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Mastering WooCommerce - Second Edition

By : Patrick Rauland
Book Image

Mastering WooCommerce - Second Edition

By: Patrick Rauland

Overview of this book

Author Patrick Rauland is a WooCommerce expert with a deep-rooted passion for the platform. Drawing from his multifaceted experience as a customer, WooCommerce support team member, core developer, release leader, and conference planner, he presents the latest edition of this guide to help you master every facet of launching and managing a successful WooCommerce store. From initiation to seamless integration of essential components such as payments, shipping, and tax configurations, this book takes you through the entire process of establishing your online store. You’ll then customize your store's visual identity, optimizing for search engines and advanced sales management through Point of Sale (POS) systems, outsourced fulfillment solutions, and external reporting services. You’ll then advance to enhancing the user experience, streamlining reorders, and simplifying the checkout process for your customers. With this new edition, you’ll also gain insights into secure hosting and bug fixing and be prepared for updates. That’s not all; you’ll build a promotional landing page, ensure store safety, contribute to the WooCommerce community, and design custom plugins for your unique needs. By the end of this WooCommerce book, you'll emerge with the skills to run a complete WooCommerce store and customize every aspect of the store on the frontend as well as backend.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1: Exploring the essentials of an ECommerce Store
6
Part 2: Managing an Online Store
12
Part 3: Customizing the Appearance and Functionality of Your Store

Setting up Square

If you’ve stepped into a coffee shop in the last decade, you’ve probably used Square. It’s one of the most popular and general-purpose POS systems. It’s designed for small businesses and excels at that role. It has competitive pricing and integrations with major platforms, and the product itself is really easy to use.

We’ll look into how we can connect our store with Square, set up the integration, and sync data between Square and WooCommerce.

Connecting with Square

To integrate with Square, you need a Square account, and you need to download the free Square extension for WooCommerce (https://woocommerce.com/products/square/). Let’s start by installing the Square extension for WooCommerce. Once you’ve installed and activated the plugin on your site, you’ll see a notice to configure it, which you can see here:

Figure 7.5: Active WooCommerce Square

Figure 7.5: Active WooCommerce Square

Follow these steps to configure...