With WooCommerce 9.4, WooCommerce Brands is getting rolled out to a cohort (5%) of installs.
If you do not want to participate in this change set the option woocommerce_remote_variant_assignment
to a higher value, e.g. 111
<?php
/**
* Ensures that the Brands feature is released initially only to 5% of users.
*
* @return bool
*/
public static function is_enabled() {
$assignment = get_option( 'woocommerce_remote_variant_assignment', false );
if ( false === $assignment ) {
return false;
}
return ( $assignment <= 6 ); // Considering 5% of the 0-120 range.
}
While this is a good feature, it can break your existing brands solution as it did in my case on an existing ecommerce setup.