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SELECT 
  b.variant_name, 
  a.* 
FROM 
  product_option_variants AS a 
  LEFT JOIN product_option_variants_descriptions AS b ON b.variant_id = a.variant_id 
  AND b.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND a.option_id IN (31297, 11239, 11242, 7456) 
  AND a.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  a.position, 
  a.variant_id

Query time 0.00089

JSON explain

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  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "55.41"
    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "19.00"
      },
      "nested_loop": [
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "a",
            "access_type": "range",
            "possible_keys": [
              "status",
              "option_id",
              "option_id_2"
            ],
            "key": "option_id",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "option_id",
              "status"
            ],
            "key_length": "6",
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 19,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 19,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "index_condition": "((`goimagine`.`a`.`option_id` in (31297,11239,11242,7456)) and (`goimagine`.`a`.`status` = 'A'))",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "18.09",
              "eval_cost": "1.90",
              "prefix_cost": "19.99",
              "data_read_per_join": "912"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "option_id",
              "position",
              "modifier",
              "modifier_type",
              "weight_modifier",
              "weight_modifier_type",
              "point_modifier",
              "point_modifier_type",
              "status",
              "etsy_variant_id"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "b",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "variant_id",
              "lang_code"
            ],
            "key_length": "9",
            "ref": [
              "goimagine.a.variant_id",
              "const"
            ],
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 1,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 19,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "14.51",
              "eval_cost": "1.90",
              "prefix_cost": "36.41",
              "data_read_per_join": "14K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "lang_code",
              "variant_name"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Result

variant_name	variant_id	option_id	position	modifier	modifier_type	weight_modifier_type	point_modifier_type	status
5	123541	31297	0	0.000	A	A	A	A
6	123542	31297	0	0.000	A	A	A	A
7	123543	31297	0	0.000	A	A	A	A
8	123544	31297	0	0.000	A	A	A	A
9	123545	31297	0	0.000	A	A	A	A
10	123546	31297	0	0.000	A	A	A	A
SIZE 5.75	31686	7456	1	0.000	A	A	A	A
Brass	47871	11239	1	0.000	A	A	A	A
16-18	47881	11242	1	0.000	A	A	A	A
SIZE 6	31688	7456	2	0.000	A	A	A	A
Copper	47872	11239	2	0.000	A	A	A	A
20-22	47882	11242	2	4.000	A	A	A	A
Sterling Silver	47877	11239	3	4.000	A	A	A	A
SIZE 7	122850	7456	3	0.000	A	A	A	A
SIZE 8	122851	7456	4	0.000	A	A	A	A
16-18	47892	11242	5	4.000	A	A	A	A
SIZE 9	122852	7456	5	0.000	A	A	A	A
20-22	47893	11242	6	8.000	A	A	A	A
SIZE 10	122853	7456	6	0.000	A	A	A	A