Product Characteristics Webshop Extension
Show structured product characteristics on webshop product pages and use them as shop filters.
Developed by 2BIT Digital GmbH — your Swiss Odoo partner for payroll, accounting, eCommerce, manufacturing and custom business solutions.
Overview
This module connects the product characteristics defined in Odoo directly to the online shop. Customers can see structured specification tables on product detail pages and filter the shop catalogue by characteristic values.
It extends the standard Odoo webshop with characteristic filters in the sidebar, top navigation, and offcanvas menu, as well as a specification display on the product detail page and the product comparison page.
Business Impact
Why You Need This Module
Customers buy faster when they can filter the shop by the characteristics that matter to them — cable length, form factor, material, or any other structured attribute. Without this module, product characteristics maintained in Odoo remain invisible in the online shop.
Which Problems It Solves
- Customers cannot filter the webshop by product characteristics
- Product detail pages show no structured specification table
- Comparison pages lack characteristic data
- Maintaining separate product attributes in Odoo and in the webshop
Key Benefits For eCommerce Teams
- Single source of truth: configure characteristics once in Odoo, show them in the shop automatically
- Flexible filter placement: sidebar, top navigation, or offcanvas menu
- Highlighted characteristics with coloured backgrounds (blue, yellow, red)
- Characteristic values visible in the product comparison table
- Filter order configurable: characteristics before or after standard attributes
How It Works
1. Configure Webshop Options per Characteristic
Open a product characteristic under Sales → Configuration → Products → Product Characteristics and set the Webshop Options:
- Show in Webshop — displays this characteristic on the product detail page
- Hide Label — shows only the value, without the characteristic name
- Website Label — alternative display name for the webshop
- Text Align — alignment of the displayed value
- Highlight — coloured row background: Info (blue), Warning (yellow), Danger (red)
- Filter in Webshop — activates this characteristic as a shop filter (only for selection and multi-selection types)
- Filter Type — Radio (multiple selection) or Select (single value)
- Category Filter — restricts this filter to a specific product category
2. Publish Products with Characteristics
Assign characteristic values to products. When a customer opens a product page in the webshop, the specification table is shown automatically next to the product image or in a separate tab below, depending on the position setting.
3. Use Filters in the Shop
Enabled characteristic filters appear in the shop sidebar or top navigation. Customers can combine them with standard Odoo attribute filters. Active filters are preserved across navigation and cleared with a single button.
Screenshots
Product Detail — Characteristics Table
Structured characteristics displayed next to the product image, with optional coloured row highlights for important values.
Shop Sidebar — Characteristic Filters
Characteristic filters integrated into the shop sidebar alongside standard Odoo attribute filters.
Webshop Configuration Options
The Webshop Options group on a product characteristic: Show in Webshop, Filter Type, Highlight colour, Category Filter, and more.
Characteristics in Configuration View
Overview of the webshop-relevant settings on the characteristics configuration form.
Characteristics Below the Product — Tab View
When position is set to “below”, characteristics appear in a separate Specifications tab under the product description.
Filter by Characteristic — Shop Overview
Filtering the product catalogue by a characteristic value in the shop list view.
Characteristics on the Product Detail Page
Full product detail page with the characteristic specification table visible to the customer.
Video — Characteristic Filter in Action
Animated walkthrough of selecting a characteristic filter and browsing the filtered product list.
Video — Characteristics on Product Detail Page
Animated walkthrough showing how characteristics appear on the product detail page when browsing the webshop.
Installation
- Mount this module as an Odoo custom addon.
- Update the apps list in Odoo.
- Install the module from the Apps menu.
- The dependent module
product_characteristics_2bitwill be installed automatically.
Dependencies
- Odoo modules:
website_sale,website_sale_comparison,product_characteristics_2bit - Python dependencies: none
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| Odoo Apps Dependencies |
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eCommerce (website_sale)
• Invoicing (account) • Sales (sale_management) • Discuss (mail) • Inventory (stock) • Website (website) |
| Community Apps Dependencies | Show |
| Lines of code | 3214 |
| Technical Name |
website_sale_product_characteristics_2bit |
| License | OPL-1 |
| Website | https://www.2bit.ch/ |
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