How to Set Up a New WooCommerce Store

WooCommerce is designed to work well within whichever WordPress theme you are already using, but dedicated WooCommerce themes offer options and styles created specifically for WooCommerce stores.

The recommended default theme for WooCommerce is called Storefront, but you may want to try out different themes to see which you like best for your WordPress website.

A great way to do this is to “audition” different themes.

Auditioning themes is an easy solution for those who would like to test multiple themes and options without making any changes to your eCommerce site.

Before you decide on a theme for your WooCommerce store, you may wish to “audition” a series of different themes. Every WooCommerce or WordPress theme offers a different look and feel with generally similar functionality.

Keep in mind most the majority of WordPress themes will work well with WooCommerce. You are free to choose a style that works best for you.

If you like to try out multiple themes you have a few options. In this section we will show you how to use the Theme Preview function and Customize options.

After you set up WooCommerce products, you’ll want to ensure your e-commerce store settings are configured before it can affect customers.

Note: Log into WordPress to follow the steps below.

1. Under WooCommerce, click Settings.
2. Enable taxes and Save Changes.
   
    
3. At the top, click the Tax tab.
4. Update Tax options and Save changes.
   
    
5. Click Standard rate, Reduced rate rates, and Zero rate rates to edit their respective sections.
   
    

Click WooCommerce, Status, then Get system report for an easy-to-copy format of your WordPress website information to Copy for support.

Tools list options help you manage your WooCommerce products database and customer data. Options include:

• WooCommerce transients
• Expired transients
• Orphaned variations
• Used-up download permissions
• Order address indexes
• Term counts
• Capabilities
• Clear customer sessions
• Create default WooCommerce pages
• Delete WooCommerce tax rates
• Reset usage tracking
• Regenerate shop thumbnails
• Update database

Logs track events and errors with timestamps within your store.

Scheduled Actions lists web hooks in lieu of needing to use WP cron for scheduled tasks.

As we continue our series on the WooCommerce plugin for WordPress, we will now show you how to set email notifications in WooCommerce. Everything from new order to password reset notifications can be sent from your online store via email. This is the first step when troubleshooting missing emails from your WooCommerce site.

1. Log into your WordPress Dashboard.
2. Click WooCommerce then Settings in the navigation menu.
3. On the WooCommmerce settings page click the Emails tab.
4. You will then see the available email notifications and the recipients listed. Roll your mouse over the question mark to see more information about the notification.
5. Click the notification you want to set. In this example, I am choosing Processing order.
6. You will then be on the notification management page. Ensure the box to Enable this email notification is checked.
7. Click the Save changes button.
8. Click the Emails tab to return to the notifications list.
9. Repeat Step 5 through Step 8 for each notification you want to set.

Congratulations, now you know how to set email notifications in WooCommerce!

Once your WooCommerce site is live to the world, you should activelymonitor the progress of your online store to make informed decisionsto grow your business. Out of the box, WooCommerce has greatreporting features that will help you learn your top sellers, topdownloads, customer purchases vs. guest purchases and more. Thissection will walk you through the settings of the reporting section inWooCommerce Reports, giving you the information you need to runreports that benefit your growth.

Depending on the geographical location you are selling products to or from, you may need to change your currency for your WooCommerce site.In this section, we’ll walk you through changing your currency in WooCommerce with just a few steps.

1. First, log into your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Now that you are logged in, hover over WooCommerce, then click on Settings. By default, you will be sent to the General tab.
3. On this page, you will see a header labeled Currency Options. Below this, you will see a dropdown box to set the currency. You may select your currency here.
4. Depending on how your currency is displayed, you may also need to adjust the Currency Position as well depending on if the symbol is on the left or right side for your chosen currency.
5. On this page, you will also see options here for separators and decimals. Most currencies should work with the default settings, but if you need need further custom options, you may set them here.
6. Once you have made the appropriate changes, be sure to click the Save changes button at the bottom to ensure that your changes become active.

Now that you have made the necessary changes within the WooCommerce settings for your currency, you should now see your currencies displayed properly within all areas of your site.

If you are using the Storefront theme in WooCommerce, you may want to change how many products display in each row. This can help maximize the amount of products visitors see on a page. In this section, we will show you how to *change the number of products displayed per row*in the Storefront theme.

WooCommerce allows you to add and manage coupons in your store. You can add as many coupons as you want and control necessary restrictions.

Any WooCommerce store manager will want to make use of the coupon system at some point. It is a great way to encourage sales. For example, with a coupon, your customers may purchase items that they otherwise might not have. Likewise, you can provide coupon codes alongside advertisements to see which ads are driving more business to your store.

Coupon codes are a great way to encourage customers to purchase products from your WooCommerce shop. If your customer is armed with a coupon code that will give them a better deal, they will be much more likely to buy from you. In this section, we’ll show you how to create coupon codes for your site that is running WooCommerce.

Sometimes when creating coupon codes in WooCommerce, you will want to set that coupon code to only be valid for a specific product. In this section, we will show you how to set a coupon code to be valid for a specific product.

1. First, you will need to be within the edit/creation screen for the coupon that you are making product-specific.
2. Within the coupon creation page, click the Usage Restriction tab located within the Coupon Data box.
3. Inside the Usage Restriction tab, there is a field labeled Products. Within this field, you will be able to search for any products within your WooCommerce installation. Simply search for the product that you want to make the coupon code active for, then click on it to add it. If you want to add additional products that the coupon will be active on, you may add them within this same box as well.
4. In addition to making the coupon active for a single product, you may include full categories as well. To do so, use the same steps as you used for a single product, but enter it into the Product categories box instead.
5. When you’ve set all of your products that will be discounted with your coupon code, be sure to save your changes by clicking either the Publish or Update button depending on if your coupon has already been published.

Now, you will be able to set coupons to become active on specific products.

In some circumstances, you may want to exclude a product from being able to use a coupon code on it. In this section, we will show you how to exclude a product from a coupon code in WooCommerce.

1. First, log into your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Once you are logged in, visit the coupon code that you want to disable products on. To do so, hover over WooCommerce, then click on Coupons, then on the coupon that you want to edit. If you have not already created a coupon and need to learn how to do so, take a look at our article on creating WooCommerce coupon codes
3. Within the coupon edit screen, look toward the Coupon Data box and click on the Usage Restriction tab.
4. You should now see various fields here. The fields that we will be modifying will be the Exclude products and Exclude categories. In these fields, you may begin typing the product or category that you want to exclude from the coupon. When you see that product that you want to exclude, simply click on it to add it to the exclusion list.
5. Once complete, be sure to save your changes.

WooCommerce has a wide-range of hooks and filters which allows the plugin to be easily customizable by the user for almost any theme. Currently, WooCommerce doesn’t allow users to add a handling charge to a checkout order from the dashboard, however, it does have an action that allows you to add a handling cost to the order total prior to the customer finalizing their purchase.

Are you seeing the following notice in your WordPress Dashboard? “We need to update your store database to the latest version.” In this section, we will show you how to run the WooCommerce updater to update your database. This step is only displayed periodically after an update to WordPress or WooCommerce. This ensures the database tables are correct so your WooCommerce website can continue to function.