Chris Lema gives some thoughts to…
Brian Krogsgard
Chris Lema gives some thoughts to determine if that commerce project you are starting should be a WooCommerce project or an Easy Digital Downloads one.
Scott Bolinger talks about what was…
Brian Krogsgard
Scott Bolinger talks about what was learned after professional user testing was conducted on the new WooCommerce Smart Checkout product. Testing was done with usertesting.com. In the end, Scott definitely recommends it. I know it's not on every client (or…
WooCommerce Box Office: A recently added…
Brian Krogsgard
WooCommerce Box Office: A recently added WooCommerce extension allows you to create and sell tickets directly to customers so they don't have go through a third-party site or service. This plugin managed all ticket sales, coupons, live-stream tickets and onsite…
WooCommerce might be popular, but by…
Brian Krogsgard
WooCommerce might be popular, but by no means is it familiar to everyone. So I like beginner tutorials like this one on Specky Boy, especially for someone who needs to get up to speed on setting up WooCommerce quickly.
In the next major version of…
Brian Krogsgard
In the next major version of WooCommerce, the WooCommerce REST API will be taking up the infrastructure of the WordPress REST API as a base, and some changes are being made that you should be aware of if you utilize…
Apppresser has recently announced it’s an…
Apppresser has recently announced it's an extension for WooCommerce stores called WooCommerce Smart Checkout. It makes the mobile checkout experience better by offering a multi-step checkout process, autofill address integration, and other mobile optimizations. The changes are all geared to…
WordPress 4.5 — Draft Podcast
Katie Richards
Joe and Brian talk about the release and features of WordPress 4.5, “Coleman”. They also discuss the earliest stages of WordPress 4.6 -- no rest for the wicked.
Understanding reference transactions and PayPal
Brian Krogsgard
During my WooConf talk, I discussed a little bit about PayPal, why it's useful as an eCommerce checkout option, and why site owners with subscriptions need Reference Transactions enabled. The common question after that was: what they heck are Reference Transactions?…
When it comes to eCommerce, mobile…
When it comes to eCommerce, mobile usually doesn't do as well as desktop when it comes to conversions. Part of the reason is the checkout experience. This is how Scott Bolinger's post on making WooCommerce checkout better starts, and then…
Early takeaways from WooConf
Brian Krogsgard
I'm at WooConf right now, watching my friend Daniel present on using the WooCommerce REST API. I have a few takeaways from this conference so far that I thought would be fun to share. This conference is extremely well produced.…
WordPress Hosting — Draft podcast
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, Joe and Brian talk all about WordPress hosting, including the different types of hosting that are available, our technical preferences, and some of the non-technical issues that surround hosting in the WordPress world.
Shopify introduces WordPress integration
Brian Krogsgard
Shopify has announced three WordPress themes and an official Shopify eCommerce plugin to help WordPress sites start selling using Shopify. Shopify partnered with Themezilla, Themify, and Ultralinx for the launch. The themes and plugin are free and Shopify is promising…
The discussions between WooThemes and Stripe…
The discussions between WooThemes and Stripe that ended up with the Stripe payment gateway being free for WooCommerce seem to go a little farther than the extension. The WooThemes website is now powered by Stripe checkout as well, including automatic…
Social Marketplace is a theme and…
Social Marketplace is a theme and plugin combination that extends WooCommerce and the WooCommerce Vendors extension, to enable a pretty amazing looking marketplace option, where the marketplace owner can enable vendors, whom each can have their own store, dashboards, and…
10up has brought ElasticPress and WooCommerce…
10up has brought ElasticPress and WooCommerce together, and I can hear your big stores breath out a sigh of relief. According to the launch post, "ElasticPress WooCommerce can easily turn database queries that take 3-4 seconds into Elasticsearch queries that…
A few (surprisingly good) things I have recently learned about PayPal
Brian Krogsgard
PayPal is one of those companies people love to hate. I know I do. But sometimes, PayPal shows how good it can be. And in some ways -- please don't hate me for saying this -- PayPal has some WordPress-y-ness…
