WooCommerce

WooCommerce is one of the most popular and used webshop systems. WooCommerce has been downloaded millions of times worldwide. WooCommerce is a plugin that you use in combination with WooCommerce.

History

The story of WooCommerce starts in 2008. In this year, three WordPress specialists met through a forum. They indicate that they really enjoy working with WooCommerce and that they see a future in it. They decide to develop a webshop system together, which can then be installed on an existing WordPress website as a plugin. This is the beginning of WooCommerce. Together they then founded the company WooThemes, which is still the big name behind WooCommerce to this day.

Plugins and themes

As you may know, WooCommerce is just like WordPress can be downloaded for free via WordPress.org. This allows you to set up a webshop quite easily without having to pay for it. If you want to get started with your webshop in a serious way, you can opt for premium themes or have a custom website developed.

WooCommerce extensions and plugins

Over the years, hundreds of plugins have been developed for WooCommerce. Think of plugins to handle iDeal payments, add shipping methods, you name it, it already exists.

User-friendliness 

Just like WordPress, WooCommerce is known for its user-friendliness. Users are satisfied with the user-friendliness and the possibilities of WooCommerce. This is one of the reasons for the popularity of WooCommerce.

Do you also want a have a webshop built with WooCommerce, read here more about having an online store built.