WooCommerce stores with the flexibility of WordPress
WooCommerce adds ecommerce to WordPress, combining a content-rich website with an online shop. It suits businesses that want full ownership of their store and content, or already run on WordPress.
WooCommerce is open source, highly customisable and has extensions for most payment, shipping and marketing needs. You control hosting and data, with no platform transaction fees. That control brings responsibility: performance, security updates and plugin compatibility all need looking after, and large catalogues need good hosting and caching. For retailers who want a hands-off hosted platform, Shopify is often simpler; for very large or complex catalogues, Magento may be a better fit.
What we build with WooCommerce
- Store builds and custom themes
- Custom plugins and extensions
- Payment and shipping integrations
- Speed and database optimisation
- Security updates and maintenance
WooCommerce questions
Is WooCommerce secure?
The core is well maintained. Most problems come from outdated or poor-quality plugins, so regular updates, careful plugin choice and good hosting matter most.
Why is our WooCommerce store slow?
Common causes are heavy plugins, weak hosting, missing caching and large unindexed tables. A performance audit usually points to a few fixes with big gains.
Who owns our WooCommerce store and hosting?
You do. The code, database and hosting account are in your name, and because WooCommerce is open source you can move host or developer whenever you choose.
Can WooCommerce handle a large product catalogue?
Yes, with good hosting, object caching and high-performance order storage enabled. Very large catalogues also benefit from a dedicated search service.
Should we build a custom plugin or use an existing one?
If a well-maintained plugin does the job, it is usually cheaper. We build custom plugins for business-specific logic or when available plugins are bloated or poorly supported.
Can you migrate our store from another platform to WooCommerce?
Yes. We move products, customers and orders where exportable, rebuild key pages, map old URLs to new ones with redirects and test checkout before launch.
Which payment gateways work with WooCommerce?
Most major providers, including Stripe and PayPal, offer maintained WooCommerce plugins. We choose based on your markets, fees and whether you need subscriptions.
Can WooCommerce integrate with our stock and accounting systems?
Yes. Through its REST API and webhooks we sync products, stock, orders and invoices with your ERP, warehouse or accounting software.
How do you keep WooCommerce updates from breaking the store?
We test core, theme and plugin updates on a staging copy first, keep backups and update production at quiet times with a rollback ready.
What hosting does WooCommerce need?
Good managed WordPress hosting or a well-configured server with enough resources, caching that excludes the cart and checkout, and regular off-site backups.
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