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 (
    21557, 22623, 18937, 18940, 18943, 19239, 
    19245, 23006, 21545, 19227, 21605, 
    21607, 18900, 23005, 22582, 18848, 
    21563, 21564, 21722, 21549
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.position ASC, 
  cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant ASC

Query time 0.00347

JSON explain

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            ],
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            "index_condition": "(`danishecarter_latest`.`cscart_product_feature_variants`.`variant_id` in (21557,22623,18937,18940,18943,19239,19245,23006,21545,19227,21605,21607,18900,23005,22582,18848,21563,21564,21722,21549))",
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            },
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              "color",
              "position"
            ]
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        },
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              "lang_code"
            ],
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}

Result

variant_id position color variant
23005 0 #ffffff 2
23006 0 #ffffff 3
19227 0 #ffffff ABS
19245 0 #ffffff Air Suspension
21545 0 #ffffff Box
21549 0 #ffffff Chassis
21605 0 #ffffff Deep-freeze transporter
19239 0 #ffffff Disk Brake
18937 0 #ffffff Fixed
22582 0 #ffffff KEL-BERG
18848 0 #ffffff KRONE
18943 0 #ffffff No
18900 0 #ffffff Other
21607 0 #ffffff Other semi-trailers
21557 0 #ffffff Refrigerator body
22623 0 #ffffff SCHMITZ
21563 0 #ffffff Stake body and tarpaulin
21564 0 #ffffff Swap chassis
18940 0 #ffffff Used vehicle
21722 0 #ffffff VANHOOL