{"id":64553,"date":"2022-04-11T05:55:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T11:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/?p=64553"},"modified":"2023-07-25T05:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:55:21","slug":"installing-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/installing-woocommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing WooCommerce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In today&#8217;s WooCommerce tutorial, we&#8217;ll take a look at a few options for installing WooCommerce on your WordPress site and starting work on your new ecommerce project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you probably know, WooCommerce is a WordPress extension for creating online stores. This means that before you start, you need to have an active WordPress installation on your hosting account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Installing Through The Storefront Theme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the options is to set up Storefront, one of the most popular WooCommerce templates, first. Upon completing the<strong> installation of Storefront<\/strong>, you will be presented with the following Thank You screen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mpg-gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-1.png\" alt=\"Installing WooCommerce, Installing Through The Storefront Theme\" class=\"wp-image-62421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-1.png 551w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-1-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Conveniently enough, you can do a<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-woocommerce\/\"><strong>one-click WooCommerce install<\/strong><\/a> from there and start work on your ecommerce store immediately. You just need to hit the <strong>Install <\/strong>button and follow the few steps in the WooCommerce setup wizard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mpg-gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-2.png\" alt=\"Installing WooCommerce, Installing Through The Storefront Theme 2\" class=\"wp-image-62423\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the installation is complete, the button will change to <strong>Activate<\/strong> and refresh the page taking you to your new online shop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Installing as a WordPress Plugin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re not using Storefront, you can install WooCommerce directly from the official plugin repository, just as you would set up any other WordPress plugin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Open the WordPress dashboard and navigate to <strong>Plugins<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Add New<\/strong> from the main menu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Use the search field on the right; click on it and type <em>WooCommerce<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mpg-gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-3.png\" alt=\"Installing WooCommerce, Installing as a WordPress Plugin\" class=\"wp-image-62431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-3.png 392w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-3-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Your first search result should be the WooCommerce plugin. Click the <strong>Install<\/strong> button in the top-right corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mpg-gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"93\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-4.png\" alt=\"Installing WooCommerce, Installing as a WordPress Plugin 2\" class=\"wp-image-62432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-4.png 566w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-4-300x49.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Note that WooCommerce is almost as big as WordPress, so the installation will need a few moments to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mpg-gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-5.png\" alt=\"Installing WooCommerce, Installing as a WordPress Plugin 3\" class=\"wp-image-62433\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Once the setup has finished, the button text will turn to <strong>Activate<\/strong>. Press the button to complete the installation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mpg-gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Installing-WooCommerce-6.png\" alt=\"Installing WooCommerce, Installing as a WordPress Plugin 4\" class=\"wp-image-62434\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. You are now redirected to the<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-a-new-woocommerce-store\/\"><strong>online store configuration<\/strong><\/a>, where you get to set and configure a few WooCommerce settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s WooCommerce tutorial, we&#8217;ll take a look at a few options for installing WooCommerce on your WordPress site and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":62424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-post-fa.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-woocommerce-hosting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64553"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69102,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64553\/revisions\/69102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}