
Learn to launch and grow your WordPress WooCommerce store from domain registration to product setup, shipping, taxes, and gateways, with hands-on guidance from an experienced e-commerce practitioner.
Explore why WordPress with WooCommerce offers a free, open-source shopping cart with thousands of plugins and templates, compared with Magento, Shopify, and BigCommerce.
Start with a plan of action with goals and expectations, and define a roadmap for your ecommerce business that reflects evolving brand perception and product presentation.
In this course you will learn how to register your domain name, configure your domain to your server and install wordpress
Install and activate WooCommerce from the WordPress marketplace, then set up core pages (shop, cart, checkout, my account) and configure orders, coupons, reports, and store settings.
Choose and install a Wordpress woocommerce theme that is easy to use, open and engaging, and well documented; ensure it's updated, compatible, and supports clear product display and branding.
Discover how to test mobile responsiveness of a Wordpress Woocommerce theme using in-browser resizing and Chrome device toolbar, understand breakpoints, and ensure a consistent storefront across current and future devices.
Learn to install a WordPress theme using the built-in WordPress install method, including downloading, unzipping, uploading the theme, activating it, and understanding the role of a child theme.
Configure and customize your WordPress WooCommerce store by mastering theme options, plugins, header and menu settings, typography, and colors to reflect your brand.
Set a static home page using the fusion page builder and full-width containers. Create pages like about us and contact us, and optimize permalinks for SEO.
Create a main menu in WordPress, add items like home, about us, shop, and contact us, arrange them in order, and save for seasonal promotions and sticky header navigation.
Configure posts in WordPress to publish a latest news post under about us, using categories, tags, featured image, and post formats.
Discover essential WordPress plugins to secure, speed up, and optimize your ecommerce site, including Akismet, Wordfence, WP Super Cache, and Yoast.
Explore essential WooCommerce plugins for dynamic table rate shipping, versatile payment gateways such as PayPal and Square, and bulk product import/export to streamline your WordPress ecommerce store.
Learn to add and manage WordPress widgets on sidebars, footers, and shop pages, including search, price filter, and product categories, plus how to enable a global sidebar.
Explore how to use WordPress WooCommerce shortcodes to display products, categories, and carousels on your front page with add-to-cart options, linking blog posts to products.
Learn to add individual products in woocommerce by configuring title, descriptions, price, inventory, attributes like color, and media, then publish or preview to see the front end.
Learn to create variable products in WordPress WooCommerce by adding attributes like color and size, configuring variations, SKUs, pricing, stock, and images for each option.
Add individual products, then create a group product to bundle them (e.g., subwoofers with an installation kit), link items, set price and sku, and publish to upsell with bundled discounts.
Learn to structure your WordPress WooCommerce store using generalized and nested product categories from men and apparel to polo shirts and audio equipment, plus practical tagging and filtering.
Explore how product tags in WordPress WooCommerce function like post tags to improve navigation and grouping, distinguish from categories, and help organize products with unique, comma-separated tags and attributes.
Define and manage product attributes like color and size in WooCommerce, add terms, set attributes as dropdown filters, and enable layered navigation to help customers filter products.
Enhance product pages by adding a short description, embedding product videos, and using informative pages to boost conversions, while collecting emails for restocks and showcasing customer feedback.
Configure payment gateways in wordpress woocommerce, disable direct bank transfer and check payments, set PayPal as the active gateway, and secure transactions with ssl.
Configure taxes and tax rates for your store, enabling taxes and choosing inclusive or exclusive price input while setting address, multi currency, and standard, reduced, and zero rate tax classes.
Configure payment pages in WordPress WooCommerce by arranging gateways and enabling PayPal as the primary option. Set up sandbox testing, API credentials, invoice prefixes, shipping details, and SSL security.
Discover how SSL certificates safeguard offsite payments by encrypting checkout data, enable force SSL on checkout, and verify secure connections with the padlock icon.
Configure standard shipping in WooCommerce with flat rate, free shipping, and international delivery. Use shipping classes and per item, per class, or per order rates with live carrier plug-ins.
Configure advanced shipping with the table rate plugin in WordPress WooCommerce, applying tiered rates: $5 for the first item, $2 for 2-5 items, and $1 for each item over five.
Configure the USPS shipping plugin in WordPress WooCommerce, set API credentials, origin postal code, and use box packing with defined sizes to calculate express and priority rates.
Set up UPS shipping for heavier items in WordPress WooCommerce, including credentials and origin details. Choose between default packing or box packing with weights and dimensions to obtain UPS quotes.
Create and manage coupons in commerce, including a 15 percent off cart percentage discount for orders over $100 with free shipping, minimum and maximum spend restrictions, and front end testing.
Learn to enhance your homepage with shortcodes and banners, using revolution slider to showcase sales items and men's apparel, improving navigation and visual appeal.
Configure Google Analytics for your store by retrieving the tracking code from the analytics admin, paste it into your theme options, and save to start collecting data.
Learn to install Google Adwords conversion code on your Wordpress Woocommerce checkout page, configure checkout sale conversions, and track ecommerce sales data with Google Analytics.
Customize WordPress WooCommerce email templates via the emails tab, adjusting from name, from email, header image, and base colors; tailor per-email content for orders and accounts, and preview changes.
** Updated April 2016
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