Glossary

The vocabulary you'll meet across this documentation.

Attribute (UnoPim)

A field on a UnoPim product, such as sku, name, description, color, size. Each attribute can be translatable, channel-scoped, or both.

Attribute group

A logical grouping of UnoPim attributes (e.g. "General", "SEO", "Dimensions").

Attribute mapping

The bridge between a custom WooCommerce attribute and a UnoPim attribute. Scoped per channel and language. Configured in the Attribute Mapping tab.

Attribute option

A select-type attribute's possible values. UnoPim's color → red, blue, green correspond to WooCommerce attribute terms.

Auto-map

The "Apply WC defaults" or "Auto-map" button on mapping tabs. Suggests matches based on code and label similarity.

Channel (UnoPim)

A sales surface — web, mobile, b2b. Each channel has its own attributes, languages and currencies. Maps to one WordPress site. See Channels & Stores.

Channel availability

A per-channel active/inactive flag for a UnoPim product. Translates to WooCommerce visibility and publish status.

Configurable product (UnoPim)

A product with variants. Maps to a WooCommerce variable product. See Variants.

Connection

The UnoPim address and sign-in details configured in the Connection tab.

Cooldown seconds

A per-channel echo-protection window (default 60 seconds). After a pull writes to WooCommerce, the next opposite-direction push of the same product is skipped for this many seconds. Prevents ping-pong loops.

Core fields

The pinned rows on the Core Fields Mapping tab — SKU, Name, Regular Price, Sale Price, Stock Quantity, Stock Status, Description, Short Description, Publish Status. Universal scope.

Cron (WordPress)

WordPress's pseudo-cron — events fire when someone visits the site. Limited reliability on low-traffic sites.

Cron (system)

Real OS-level cron, set up by your host. Reliable regardless of site traffic. See Troubleshooting → Cron not firing.

Default family

The UnoPim family the connector falls back to when pushing a product that has no family assigned.

Delta pull

An incremental pull that only fetches what changed since last time. The default mode for scheduled pulls.

Direction

Sync direction: pull (UnoPim → WooCommerce) or push (WooCommerce → UnoPim).

Dry-run

A mode where every pull and push logs what it would do without actually writing. Toggle in General Settings → Dry-run.

Echo loop

When pull → push → pull → push cycles infinitely on the same product. Prevented by the cooldown window.

Family (UnoPim)

A product template — defines which attributes a product type has. Every UnoPim product belongs to a family. Required when pushing.

Field mapping

The connector-wide concept of "this WooCommerce field equals that UnoPim attribute". Three flavours: core, attribute, category. See Field Mapping.

Full pull

A pull with no incremental cursor — re-imports everything. Triggered with the Pull Full button on the Sync tab.

HPOS

WooCommerce's High-Performance Order Storage. The connector declares compatibility but doesn't touch order data. See HPOS.

Job (Scheduled Job)

A recurring sync job you define yourself with a name, scope and schedule. Set up on the Scheduled Jobs tab.

Locale

A language code like en_US, fr_FR, de_DE. UnoPim attribute values can vary by locale.

Logs

The audit trail. Two layers: the per-entity Logs page and WooCommerce's own log. See Logs.

Mapping

See Field mapping.

Multisite (WordPress)

A WordPress feature for running several sites from one install. Each channel maps to one site. See Multisite.

Pause (job)

Stops a scheduled job from firing without deleting it. Resume re-queues with the same configuration.

Preset

A named snapshot of an attribute mapping. Save and load via the Attribute Mapping tab.

Pull

Sync direction: UnoPim → WooCommerce. See Pull.

Push

Sync direction: WooCommerce → UnoPim. See Push.

Reference entity

A custom UnoPim entity type (brands, collections, materials). Maps to a custom WooCommerce taxonomy or post type.

Refresh channels / refresh targets

Buttons that re-fetch the latest definitions from UnoPim. Use after editing UnoPim's structure.

Scope (sync)

The (channel, language) pair a job runs in. Set on the Sync page.

Super attribute

A UnoPim variant axis — the attribute that varies between variants of a configurable product. Maps to a WooCommerce variation attribute.

Tag

A WooCommerce product tag. Synced from UnoPim's tags.

Test & Save

The button on the Connection tab that signs in to UnoPim to verify your credentials before saving them.

UnoPim

The PIM (Product Information Management) system this connector integrates with. See unopim.com.

Uninstall

Plugin deletion via the WordPress admin Plugins page. With Remove data on uninstall turned on, all data is scrubbed; the default leaves data intact.

Variant

A child of a configurable product. Maps to a WooCommerce variation. See Variants.

Variant axis

An attribute that varies between variants (e.g. color, size). Same idea as super attribute.

WPML

A multilingual WordPress plugin. The connector picks it up automatically if it's active. See Multilingual.

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