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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
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
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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

Adding banners to remind customers of upgrades

There are a number of rewards and discounts that you could offer to your customers. Maybe you unlock free shipping at $100 or you give the customer a 5% discount at $200. Unless you use a lot of screen real estate to promote these rewards, most customers won't know about them or act on them. One way around this would be to list the different rewards and how close the customer is to reaching them. If you have good rewards, people will buy more products to reach the reward. This can drastically increase your average order value.

Getting ready

Set up free shipping so that it's unlockable at $100. This is covered in Chapter 5, Setting Up Shipping Methods. You will also need to install and activate the Cart Notices plugin, available on WooThemes.com.

How to do it…

In order to add a banner to remind your customers of upgrades, refer to the following steps:

  1. Go to WooCommerce | Cart Notices.

    From here, we can see all of the cart notices on the site. We can...

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