SELECT 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.variant_id, 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.position, 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.color, 
  cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant 
FROM 
  cscart_product_feature_variants 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions ON cscart_product_feature_variants.variant_id = cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant_id 
  AND cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.variant_id IN (
    1389, 1288, 1202, 1912, 2000, 2378, 1660, 
    2538, 1904, 2537, 1905, 1789, 2499, 
    1787, 1900, 1899, 1712, 2539
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.position ASC, 
  cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant ASC

Query time 0.00049

JSON explain

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