Right. How do I actually do that?
Step-by-step guides for the jobs WordPress makes harder than they should be — and the tools that do them for you when you would rather not.
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All guides →WooCommerce does not create a Google Shopping XML feed by itself. For a small catalogue, you can maintain a Google Sheet or XML file manually, but an…
WordPress can store extra member data, but it does not provide a complete public profile system with editable fields, privacy controls and profile tab…
WooCommerce does not provide a complete cart-abandonment report by itself. Use GA4 to compare add_to_cart, begin_checkout and purchase events, but use…
WordPress can embed many services by pasting their URL into an Embed block. For an external page, form, app or other source, add an iframe through Cus…
WordPress does not include CAPTCHA for registration by default. You can add one manually with the registration form and validation hooks, but a plugin…
WooCommerce can display products in grids and lists with its built-in blocks and shortcodes, but it does not provide a full product table with custom…
WooCommerce has no general built-in screen for setting per-product minimum and maximum quantities. You can add limits with custom PHP, but a quantity-…
WooCommerce does not include quick product previews as a standard shop setting. You can build one with a product-loop button, modal and JavaScript, bu…
Manage users from Users > All Users, then assign the least powerful role that lets each person do their work. WordPress handles common roles without a…
WooCommerce can sell digital products without another eCommerce plugin. Create a product, mark it Virtual and Downloadable, add the file, configure do…
You can customise a WooCommerce store without a plugin by using the Site Editor with a block theme, or the Customizer and theme settings with a classi…
Prevent broken internal links by choosing a stable permalink structure, creating links through WordPress’s page search instead of typing relative URLs…
What’s in every guide
- The short answerWhat the answer actually is, before any steps. If the honest answer is “you need a plugin”, it says so up top.
- What you needThe prerequisites, so you find out about them now rather than four steps in.
- The stepsIncluding the manual route where one exists, with the parts that make it annoying left in.
- Tools that do this jobEvery product we have covered that solves this task — a list that grows as we cover more.
- SourcesThe documentation each step was checked against, so you can verify it yourself.
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How this works
The job comes first, not the product
A guide is about a task you are trying to finish. Whether a product is involved is a detail, and sometimes the answer is that you do not need one.
The manual route stays in
Where a job can be done without installing anything, we show you how — including why it is irritating. A tutorial that opens with “install this plugin” is an advert.
Guides get better with age
Several products usually do the same job. Rather than publish a page for each, we keep one guide and add each tool as we cover it. The comparison at the bottom keeps growing.