WooCommerce Setup Tutorial - 30 Minutes

In the years since its launch, WooCommerce has become one of the most popular eCommerce plugins. Open-source, easy to understand and highly customizable, it’s easy to see why it’s so beloved. Still, when you’re just starting, it can look pretty daunting. That’s why we’ve prepared our first basic WooCommerce tutorial: to show you the ropes!

Whether you’re looking to expand into eCommerce or are building a website from scratch, you’ll need some guidance. Taking actions involving money always seems intimidating, but WooCommerce is perfectly safe. In any case, let’s delve into this WooCommerce tutorial and set you up!

Requirements

To go through this WooCommerce tutorial, you’ll need two things:

• A WordPress website.
• Administrator access to the said website, as to install and manage plugins.

WooCommerce Tutorial: Installation

The first thing you’ll need to do in this WooCommerce tutorial is simple: installing the plugin! Here are the steps:

• Go to the Plugins screen on WordPress, which you can find from the dashboard.
• Activate the WooCommerce plugin.
• Install the WooCommerce store pages. Once you’ve activated the plugin, you’ll get a wizard to install these pages, which include the main Shop page and a Cart one.
• Click on Install WooCommerce Pages.
• Follow the steps to the end.

You’ll then reach the Welcome screen. Here, you’ll notice you have two new items on the WordPress admin menu, to your left: WooCommerce and Products. Keep in mind that, for the remainder of this WooCommerce tutorial, you’ll be working with the first one.

Revising the WooCommerce Pages

While the installation should have added the relevant WooCommerce pages, it’s essential to check that they appear on the navigation. Here’s how to see that they’re going well:

• Head to your WordPress dashboard.
• Go to the Appearance > Menus screen.
• Decide which WooCommerce pages you’ll want on your site. Some of the most popular pages include Shop, Checkout, Cart, a link to the home page and My Account.
• Add the pages you’ve chosen.
• Check that the pages are working well on the live site. When navigating, you should find, for example, an empty Shop page.

To edit your assigned pages, add this after your domain:?/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wc-settings&tab=advanced

Configuring WooCommerce

Now that you’ve made sure eCommerce is running correctly, it’s time to customize. As you can imagine, this is the heftiest part of the WooCommerce tutorial. We’ve split this section into three subsections: general settings, product settings, and taxing settings.

General Settings

• Go to WooCommerce > Settings on your WordPress dashboard.
• Select the General tab.
• Add the base location and where the store will operate. For example, if you’re in the United States, selling in the U.S. and Canada, this is where you specify this. You can also opt to sell worldwide.
• Select which currency you’ll be using for your sales. Ideally, here you should add the currency of your country.
• Once you’ve customized the general settings, click on Save Changes.

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