Setting up Pages in WooCommerce – A Complete Guide

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Introduction

Setting up pages in WooCommerce is the first step for each of these individual pages.

When WooCommerce is installed on your system, it creates the following new pages via the Onboarding Wizard:

  1. Shop Page – No content is required for this page. This page links tore with the different product categories and the products that come under these categories. The Shop page looks as seen below:
Setting up the Shop page

2. Cart Page – This page contains the shortcode [Woocommerce_cart] and links to the contents of his Cart. The Cart page looks as seen below:

Setting up the Cart page

3. Checkout Page – This page contains the shortcode [Woocommerce_checkout]. Once you have selected the required items in your Cart, you will click on Checkout. This page displays information regarding the different shipping and payment options. The Checkout page looks as seen below:

Setting up the Checkout page

4. My Account Page – This page contains the shortcode [Woocommerce_my_account]. Clicking on the My Account link will take you tore.  The My Account page looks as seen below:

Setting up the My Account page

Besides these default pages, you can also add pages that you want custore. To add a new page, you can follow the procedure given below:

Adding new pages

Reinstalling Pages

There could be a possibility that you have skipped the Onboarding Wizard procedure for creating pages. Alternatively, you wish tool:

WooCommerce > System Status > Tools

Installing pages via Tools

Directing WooCommerce what pages to use

If you have installed pages from the Onboarding Wizard, then WooCommerce would have already set them up for you. However, if you have setup new pages or want to use instead.

For example, to use for features like Cart and Checkout, you can follow the procedure given below:

WooCommerce > Settings > Checkout > Checkout Options

Here, in the drop to Cart and Checkout pages, you can select a page name you have already created which will replace the default names for these pages.

Similarly, you can direct WooCommerce regarding what page to use for My Account in the following manner:

WooCommerce > Settings > Accounts 

WooCommerce Setup Wizard

When you click on the Setup Wizard, you will be taken to WooCommerce screen as seen below:

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You have the option of using the Wizard ton Let’s Go.

Page Setup

When you click on the Let’s Go butto the Page Setup section as seen below:

Page Setup screen

Here a few essential pages required for an eCommerce online sto: Appearance > Menus

Store Locale

When you click on Continue in the Page Setup screen, you will be taken tore Locale Setup screen, as seen below:

Shipping and Tax

When you click on Continue in the Sto the Shipping and Tax Setup screen, as seen below:

Shipping and Tax Setup screen

Here, there is a checkbox which you can check if you are shipping physical products. The Tax setup screen will appear only if you have enabled taxes in General Settings. Here, you can choose how you want the prices on your sto be set for particular locations, you can contact an accountant or tax consultant.

Payments

When you click on Continue on the Shipping and Tax Setup screen, you will be taken to the Payments screen, as seen below:

Payments Setup screen

Here, you can configure the Payment gateways you want to accept both online as well as offline payments. Some of the Online payment methods offered by WooCommerce are:

  • PayPal powered by Braintree, where your customatically from WordPress.org
  • Stripe, is another free plugin maintained by WooCommerce which can again be tore.
  • PayPal Standard, where you can accept payments from your custo enter an email address associated with that account.

There are also many Offline payment options that WooCommerce offers. These include:

    • Check Payments, where you can offer a check as payment
    • Bank Transfer Payments, also known as BACS (Bankers’ Auto another.
  • Cash on Delivery, where your customers can make payment when the product or service is delivered.

Besides these, there are numerous additional payment methods which you can install later in the form of WooCommerce extensions, according tore. From products, services and content, the extend of what you can sell with WooCommerce is limitless.

Store is Ready

Clicking on Continue on the Payments setup screen will ensure that your online sto the screen shown below:

Rerun Wizard

If you have skipped the wizard when you installed WooCommerce, you can run it again by following the procedure given below:

WooCommerce > Help > Setup Wizard. Then you can click on the Setup Wizard butto the screenshots for this procedure, click on WooCommerce Onboarding Wizard.

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