WooCommerce is a free eCommerce plugin that allows you to sell anything, beautifully. Built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, WooCommerce is the world’s favorite eCommerce solution that gives both store owners and developers complete control.
With WooCommerce, you can sell both digital and physical products in a variety of ways. Sell products in your own online store, or through marketplaces like Facebook and Amazon. You can even book appointments and take payments for services directly through your website.
WooCommerce makes it easy to get started selling online. But if you’re new to eCommerce or online shopping in general, you may be wondering how to actually download products from WooCommerce.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to download products from WooCommerce:
- Install WooCommerce
- Set up your products
- Add a payment method
- Enable downloads
- Upload your file
- Add the file to your product
- (Optional) Set an expiration date
- (Optional) Set a maximum number of downloads
The first thing you need to do is install the WooCommerce plugin on your WordPress site. You can do this by going to the Plugins section of your WordPress dashboard and searching for “WooCommerce.” Once you find the plugin, click “Install Now” and then “Activate.”
Next, you need to set up your products in WooCommerce. To do this, go to the Products section of your dashboard and click “Add New.” From here, you can add all of the details about your product, including the name, price, description, and images.
Before you can start selling products, you need to add a payment method.
WooCommerce offers a variety of built-in payment methods, including PayPal, Stripe, and Amazon Payments. To add a payment method, go to the WooCommerce settings page and click on the “Payments” tab. From here, you can select which payment methods you want to enable.
If you want to offer downloadable products, you need to enable downloads in WooCommerce. To do this, go to the Products section of your dashboard and click on the product that you want to offer for download. Then, scroll down to the “Downloadable Product” section and check the box next to “Enable Downloads.”
Now that downloads are enabled for your product, you need to upload the file that customers will be able to download. To do this, go to the Media section of your WordPress dashboard and click “Add New.” Then, upload the file that you want to offer for download.
Once the file is uploaded, go back to the product page in WooCommerce and scroll down to the “Downloadable Product” section. In this section, you will see an “Add File” button. Click this button and select the file that you just uploaded.
If you want to set an expiration date for the file (so that it can only be downloaded for a certain period of time), you can do so in this section as well. Just enter the number of days that you want the file to be available for download.
If you only want customers to be able to download the file a certain number of times (for example, if it’s a time-sensitive file), then you can set a maximum number of downloads in this section as well.
Now that everything is set up, customers will be ableto purchase and download products from your WooCommerce store.
(Optional) Add extra security with WordPress security plugins
If you wantto add an extra layer of securityto your website (especially ifyou’re selling digital goods), thenyou should consider using a WordPress security plugin.
Two popular options are iThemes Security and Sucuri Security.
iThemes Security is a comprehensive security plug in that offers features like two-factor authentication and malware scanning.
Sucuri Security is another great option that offers a variety of security features like malware scanning and activity logging.
No matter which plugin you choose, adding an extra layer of security to your website is always a good idea.
Conclusion:
In order to download form woo commerce you must first install the plugin then follow these simple steps:
set up your products by going tot he products sections and clicking “add new”, add a payment method under thee “payment” tab inn thee settings menu, enable downloads by scrolling down tot he “downloadable product” section and checking the box next to the “enable downloads” text , upload files into the media library ass well as adding them together using the “add files” button.
Finally,(optional) choose whether or not too set a download expiration date or limit maximum number off Downlaods.
This post was originally published on October 26th 2016 by Isabella De La Houssaye on www. ; since then it has been updated with new information.
