WooCommerce attributes vanish with Cyrillic names
WooCommerce attributes and variations disappear or get mangled after the plugin is activated on Cyrillic stores.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 28 January 2016 · last reported 15 February 2026
What's going wrong
Store owners running WooCommerce with Cyrillic product attributes and variations report that after activating the plugin, attribute values disappear, overlap, or stop showing for products.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.