Woocommerce 8.2.0 adds all known attribute values

Hey @ojs81,

Thank you for reporting this!

One of the new WooCommerce 8.2 features was to automatically select all attribute terms when adding a new global attribute to a product. However, in sites with a large amount of attribute terms, this feature seems to cause some performance issues.

Our team is looking into this. You may follow updates on this issue via: https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/40712

Cheers,

Jason Kytros

Hi @ojs81

As with several other posters, all values are now auto-included by default when adding an attribute, which in the case of attributes with a large number of values prevents the attribute field from loading and causes a page timeout in admin.

From what I understand, you’ve been experiencing issues with the new feature in WooCommerce 8.2.0, where all attribute values are auto-selected by default when adding an attribute. This seems to be causing a page timeout in the admin area, especially for attributes with a large number of values.

Good news! Our team has tackled this issue head-on. In our latest release, WooCommerce 8.2.1, we’ve put in a fix that stops global attribute terms from being auto-selected. This should clear up the issue you’ve been having and boost the performance of your admin area.

You can find more details about this fix right here: ?? Pull Request (PR)

Please make sure to update to the latest version of WooCommerce and reach out to us if you run into any more issues. We’re always here to help.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.