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WooCommerce Cookbook

By : Patrick Rauland
Book Image

WooCommerce Cookbook

By: Patrick Rauland

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
WooCommerce Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating a product slideshow


Slideshows are a great way to highlight different products in your store. Some themes have slideshows built-in, but then you're very limited in terms of how you would like to configure them. You might only be able to place a slideshow on the home page or you might only be able to include so many slides. Built-in slideshow themes are pretty limiting and it's not considered a good practice to look for this sort of functionality in a theme. Instead, if you can find a slideshow in a plugin, those are usually a bit more flexible in terms of placement and exactly how you want the slides to work. We'll be using the WooSlider and WooSlider – WooCommerce Products Slideshow plugins together to create a slideshow of products that link to the specific product pages.

Getting ready

You'll need the WooSlider and WooSlider – WooCommerce Product Slideshow plugins, available at WooThemes.com, installed and activated on your site.

How to do it…

The beauty of using a plugin is that...