I recently had a customer that wanted a custom message across the top of the single product page but for only one product category. I put this text at the top of the category page, but she also wanted it displayed after they clicked on the individual products. To accomplish this, I added the code…
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WooCommerce: Change ‘Out of Stock’ Text
I had a customer with a WooCommerce store who had products that were “coming soon”, but the only option for out of stock was an ugly “Out of Stock” marker above the product image. I was surprised there were no plugins that seemed to work for this change. The one I found had a…
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WooCommerce Automated Shipping & Taxes
In the past, opening a WooCommerce store seemed easy – until you had to set up taxes and shipping. These often required a paid plugin or tedious setup. Taxes WooCommerce now offers an automated taxes plugin, WooCommerce Shipping & Tax, powered by Jetpack. It hasn’t gotten the best reviews, but it’s free. The problems seem…
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Are You Ready for GDPR? Here’s Your WooCommerce Guide
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on May 25, 2018. If you sell to EU residents, this law applies to you — even if you aren’t in the EU. If you run a WooCommerce store, important things to consider: How (and why) your site stores personal data. Whether your Privacy Policy needs an update. How you’ll…
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How to Add a Custom Field to WooCommerce with WC Fields Factory
I have a client selling shirts that can be customized with a name, but WooCommerce doesn’t give you a way to add custom text to a product by default, so I gave WC Fields Factory a try. It allowed me to easily add a custom text field. Here’s how it looks on the product page:…
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WooCommerce 101
Here are the slides from my recent presentation. There are step by step instructions on WooCommerce setup. Woocommerce 101 from Laura Hartwig
WooCommerce 3.0 Lightbox Not Working? Try This Fix
Great article by Colm Troy that helped me figure this out. He does a great job of explaining everything in detail, but the gist is that Woo removed the PrettyPhoto lightbox option in 3.0 and added some new options. But they don’t seem to take affect automatically. You’ll need to add a little code to…
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