Per-product overrides

The mapping rules you set up in Specifico → Mapping apply a single table to every product in a category. That's the right default most of the time — but real catalogs have exceptions:

• The mapped table says Screen: 6.1" but this specific phone has 6.7"
• One product needs an extra row the rest of the category doesn't have
• A single product needs an entirely custom spec sheet that doesn't fit the category template

Specifico handles all three from the Specification Settings metabox on the product edit screen.

Enabling specifications for a product

Open any product in Products → All Products → Edit. Scroll down to the Specification Settings metabox.

At the top is a single switch: Enable specifications for this product. Turn it on and the rest of the metabox appears.

Screenshot: Specification Settings metabox with the enable switch turned on, two mode cards visible below

You'll see two mode cards:

• Inherit from mapping — use the table chosen by your global mapping rule, with optional per-product value overrides
• Customize for this product — override the mapping with a one-off table built just for this product

Inherit is selected by default and is the right choice for most products.

Mode 1 — Inherit from mapping

Inherit mode uses the table that your mapping rule resolved for this product. The header of the inherit card tells you which table is in effect and which rule matched it:

Will display: Smartphone Specifications
Matched via category: Phones

This is read-only — it's just telling you the result. To change which table appears, edit the rule in Specifico → Mapping.

Editing values for this product

The labels in a mapping table (e.g. Screen Size, Resolution) are shared across every product in the category — change them once in the group, every matching product updates. The values in each row, however, are what's actually on this product and almost always need to be product-specific.

Click Show fields in the inherit card. The table expands:

Screenshot: Inherit card expanded, two-column rows with locked labels on left, editable text inputs on right

• The left column (label) is locked — it comes from the group definition and cannot be edited here
• The right column (value) is an editable text field — change it for this product only

Type the right value into each row, then click Update on the product. Saved values are stored per product and override the group defaults whenever this product is displayed. Other products in the same category keep showing the group defaults.

What happens if you don't override any values

The frontend falls back to whatever default values you set when you created the group. That's exactly what inheriting means — until you customize a row, the group's default fills it in.

No mapping rule matches this product

If the metabox says No mapping rule matches this product yet, no global rule resolves to a table for this product. You have two options:

1. Add a mapping rule — go to Specifico → Mapping and add a rule that includes this product's category, tag, or ID. After saving, return to the product and the inherit card will fill in.
2. Switch to Customize — if this is genuinely a one-off product and you don't want a category rule, use the Customize mode below instead.

Mode 2 — Customize for this product

Select Customize for this product when the product needs a completely different table structure than its category's mapping — not just different values, but different rows, different groups, or no relation to the mapping at all.

Pick a starting point

When you first switch to Customize, the card shows a chooser:

Screenshot: Customize card with a "Copy from an existing table…" dropdown and an "or start blank" link below

• Copy from an existing table… — pick any saved specification table. The groups and rows are duplicated into this product's custom override. Edit freely from there.
• or start blank — start with one empty group and one empty row, build everything by hand.

Copy from existing is usually faster: take your nearest template and edit it down.

Editing the custom table

Once you have a starting point, the table appears as collapsible groups. For each group:

• Click the group title to expand it
• Edit the group name in the text input at the top
• Edit each row — two columns side by side, both editable
• Add attribute at the bottom of a group adds a new row
• The trash icon next to a row deletes it
• Add group at the very bottom of the editor adds a new group

A small label above the editor tells you what you started from:

Copied from Smartphone Specifications

or Custom table if you started blank.

Switching starting points

Made a wrong choice? Click Start over in the top-right of the editor. This wipes the custom table and returns you to the chooser. Use it when you copied the wrong template and want a different one — or when you started blank and would rather copy from a template after all.

When to use which mode

Disabling specifications for a product

Turn the Enable specifications for this product switch off and save. The Specifications tab disappears from this product's frontend page. Any inherited values or custom table data you saved is preserved in case you re-enable later.