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  • Email Settings

    WooCommerce has a variety of built-in emails to help communicate your store’s operations. This guide provides a detailed overview of the email settings in WooCommerce, including: Find these settings on your site at: WooCommerce > Settings > Emails. Email Notifications For each WooCommerce email listed, it’s possible to configure your settings (optional). More detailed instructions […]

  • 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 […]

  • Updating free WooCommerce extensions/plugins

    Free WooCommerce extensions or plugins do not require an active subscription to get updates. You may see subscriptions for free extensions or plugins listed in your store’s WP Admin dashboard at WooCommerce > Extensions > My subscriptions. However, they will not have a toggle to activate a subscription. To update these free extensions/plugins via WP […]

  • Accessibility Features in the WooCommerce Plugin

    Overview WooCommerce is built on top of WordPress, which adheres to strict accessibility coding standards. The WooCommerce plugin inherits these practices and introduces its own accessibility features to ensure compatibility with assistive technologies such as screen readers and keyboard-only navigation. This page outlines the built-in accessibility features within the plugin. Note: Many regions legally require […]

  • Understanding the WooCommerce System Status Report

    The WooCommerce System Status report is useful for troubleshooting issues with your store. Containing a wide variety of information and tools, you can check software versions, server settings, and more from within. System Status We’d encourage you to use the info below, before opening a support request with Woo Support. But we’re here to help […]

  • WooCommerce Menu Items

    Activating WooCommerce adds 4 main menu items to the WordPress admin dashboard. Click here for a closer look.

  • WooCommerce System Tools

    WooCommerce includes a set of built-in tools to help troubleshoot issues, optimize performance, and manage key settings in one place. The WooCommerce system tools, including database cleanup and clearing your site’s cache, can help WooCommerce run smoothly. You can access these settings from WooCommerce > Status > Tools. What Are Transients? A transient is a […]

  • The My account page

    Overview Customers who have an account with your store have access to My account — the central customer dashboard in a WooCommerce store. Here, customers can view past orders, and edit addresses and payment details. This guide provides an overview of what your customers can do via their account dashboard. Dashboard If a customer visits […]

  • 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: […]

  • WooCommerce Cookies

    A summary on cookies, and how WooCommerce uses cookies. What are cookies? Cookies are small pieces of data, stored in text files, that are stored on your computer or other device when websites are loaded in a browser. They are widely used to ‘remember’ you and your preferences, either for a single visit through a […]