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7 WordPress Plugins you can use for your eCommerce Website

Website designing has come a long way, from being just static to dynamic like running small businesses. While there are plenty of solutions to build your ready-to-go e-commerce website, WordPress still remains- one of the most popular platforms to build on.

Once you’ve built your WordPress website, the next important thing – is to host it. Generally, WordPress web hosting is preferred for WordPress websites for optimal performance. There are several WordPress web hosting services available and, the choice of the plan solely depends on what you want as a developer.

Once the hosting of your website is in place, you need to customize it. One of the ways to customize your website is to install plugins. Plugins essentially simplify your job as a developer by adding ready-made software applications (thereby reducing the amount of coding you need to do). Plugins also add more functionality to your WordPress website.

Here are the top 10 plugins you can use to personalize your e-commerce website.

WooCommerce

WooCommerce is an open-source software and one of the most popular- with over 3+ million active installs.

  • It can be integrated with almost any WordPress eCommerce site, helping you sell your products with ease
  • It can be used to access both free and premium WordPress extensions.
  • Comes with various payment gateways like PayPal, BACS, all major credits cards as well as cash-on-delivery.

WP E-commerce

WP E-commerce is another popular plugin that helps you sell digital downloads, large physical inventory and more.

Some of the features of WP E-commerce are:

  • It has several free and premium themes and features.
  • Supports a multitude of payment gateway options. They are merged with courier services like UPS, USPS, Australia Post and Shipwire.
  • Also, they have a premium FedEx plugin too.

Easy Digital Downloads

Easy Digital Downloads is easy to use and is primarily used for websites selling digital products. It has several extensions namely:

  • Services
  • Payment gateways and

It also works with just about any WordPress theme and has been translated into over 2 dozen languages, thus it adapts itself well.

Ecwid

Ecwid is a free, secure and popular full-featured shopping cart plugin that integrates well with social media and major carriers like FedEx, Australia Post, and others.

Some of the features of Ecwid are;

  • Unlimited storage
  • Regular backups
  • Security updates and

Ecwid has several plans both free and premium, with premium starting from $11/month.

eCommerce Product Catalog

With over 10,000 active installations, eCommerce Product Catalog is a simple, appealing and responsive catalog plugin for WordPress eCommerce sites.

Some of the features are;

  • Customisation of product display using CSS
  • Organising products into multi-level categories
  • SEO friendly
  • User-friendly working with almost any theme.

This plugin works without online payments and payment gateways are available on the extension page.

Jigoshop

Jigoshop comes customised with over 10 languages and is a one-stop shop for everything e-commerce.

It includes features like:

  • One-page checkout
  • Inventory tracking and reporting
  • Widgets
  • Import/Export and more.

It includes several built-in payment gateways like PayPal, FuturePay, Bank Transfer etc. as well as free payment portal from the extension page.

Shopp

Shopp is popular premium plugin built to give your eCommerce site a personalized experience. It is easy to use, install, manage and compatible with almost all WordPress themes. Some of its features include:

  • Email notification
  • Supporting both physical and digital products
  • Discounts
  • Shipping calculator
  • Promo codes
  • Variety of payment getaways and more

Conclusion

Although there is no one plugin that will give you everything, there are countless plugins that provide almost everything you need. Choosing the plugin is entirely your choice, depending on your requirements. Overall, the success of your eCommerce website not only depends on the plugins installed but also on uninterrupted hosting. Remember to choose a great web hosting for your WordPress website for a seamless working website.

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