A situation recently came up where a user thought that the WooCommerce Order Status Icons in the Orders page were too small and difficult to distinguish. This could be especially true on older monitors, smaller screens, or even different lighting, so let’s change it up! What this will achieve is increasing the size of those […]
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RSS feed for this sectionAdd Custom User Fields to your WordPress Installation
I wanted to make a quick post to show off a neat little trick in WordPress – adding custom user fields to a user’s profile. This could be used to add in space for a Twitter Handle, a Facebook link, a second portfolio site, or any combination of the above. For the demo purposes, let’s […]
Skip WooCommerce Cart Page
Some WooCommerce sites have very little use for the included WooCommerce cart – either they’re only selling one item, a subscription, or just want their users to get through faster. Although it’s not included in the vanilla WooCommerce, we can add that feature with a function – copy the text below into your functions.php file […]
Change the “Add to Cart” Button Text in WooCommerce
One of the most common requests is that users want to change the “Add to Cart” text on their WooCommerce installations. Although there isn’t a built-in way to do this, we can achieve it through some quick functions – just copy the text below into your functions.php file. Then, change the “Buy Now” text to […]
WooCommerce Image Issues – Stretching, Distortion, and Blur
One of the most common issues we seem to come across with WooCommerce is images, and how certain a WooCommerce image could seem blurry or distorted. Almost always, this is due to some confusion on how WooCommerce (and WordPress in general) handles images – so, here’s a quick post to help clarify! The Mission Let’s […]
WooCommerce on Tech Report
I know I’ve mentioned WooCommerce before and I know I’ll mention it again, but the short version: WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin that allows users to sell anything online – digital, physical, and even services and timeslots. With a huge support team and high quality standards, it’s a fast-growing e-commerce solution that blows paid […]
The Best WooCommerce Extensions for Online Stores
Take it from a WooCommerce Ninja – there are some awesome WooCommerce plugins out there. I’ve heard a lot of people claiming that WC can’t stack up to ‘real'(expensive) e-commerce platforms, and simply put that’s a lie. The only difference between the two is pricing. You, as the store owner, can go one of two […]
WordPress Security 102: Essential Tricks and Tips
In this installation of the “Locking Down WordPress” series covering security, we’ll be looking at specific settings and tricks you can do using the free iThemes Security plugin. For this guide, you’ll need: A clean WordPress installation (or at least one you can play around with) FTP Access to your WordPress installation A copy of […]
Locking Down Your WordPress Site – Security 101
Locking Down your WordPress Site – Protecting yourself from hackers, bots, and scammers With recent, high-profile security issues like Heartbleed and the long-time-coming Internet Explorer Day One Bug, security should be at the forefront of any web developer’s mind. How do I keep my site secure? How do I stop hacking attempts? HOW DO I […]
Creating complex order builders in WooCommerce
In a specific situation I came across, a store wanted to allow people to customize envelopes for printing with a powerful order builder. There were many options available to the consumer, as seen below: Order Options Paper Size * 24 White Wove * 6″ x 9″ * 6″ x 9-1/2″ * 6-1/2″ x 9-1/2″ * […]