:

1. Go to Products → All Products
2. Select products (or use bulk select)
3. From Bulk Actions, choose Auto-Fill Product Feed Data
4. Click Apply
5. Review the results summary

Filtering for Bulk Operations

Target specific products:

• Products missing GTIN
• Products missing Brand
• Products without category mapping
• Products in specific categories

Configuration Options

Field Settings

Setting	Options	Default
Auto-fill Brand	On/Off	On
Auto-fill Category	On/Off	On
Overwrite existing	Yes/No	No
Confidence threshold	Low/Medium/High	Medium

Overwrite Behavior

When “Overwrite existing” is Off:

• Only empty fields receive suggestions
• Existing values are preserved

When “Overwrite existing” is On:

• All fields may receive new suggestions
• Useful for re-analyzing after title changes

Confidence Threshold

Level	Behavior
Low	Accept most suggestions
Medium	Accept reasonable matches
High	Only accept high-confidence matches

Higher thresholds mean fewer automatic fills but greater accuracy.

Best Practices

Review Suggestions

While Smart Auto-Fill is accurate, always review:

• High-value products
• Products in unfamiliar categories
• Items with unusual naming

Keep Titles Consistent

Smart Auto-Fill works best with structured titles:

• Good: “Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max 256GB Black”
• Poor: “Latest smartphone great deal!!!”

Use Categories Effectively

Well-organized WooCommerce categories improve suggestions:

• Map categories to Google taxonomy first
• Use specific, hierarchical categories
• Consistent categorization across products

Limitations

Smart Auto-Fill cannot:

• Generate GTINs (these must come from manufacturers)
• Identify brands not in its database
• Work with non-English product data (currently)
• Override manually entered data (unless configured)

For GTIN data, you’ll need to obtain values from:

• Product packaging
• Manufacturer databases
• Distributor data feeds
• GS1 registrations