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WooCommerce Cookbook

WooCommerce Cookbook

By : Rauland
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WooCommerce Cookbook

WooCommerce Cookbook

3.4 (12)
By: Rauland

Overview of this book

If you have ever built or managed a WordPress site and want to add e-commerce functionality into your site, WooCommerce and this book are perfect for you. Learning how to use WooCommerce through this series of recipes will give you a solid platform to add any future e-commerce needs.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. WooCommerce Basics
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1. WooCommerce Basics
Introduction
Installing WooCommerce
Setting your store location and currency
Finding documentation on WooThemes.com
Installing WooCommerce plugins
Installing official WooThemes plugins
Manually creating WooCommerce pages
Creating a WooCommerce plugin
Adding a currency to WooCommerce
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2. Adding Products
2. Adding Products
Introduction
Adding a simple product
Adding an image gallery to a product
Changing image sizes in WooCommerce
Adding a downloadable file to a product
Adding global product attributes
Adding a variable product
Adding an extra fee to a product with the Product Add-ons plugin
Adding a product bundle with the Product Bundles plugin
Bulk-uploading products with a CSV File
Removing product tabs
Reordering product tabs
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3. Changing the Product Organization
3. Changing the Product Organization
Introduction
Changing the number of products per page
Changing the number of columns on the Shop page
Adding filtered navigation with the Layered Nav widget
Making the Add to Cart button go straight to the checkout page
Adding a custom tab to the product page
Adding social media sharing icons to your product page
Adding a Product Search widget
Allowing users to search by SKU
Adding extra sorting options on the Shop page
Sorting products from the oldest to the most recent
Adding a site-wide notice
Displaying the amount saved for on-sale products
Displaying the amount saved as a percentage
Changing the breadcrumb separator
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4. Running a Membership Site
4. Running a Membership Site
Introduction
Adding a subscription product with the WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin
Creating pricing tables with the Easy Pricing Tables plugin
Adding member-only pricing with the Dynamic Pricing plugin
Displaying special pricing for logged-in users with the Conditional Content plugin
Creating members-only content
Creating a members-only store
Making subscription payments more consistent
Customizing the subscription price string
Creating a custom subscription interval
Exporting subscription orders
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5. Setting Up Shipping Methods
5. Setting Up Shipping Methods
Introduction
Setting a minimum order amount to unlock free shipping
Configuring Flat Rate Shipping
Creating shipping classes
Getting live shipping quotes with USPS
Creating a table of shipping rates with Table Rate Shipping
Allowing shipping only to the continental US
Enabling free shipping on a per product basis
Tracking your shipments with Shipment Tracking
Exporting orders for fulfillment to ShipStation
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6. Getting Paid
6. Getting Paid
Introduction
Configuring the PayPal gateway
Configuring the Simplify Commerce gateway
Configuring the Stripe gateway
Enabling HTTPS on checkout
Enabling HTTPS on specific pages
Tracking e-commerce transactions with Google Analytics
Creating an invoice
Adding a fee per gateway using the Payment Gateway based Fees extension
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7. Modifying the Checkout Process
7. Modifying the Checkout Process
Introduction
Adding a Terms & Conditions page
Opening the Terms & Conditions page in a pop-up
Adding a newsletter signup to the checkout page
Adding or removing checkout fields
Modifying the image size of related products
Adding an Empty Cart button to the cart page
Hiding all checkout fields for virtual products
Adding banners to remind customers of upgrades
Hiding the Coupon field
Skipping the cart and going straight to checkout
Creating a one-page checkout
Adding a default country and state to the checkout page
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8. Managing Orders and Taxes
8. Managing Orders and Taxes
Introduction
Sending a note to a customer
Refunding an order
Importing orders from another store
Sending order information to third parties with the Advanced Notifications plugin
Making the order numbers sequential
Giving away products
Manually entering tax rates
Automatically calculating tax rates with the TaxJar plugin
Setting a post code for correct taxation with the Local Pickup setting
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9. WooCommerce Theming
9. WooCommerce Theming
Introduction
Declaring support for WooCommerce
Displaying the accepted credit cards
Adding a cart icon to the menu
Overriding WooCommerce templates
Using WooCommerce hooks
Displaying an image on the category archive page
Writing CSS to customize the Add to Cart button
Creating a product slideshow
Removing a product category from the Shop page
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10. Exploring More with WooCommerce
10. Exploring More with WooCommerce
Introduction
Enabling WooCommerce Reviews
Hiding reviews from the Category/Shop page
Displaying positive reviews in the product description
Cloaking an affiliate link
Creating a regular expression for a cloaked affiliate link
Creating a coupon with restrictions
Bulk-generating coupons with the Smart Coupons plugin
Changing the default e-mail's from address
Sending follow-up e-mails after purchase
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Index
Index

Installing official WooThemes plugins

WooThemes doesn't just create the WooCommerce plugin. They also create standalone plugins and hundreds of extensions that add extra functionality to WooCommerce. The beauty of this system is that WooCommerce is very easy to use because users only add extra complexity when they need it. If you only need simple shipping options, you don't ever have to see the complex shipping settings.

On the WooThemes website, you may browse for WooCommerce extensions, purchase them, and download and install them on your site. WooThemes has made the whole process very easy to maintain. They have built an updater similar to the one in WordPress, which, once configured, will allow a user to update a plugin with one click instead of having to through the whole plugin upload process again.

Getting ready

Make sure you have the necessary permissions to install plugins on your WordPress site. You also need to have a WooThemes product. There are several free WooThemes products including Pay with Amazon which you can find at http://www.woothemes.com/products/pay-with-amazon/.

How to do it…

There are two parts to this recipe. The first part is installing the plugin and the second step is adding your license for future updates. Follow these steps:

  1. Log in to http://www.woothemes.com.
  2. Click on the Downloads menu:
    How to do it…
  3. Find the product you wish to download and click on the Download link for the product. You will see that you get a ZIP file.
    How to do it…
  4. On your WordPress site, go the Plugins menu and click on Add New.
  5. Click on Upload Plugin.
  6. Select the file you just downloaded and click on the Install Now button.
  7. After the plugin has finished installing, click on the Activate Plugin link.

You now have WooCommerce as well as a WooCommerce extension activated on your site. They're both functioning and will continue to function. You will, however, want to perform a few more steps to make sure it's easy to update your extensions:

  1. Once you have an extension activated on your site, you'll see a link in the WordPress admin: Install the WooThemes Updater plugin. Click on that link:
    How to do it…
  2. The updater will be installed automatically.
  3. Once it is installed, you need to activate the updater.
  4. After activation, you'll see a new link in the WordPress admin: activate your product licenses. Click that link to go straight to the page where you can enter your licenses. You could also navigate to that page manually by going to Dashboard | WooThemes Helper from the menu.
    How to do it…
  5. Keep your WordPress site open in one tab and log back in to your WooThemes account in another browser tab.
  6. On the WooThemes browser tab, go to My Licenses and you'll see a list of your products with a license key under the heading KEY:
    How to do it…
  7. Copy the key, go back to your WordPress site, and enter it in the Licenses field.
  8. Click on the Activate Products button at the bottom of the page. The activation process can take a few seconds to complete.
  9. If you've successfully put in your key, you should see a message at the top of the screen saying so.
    How to do it…

How it works…

A plugin that's not hosted on WordPress.org can't update without someone manually reuploading it. The WooThemes updater was built to make this process easier so you can press the update button and have your website do all the heavy lifting.

Note

Some websites sell official WooCommerce plugins without a license key. These sales aren't licensed and you won't be getting updates, bug fixes, or access to the support desk. With a regular website, it's important to stay up to date. However, with e-commerce, it's even more important since you'll be handling very sensitive payment information. That's why I wouldn't ever recommend using a plugin that can't update.

Refer to the preceding recipe, Installing WooCommerce plugins, for more details. There are several screenshots in that recipe about the general process of uploading a WordPress plugin.

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