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Sebastian Moran

Intelligent E-commerce: Harnessing AI and Chatbots in Your WooCommerce Store

WooCommerce, a dominant force in the e-commerce landscape, allows businesses to set up online stores quickly. However, in today’s digital age, more than merely having an online presence is required. Customer expectations are evolving, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and chatbots is rapidly changing how businesses interact with their clientele. So, how can WooCommerce store owners leverage these technologies? Enhancing Customer Service with Chatbots One of the primary ways WooCommerce stores benefit from AI is through chatbot integration. Chatbots, AI-powered virtual assistants, are designed to simulate human interaction and provide instant responses. Here’s why they’re a game-changer: 24/7

October 3, 2023 No Comments
WooCommerce Vs. Prestashop
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Sebastian Moran

WooCommerce vs PrestaShop: Exploring the Best E-commerce Solutions for Your Business

WooCommerce and PrestaShop are two of the most popular e-commerce platforms. Both platforms offer a wide range of features and functionality, making them suitable for businesses of all sizes. However, some critical differences between the platforms may make one a better fit for your needs. WooCommerce is a free plugin that can be installed on any WordPress website. This makes it an accessible e-commerce platform for beginners, as WordPress is one of the world’s most popular content management systems (CMS). WooCommerce also has a large and active community of developers and users, which means a wide range of plugins and

July 6, 2023 No Comments

WooCommerce Status Changelog

Version  5.0.2 – 3-15-2024 Updated: Changed wording in table heading elements Version  5.0.1 – 2-28-2024 Fixed: Gridster widget malfunction due to an omitted closing div tag. Version 5.0 – 2-27-2024 Updated: MainWP 5.0 compatibility Version 4.0.9 – 8-15-2023 Added: Support for Flexible widgets Version 4.0.8 – 6-21-2022 Added: WP Nonce verification to the Go to WP Admin request for additional security Version 4.0.7 – 4-13-2022 Fixed: An issue with sorting table columns Version 4.0.6 – 6-8-2021 Fixed: An issue with the extension activation Version 4.0.5 – 3-18-2021 Fixed: Multiple PHP warnings Version 4.0.4 – 2-9-2021 Fixed: An issue with displaying

May 15, 2023 No Comments

WooCommerce Shortcuts Changelog

Version 5.0.1 – 3-15-2024 Fixed: Missing widget ID attribute causing a problem with unsetting the widget from site overview page Updated: Widget layout Version 5.0 – 2-27-2024 Updated: MainWP 5.0 compatibility Version 4.0.4 – 8-15-2023 Added: Support for Flexible widgets Version 4.0.3 – 6-21-2022 Added: WP Nonce verification to the Go to WP Admin request for additional security Version 4.0.1 – 9-10-2020 Updated: MainWP Dashboard 4.1 compatibility Version 4.0 – 8-28-2019 Updated: extension UI/UX redesign Updated: support for the MainWP 4.0 Version 1.2 – 3-23-2018 Updated: plugin info Updated: new WooCommerce versions compatibility Removed: unused files Removed: unused code Version

May 15, 2023 No Comments
2fa - WooCommerce Store
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Enable Two Factor Authentication in WooCommerce

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an important security feature that adds an extra layer of protection to your WooCommerce store. With 2FA enabled, a user must provide two forms of identification to log in: their password and a unique verification code generated by an authentication app, sent via SMS, or provided by a hardware token. Securing the login for WooCommerce has become easy with the availability of multiple free plugins on the WordPress.org repository. Wordfence If you are using either the Wordfence plugin or the Wordfence Login Security plugin you can now take advantage of the WooCommerce two-factor authentication feature. To

March 1, 2023 No Comments
Important Updates
Dennis Dornon

🎉 Update Database for WooCommerce & Elementor Plugins from within MainWP

Following the release of MainWP 4.4, “Cache Control”, and “SSL Monitor” Extensions, yesterday, we released the Jetpack Scan and Jetpack Protect Extensions in partnership with Jetpack by Automattic. By combining our resources and knowledge, we created these two powerful Extensions that can help you keep your Child Sites safe from potential security threats. And, on the 4th day of our Anniversary Week, I am excited to announce one of the most requested features, “Database Updater”, for Elementor and WooCommerce plugins. The “Database Updater” is an Extension that detects if there are available updates to WooCommerce and Elementor plugin databases, so

February 23, 2023 6 Comments
How to Optimize the Cart Fragments Request in WooCommerce
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Optimize the Cart Fragments Request in WooCommerce

In WooCommerce, the “get refreshed fragments request” is used for updating the mini cart in the header of the site, and the request from WooCommerce can be slow. The request in WooCommerce will show as being; ?wc-ajax=get_refreshed_fragments Some caching plugins have built-in solutions for optimizing the “get refreshed fragments request” from WooCommerce, such as WP Rocket and Swift Performance. The WP Rocket plugin will optimize the AJAX get_refreshed_fragments request, improving your WooCommerce store’s performance. While the Swift Performance plugin has an advanced view option to cache the empty mini cart. If you run into issues using the WP Rocket plugin

October 12, 2022 No Comments
Important WooCommerce Metrics
Tips & Tricks
Melody Sinclair-Brooks

13 Important WooCommerce Metrics to Track & Report On

eCommerce metrics provide insights that can make or break a WooCommerce store. But with hundreds of potential metrics to measure, you need clear objectives and data-driven reports highlighting key business performance areas–in a way your clients will easily understand. If you’re managing multiple WooCommerce sites, having suitable systems will allow you to deliver quality reports at scale consistently, grow your client list, and keep them for good. So what WooCommerce metrics should you care about, and how will you present your success to your clients? Read on as we discuss the ins and outs of WooCommerce reporting. In this article,

August 25, 2022 No Comments
Complete Guide to Migrate from Shopify to WooCommerce
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Enola Nguyen

An Ultimate Guide: How to Migrate from Shopify to WooCommerce

Are you wondering how to migrate from Shopify to WooCommerce? And consider which method would be the ideal solution for your migration? Shopify and WooCommerce are two of the most popular eCommerce platforms for starting online stores. While Shopify may be the simplest way to create an eCommerce website, WooCommerce is an option to consider once your online business has grown to a specific size. Many Shopify users desire to switch to WooCommerce to save money and get more control over their online stores. However, switching eCommerce platforms can be a complex undertaking that can take weeks or even months

February 22, 2022 No Comments
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Improve Site Performance when using Stripe in WooCommerce

The WooCommerce Stripe Gateway is a widely used plugin for adding Stripe integration to your WooCommerce store. A recent release in version 5.7.0 of the Stripe plugin would cause a number of Stripe-related assets requests and external Stripe requests to load on single product pages and cart pages on your site. This would cause product pages and the cart page of the site to be much slower due to the extra requests being loaded from Stripe on them. The express checkout options can be controlled in the Stripe payment gateway from; WooCommerce > Settings > Payments > Stripe If you

November 29, 2021 1 Comment

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