Changing WooCommerce Custom Order Status Icons

…Order Status Icon These handy little icons (designed by Jay Koster) can be added to your WooCommerce “Orders” page as well so they’re consistent throughout your shop and the app. Here’s a quick guide on how to add WooCommerce custom order status icons. You don’t have to be using the iPhone app to be able to these icons for your custom order statuses, so feel free to use them in any WooCommerce store. WooCommerce Custom Order Statuses First, you ca…

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WordPress plugins vs themes

Why Use Plugins Instead of Theme Changes?

…ou determine when to use a plugin. Sample Use Cases I use a lot of themes made by WooCommerce because code quality is great and they’re relatively easy to modify. However, WooCommerce builds a lot of shortcodes into their themes (for example, shortcodes to create a two-column layout). For many people, they think this is an awesome addition to the theme, since it changes the way content is displayed. However, I actually dislike using built-in short…

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Code

Developers: Turbocharge Heroku Deploy Hooks using Torpio

…t should be simple. The other alternative is to use Torpio, which makes it dead-simple to catch the webhook and resend wherever you like. It’s a great service for building lightweight connectors between services with some nice features: scripts are written in CoffeeScript 🙂 your scripts have access to simple HTTP and logging functions scripts can be triggered via a webhook or email it’s free for a reasonable number of scripts & executions Let’s wa…

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Team

Add Plugin Settings to WooCommerce, Part 2

…ublic function save() { global $current_section; $settings = $this->get_settings( $current_section ); WC_Admin_Settings::save_fields( $settings ); } This is the last bit our class needs, and once we have this, we have an operational settings tab. Final Notes Adding your own settings tab is made much easier by the helpers WooCommerce gives you in the form of the abstract settings page, helper functions to output and save settings, along with severa…

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WooCommerce extension updates & releases

WooCommerce Authorize.Net AIM Adds Accept.js Support

…your site will look and operate exactly the same, so any merchant can upgrade to using Accept.js without issue. Without Accept.js, payment data is posted directly from your site, through your servers, to the payment processor. This puts a security burden on your site, as to achieve PCI compliance, you must ensure your server environment is compliant since payment data is passed through it (or deal with non-compliance fees each month from your mer…

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Ask SkyVerge

Choosing an SSL Certificate for WooCommerce Shops

…L certificate that I should use for my store? Most of the payment gateways available for WooCommerce will keep customers on your site during the checkout process, and therefore require and SSL certificate to secure your customers’ payment information. However, we recommend that all stores use an SSL certificate anyway, as they protect login information for you and your customers. Without an SSL certificate, these details are sent in plain text to…

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WooCommerce extension updates & releases

WooCommerce Authorize.Net CIM: Accept.js Support + Authorization Messages

…your site will look and operate exactly the same, so any merchant can upgrade to using Accept.js without issue 🙂 Without Accept.js, payment data is posted directly from your site, through your servers, to the payment processor. This puts a security burden on your site, as to achieve PCI compliance, you must ensure your server environment is compliant since payment data is passed through it (or deal with non-compliance fees each month from your me…

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WooCommerce extension updates & releases

WooCommerce Memberships is here!

…was at that time (about a year and a half ago). Groups isn’t necessarily made for all memberships, as many sites need different capabilities, like the ability to drip content over time (which isn’t possible with WooCommerce and plugins or extensions – until now of course). WooCommerce was part of the solution, but a piece was missing, so we endeavored to build it. WooCommerce Memberships is the result of that, and after 11 months of planning, res…

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How to Upgrade Magento

…a great time. These steps and commands are the actual ones I follow to upgrade client Magento sites, and I perform these core upgrades from the command line only. Please read through and understand all the steps before starting to follow them. Backup – This is the single most important step out of them all. You can not afford to be lazy and not backup both the database and webroot files prior to upgrading, it’s just too dangerous. I don’t care if…

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Social Login

WooCommerce Social Login

…count with social login than check out as a guest. That means you’ve just made a repeat visit to your site far easier for this customer, as they’ll be able to save personal details to their new account. Customers tend to stay signed into social accounts, which means they’ll always be signed in when they visit your store. This reduces friction when purchasing, as customer’s will be logged into your store, and personal details (like shipping informa…

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