03.7 · Case
Archive
A design catalogue that behaves like an archive: families, variants, finishes, designers, awards, technical sheets and certifications.
Scene 01The problem
Catalogue data arrives in the client's files and changes often: about 70 families and 300 products, each with variants, finishes and technical files.
The first version kept the catalogue inside the theme: content and design were tied together and every update meant redoing everything.
Scene 02The technical choice
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Catalogue out of the theme
In July 2026 I split the catalogue into its own plugin; the theme renders it with its own templates.
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26 importers
Products from XLS, families, designers, awards, finishes and materials, technical files, texts and translations, with automatic checks.
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Command line
Imports, cleanup and alignment run through WP-CLI, repeatable with every data delivery.
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PDF sheets
Product PDFs are generated from catalogue data in a few seconds.
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Custom back office
Finishes and certifications managed from the admin, plus the store locator.
Scene 03How it works
- 01 Client files XLS, images, sheets
- 02 26 importers WP-CLI
- 03 Catalogue plugin families and variants
- 04 Theme native templates
- 05 PDF generated on the fly
Scene 04In numbers
- ~70 product families
- ~300 products
- 26 data importers