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SELECT 
  b.variant_name, 
  a.* 
FROM 
  cscart_product_option_variants AS a 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_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 (28, 26, 27) 
  AND a.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  a.position, 
  a.variant_id

Query time 0.00033

JSON explain

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  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost": 0.042163106,
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "read_sorted_file": {
          "filesort": {
            "sort_key": "a.position, a.variant_id",
            "table": {
              "table_name": "a",
              "access_type": "ALL",
              "possible_keys": ["status", "option_id", "option_id_2"],
              "loops": 1,
              "rows": 46,
              "cost": 0.0183528,
              "filtered": 32.60869598,
              "attached_condition": "a.option_id in (28,26,27) and a.`status` = 'A'"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "b",
          "access_type": "eq_ref",
          "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "key_length": "9",
          "used_key_parts": ["variant_id", "lang_code"],
          "ref": ["u985510652_ecartify_dev.a.variant_id", "const"],
          "loops": 15,
          "rows": 1,
          "cost": 0.0142358,
          "filtered": 100,
          "attached_condition": "trigcond(b.lang_code = 'en')"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Result

variant_name	variant_id	option_id	position	modifier	modifier_type	weight_modifier_type	point_modifier_type	status
3 Months	181	26	0	25.000	P	A	A	A
Store Builder Plus	188	27	0	0.000	P	A	A	A
6 Months	182	26	1	50.000	P	A	A	A
Store Builder Ultimate	189	27	1	20.000	P	A	A	A
12 Months	183	26	2	100.000	P	A	A	A
Store Builder Free	190	27	2	40.000	P	A	A	A
18 Months	184	26	3	150.000	P	A	A	A
Multi-Vendor Standard	191	27	3	100.000	P	A	A	A
24 Months	185	26	4	200.000	P	A	A	A
Multi-Vendor Plus	192	27	4	125.000	P	A	A	A
36 Months	186	26	5	300.000	P	A	A	A
Multi-Vendor Ultimate	193	27	5	150.000	P	A	A	A
Lifetime	187	26	6	1000.000	P	A	A	A
Multi-Vendor Unlim	194	27	6	200.000	P	A	A	A