Woo Product Tag Bulk Update

woo-product-tag-bulk-update

Purpose

Add or remove one or more tags from a bulk-filtered set of WooCommerce products. Filters include category, price range, stock status, or existing tags. Useful for tagging seasonal collections, sale items, or featured products in bulk. Includes dry-run preview before any products are updated.

Prerequisites

• WooCommerce store with REST API enabled
• Consumer Key with Read/Write scope
• Minimum WooCommerce version: 3.5.0

Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | store_url | string | yes | — | Base URL of the WooCommerce store | | consumer_key | string | yes | — | WooCommerce REST API consumer key (ck_...) | | consumer_secret | string | yes | — | WooCommerce REST API consumer secret (cs_...) | | dry_run | bool | no | true | Preview changes without executing | | format | string | no | human | Output format: human or json | | action | string | yes | — | add or remove | | tag_ids | array | yes | — | List of tag IDs to add or remove | | filter_category_id | int | no | — | Limit to products in this category | | filter_tag_id | int | no | — | Limit to products with this existing tag | | filter_min_price | number | no | — | Minimum regularprice | | filter_max_price | number | no | — | Maximum regularprice | | filter_stock_status | string | no | — | instock, outofstock, or onbackorder |

Authentication

WooCommerce uses OAuth 1.0a for HTTP and Basic Auth over HTTPS.

For HTTPS stores (recommended):

Authorization: Basic base64(consumer_key:consumer_secret)

For HTTP stores (development only): Use OAuth 1.0a — include oauthconsumerkey, oauthnonce, oauthsignature, oauthsignaturemethod=HMAC-SHA1, oauthtimestamp, oauthversion=1.0

Never log or output consumerkey or consumersecret values.

See docs/AUTHENTICATION.md for full setup instructions.

Safety

Step 3 updates product tags on multiple products. Always run with dry_run: true first (the default). Verify the product list in the preview before applying.

Workflow Steps

Step 1 — Resolve tag names

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products/tags?per_page=100&page=1

Build tag ID → name lookup for display in preview.

Step 2 — Fetch filtered products

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products
  ?status=publish&per_page=100&page=1
  [&category=]
  [&tag=]
  [&stock_status=]

Filter client-side by price range if specified. Extract per product: id, name, sku, tags

Step 3 — Preview or update tags

Compute new tag list:

• add: merge tag_ids into existing tags (avoid duplicates)
• remove: subtract tag_ids from existing tags

If dry_run: true: output preview table and stop.

If dry_run: false and confirmed:

PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}
  Body: { "tags": [{ "id":  }, ...] }

API Endpoints Used

GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/products/tags    — resolve tag IDs to names
GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/products         — fetch filtered product set
PUT  /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}    — update product tags

Pagination Strategy

WooCommerce REST API uses page/per_page pagination (not cursor-based).

Standard pattern:

page = 1
while True:
  response = GET /endpoint?per_page=100&page=page
  process(response)
  if len(response)                       ║
║  TIME:                     ║
║  MODE:                   ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

PER-OPERATION (emit after each API call batch):

[N/TOTAL]   →  records | params: =

COMPLETION (human format):

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  COMPLETE: woo-product-tag-bulk-update   ║
║  RECORDS PROCESSED:                   ║
║  OUTPUT: stdout                          ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

COMPLETION (json format):

{
  "skill": "woo-product-tag-bulk-update",
  "store": "",
  "completed_at": "",
  "records_processed": ,
  "output_file": null,
  "dry_run": 
}

Output Format

Human format: a table listing each product, its current tags, and the new tag set.

Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Resolution | |-------|-------|------------| | 401 Unauthorized | Invalid credentials | Verify consumerkey and consumersecret | | 403 Forbidden | Key lacks Read/Write scope | Regenerate with Read/Write scope | | 404 Not Found | Tag ID does not exist | Verify tag IDs via WooCommerce → Products → Tags | | 429 Too Many Requests | Rate limit | Wait 2 seconds and retry |

Best Practices

• Always run with dry_run: true first (the default). Confirm the product list before applying.
• Use tag IDs (not names) in tag_ids — fetch them from WooCommerce → Products → Tags.
• For adding seasonal tags: schedule this skill at the start of the season; use remove at the end.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: navarroido
• Source: navarroido/Woocommerce-skill
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.