I’ll be honest, we intended to talk the most useful e-commerce plugins for WordPress, but ended up talking mostly about WooCommerce. That said, there’s a ton of information in here about WooCommerce plugins and extensions, including what  plugins you’ll need for specific functionality in WooCommerce.

 

Our WordPress panel this week:

 

Sallie Goetsch: from WP Fangirl

Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design

John Locke: from Lockedown SEO

Jonathan Denwood: from WP-Tonic.com

 

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Head over to https://liquidweb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount.

 

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Table of Contents for Episode 178

 

0:00 Podcast intros.

 

3:17 WordPres News Story #1: GoDaddy Accquires Sucuri

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/godaddy-acquires-sucuri-to-advance-digital-security-for-customers-300427537.html

 

13:16 WordPress News Story #2: Pippin’s Plugins: Reflection on a Price Increase

https://pippinsplugins.com/reflection-on-a-price-increase/

 

28:52 Main Topic: Best WooComerce plugins and other e-commerce plugins for WordPress)

 

29:55 The importance of discovery in an e-commerce project. Things you have to consider before writing requirements on an e-commerce project.

 

39:50 What if you need to create a WooCommerce store in multiple languages?

 

44:37 Payment gateways for WooCommerce.

 

46:07 Some shipping plugins for WooCommerce. Some misc plugins for various functionality.

 

52:00 Product modification. Cart rules. Discounts for buying certain amounts. Minimum and maximum purchase rules.

 

56:25 Integration with WooCommerce and QuickBooks. Is it possible? Yes. Is it elegant or easy? Hmmm…

 

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Links mentioned during the show:

 

WPML

 

WooCommerce Multilingual

 

Polylang

 

Say what?

 

Min/Max Quantities for WooCommerce

 

Stripe for WooCommerce

 

UPS Shipping Method for WooCommerce

 

Shipping Tracking for WooCommerce

 

WooCommerce PDF Invoices

 

WooCommerce USPS Shipping Plugin with Print Label

 

WooCommerce Products Designer