WooCommerce Admin Settings
Get every Mimeeq for WooCommerce setting right the first time. Reference for API keys, cart configuration, product naming templates, sync and alerts.
Every screen under WP Admin → Mimeeq, and what each setting does, in plain terms.
The Mimeeq menu has several pages, each covering a different part of the setup:
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Dashboard
Overview and setup checklist
2
API Settings
Connecting to your Mimeeq account
3
Primary Settings
How configured products are created and named
4
Button Settings
The look of the default "open configurator" button
5
Notifications
Email alerts for technical problems
6
Extension Settings
Advanced cart behaviour and currency mapping
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Products Sync
Bulk-importing products from Mimeeq
8
Error Recovery Center
Log of technical problems customers ran into
API settings
Location: WP Admin → Mimeeq → API Settings
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Enable Integration
Turns the whole plugin's WooCommerce integration on or off
2
API URL
Where the plugin talks to Mimeeq (leave as default unless told otherwise)
3
API Key
Your personal key from your Mimeeq account — required
4
Pricing API URL (optional)
Only needed if Mimeeq gave you a separate address for price lookups
5
Load embed script from cdn.mimeeq.com
Advanced, optional. Off by default. Turning it on always fetches the very latest version of the 3D viewer from Mimeeq's servers instead of the copy bundled with the plugin
Primary settings
Location: WP Admin → Mimeeq → Primary Settings
Cart configuration
This section controls what happens the moment a customer finishes configuring a product and adds it to their cart.
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Cart product creation method
How WooCommerce represents the configured item
Create new product (recommended) — a fresh, one-off product is created for that exact configuration. Create product variant — adds it as a variant of an existing product instead (requires Products Sync to be set up first)
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After add to cart action
What the customer sees right after adding to cart
Redirect to cart (recommended), Close modal or Do nothing
3
Zero price product handling
What happens if Mimeeq can't work out a price
Block adding to cart (recommended) — the customer can't proceed. Allow adding to cart — it's added anyway, at no charge
4
Price list group (Mimeeq)
An optional Mimeeq price list ID to use for backend price lookups, if you use Mimeeq's price lists
Text field — leave blank if you're not using this
5
Separate mapping per Mimeeq embed template
Only relevant with Create product variant — keeps a separate WooCommerce mapping for each embed template
On / Off
A note on product visibility: every product the plugin creates from a customer's configuration is automatically kept private — it won't show up in your shop's product listings, search results or sitemap. Customers only ever reach it through their own cart or order. This isn't something you need to configure; it happens automatically so your product catalogue doesn't fill up with one-off items.
Dynamic field settings
These settings control the name, description and SKU given to newly created products, using simple placeholders that get swapped for real values.
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What information to include with orders
Checkboxes: include the SKU, the variant code and/or the short code with each order
2
SKU Template
Pattern used to generate the product's SKU
3
Cart product name template
Pattern used to generate the product's name
4
Cart product description template
Pattern used to generate the product's description
5
Product Tags
Tags automatically applied to every configured product. Defaults to mimeeq-custom — you don't have to set this yourself unless you want to change or add to it
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Product template
Default WooCommerce product template new products are based on
Placeholders you can use in any of the templates above:
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{specification}
A readable list of what the customer chose (recommended for descriptions)
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{productName}
The product's display name inside Mimeeq
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{sku}
The generated SKU for this exact configuration
4
{shortcode}
A short unique code based on the configuration
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{code}
The variant code Mimeeq uses internally
Example: the default name template is {productName} - Design Ref: {shortcode}, which turns into something like "Lounge Chair - Design Ref: FLYCPX".
Connecting WooCommerce products to Mimeeq
Every product that should show a configurator needs to know which one to load. Two ways to do this:
Open a WooCommerce product for editing
Go to the Mimeeq tab in the Product Data section
Fill in the fields below
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Product shortcode
Yes
Identifies which Mimeeq configurator to load
2
Template ID
Yes
Identifies which embed template to use
3
Configuration Code
No
Starts the configurator on a specific saved configuration instead of the default one
4
Scene Shortcode
No
For modular/multi-part products — starts on a specific scene
5
Public Price List
No
Overrides which Mimeeq price list this one product uses
Setting a specific starting configuration: if you'd like the configurator to open with particular options already selected (instead of its defaults), get the corresponding code from your Mimeeq account and paste it into Configuration Code (or, for modular products, into Scene Shortcode).
Location: WP Admin → Mimeeq → Products Sync
Choose a sync mode:
Add only new and active products (recommended): brings in anything new without touching what you've already set up
Override all (update existing): replaces everything, including manual changes
Click Synchronize Products and wait for it to complete
Only products marked active/public in your Mimeeq account are brought in. If you're using the Create product variant method from Primary Settings, this sync is also what creates the underlying WooCommerce product that variants get attached to — the matching itself is entirely automatic; there's no extra step to map a specific product by hand.
Button settings
Location: WP Admin → Mimeeq → Button Settings
Sets the default look (colour, shape, icon, animation) for the "open configurator" button used across your site. Any individual button block can override these defaults — see WooCommerce Storefront Setup.
Extension settings
Location: WP Admin → Mimeeq → Extension Settings
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Enable advanced add-to-cart functionality for configured products
Turns on support for more complex configurations — custom bundles, multi-part (modular) products and grouped items — as set up on the Mimeeq side. Leave off for simple, single-product configurators
2
Enable back-to-configurator link for cart items
Lets customers click their item in the cart to go back and adjust the configuration before checking out
3
Default Product Category
A WooCommerce category automatically applied to newly created products
4
Currency / Price List Mapping
A table matching each currency/language to a Mimeeq price list — see Multi-Currency (WPML)
Notifications
Location: WP Admin → Mimeeq → Notifications
Set up which email addresses get alerted when customers run into technical problems. Full details in Error Notifications.
Error Recovery Center
Location: WP Admin → Mimeeq → Error Recovery Center
A log of technical problems automatically recorded as they happen (configurator failing to load, price errors and similar). See Error Recovery for the full picture of what's tracked.
Adding Mimeeq to your storefront
Once your settings and products are ready, add the configurator to your pages. See WooCommerce Storefront Setup.
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