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Set up menu groups

Written by Khokon at WPBravo

A menu group is a named section of your catering menu, such as Starters or Platters, built from products you already sell in WooCommerce. Go to Euqin → Menu Builder, create a group from a category or from individual products, then drag the groups into the order a customer should see.

Why groups beat one long list

A catering customer ordering for forty guests is not browsing. Groups let someone choose two starters, one platter and a dessert without reading past every product in your shop. Grouping also carries rules that only make sense per course, such as a minimum quantity.

Build a group from a WooCommerce category

1

Go to Euqin → Menu Builder and click Add Group.

2

Name the group the way a customer would say it, for example Starters.

3

Choose From category and pick the WooCommerce category holding those products.

4

Save the group.

Every product in that category appears inside the group.

Build a group from individual products

1

Click Add Group and name it.

2

Choose From products.

3

Search for each dish by name and add it to the group.

4

Save the group.

MethodUse it when
From categoryYour shop categories already match the courses you serve.
From productsThe dishes you want sit across several categories, or only part of a category belongs on your catering menu.

Order the groups the way the customer sees them

Drag the groups in Menu Builder into the order you want. A customer meets them from top to bottom in that order, so the course you most want ordered goes first.

Set a minimum quantity per group

Open a group and enter a minimum quantity. Ten desserts is a common floor, because plating five is not worth the kitchen time it costs. A customer who picks fewer sees the minimum while ordering, rather than afterwards in a phone call.

What the customer sees

Your groups become the dishes step of the ordering wizard. A customer sees each group as a heading with its dishes beneath it, and any group carrying a minimum shows that minimum in place.

The ordering wizard on a phone, step 3 of 4: choosing dishes and setting quantities with one thumb
Menu groups as a customer meets them.

What to do next

Serving options, delivery and lead time are the three rules that finish a working menu. Each one gets its own guide, and the documentation hub lists them as they ship.

Troubleshooting

A dish is missing from a group.

The product is unpublished, out of stock, or not in the category the group uses. Check the product in WooCommerce first.

A group does not appear in the wizard.

The group is empty or was never saved. Open it in Menu Builder and confirm it holds at least one product.

A price differs from your shop.

Euqin shows the WooCommerce price for that product, so changing the price means changing the product.

Something else happens.

Open a support ticket with your WordPress version, your PHP version and what you saw on screen. A reply arrives within 24 hours.

Cannot find what you need?

Open a support ticket and a reply arrives within 24 hours. Support is free on every plan, including the free plugin. Every question that arrives twice becomes a page in these documents.