Add new properties to product in 2.80

I want to add another price to my products...a M2 (meter squared) price and a pack size (in M2).

Should this be done by updating the entity of the core or should a plugin be developed?

Ultimately if a product has a M2 price i want to display that price on the home page and the product detail page rather than the default price.

Is this easier to do in the newer version?

S

You could use GenericAttribute rather than adding a new property (and column in db Product table).
It could probably be done as a widget plugin.  E.g. you can see    @Html.Widget("productbox_add_info")  in \Presentation\Nop.Web\Views\Catalog\_ProductBox.cshtml  (this is in 3.20 - not sure if that widget is in 2.80)

thanks for the reply...would this method allow me to display the new price on the homepage and anywhere else the product is displayed?

S

Those other pages would also have to have that widget placeholder (or another one that you would also handle), or you would have to put a widget placeholder in the Views (.cshml files) where you needed them.