Documents
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Translating WooCommerce
WooCommerce is already translated into a few languages and is translation-ready out of the box. All that is needed is a translation file for your language, which is automatically installed for the languages on this list by changing the site’s language. On this page you’ll learn: Set up WordPress in your language The first step to […]
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Roles and Capabilities
WooCommerce registers two user roles once activated, and grants additional capabilities to the Admin: Customer role People become Customers when they register via the checkout or sign-up process. Customers: Shop Manager role Shop Manager is a role you can give someone to manage the shop without making them an Admin. They have all the rights a customer […]
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Permalinks
Permalink is short for permanent link. Permalinks are the URL structures used to help organize the content of your website which can be pages, posts, or, in the case of WooCommerce, products. A good URL structure can be efficiently navigated, shared, and referenced by potential customers and search engine crawlers. On this page you’ll learn: […]
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High-Performance Order Storage
High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) (previously known as Custom Order Tables) is a solution that provides a simple-to-understand, solid database structure — specifically designed for ecommerce needs. It uses Woo’s Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) design to store order data in custom tables optimized for WooCommerce queries — with minimal impact on the store’s performance. In January 2022, […]
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Customizing WooCommerce: Best Practices
The best thing about WordPress and WooCommerce is code and content can be changed to suit — modify and customize your website entirely. Flexibility is one of the greatest benefits to using WooCommerce to sell online. Plugins, extensions and themes can be used to fulfill requirements, then adjusted and coded to tailor the look and […]
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EU VAT July 2021 changes, eCommerce, and WooCommerce
Overview The European Union (EU) introduced new regulations related to Value Added Tax (VAT) on July 1, 2021. Merchants selling across borders within the EU or importing to the EU need to comply. In this documentation we will provide key changes and scenarios for the new changes, although this is not exhaustive. For general advice […]
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How Taxes Work in WooCommerce
There are more challenging tax configurations where an understanding of how taxes work in WooCommerce help with configuration and troubleshooting. Let’s take a look at a few nuances. Related guides for additional reference: Defining Prices Product prices can be defined as either: When we say defined including tax, we are referring to the taxes of […]
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How to configure specific tax setups in WooCommerce
The tax scenarios in this document are step-by-step guides that show how to configure specific tax setups in WooCommerce. They provide all the steps needed to achieve a particular outcome but without going into detail. Due to the uniqueness and variety of stores out there, the scenarios are not exhaustive and for illustration purposes only. […]
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SSL and HTTPS and WooCommerce
This document gives an overview of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and HTTPS, explaining their importance for securing your WooCommerce store. You’ll learn why SSL is essential for protecting customer data and boosting consumer trust, as well as where to look to set up SSL on your site, including both free and paid options. Additionally, we […]
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Webhooks
What are Webhooks? A Webhook is an event notification sent to a URL of your choice. Users can configure them to trigger events on one site to invoke behavior on another. Webhooks are useful for integrating with third-party services and other external API that support them. Webhooks in WooCommerce Webhooks were introduced in WooCommerce 2.2 and can […]