WooCommerce is a powerful plugin that allows you to create and manage an online store using WordPress. WooCommerce lets you sell physical and digital products, offer different payment and shipping options, and customize your store’s appearance and functionality. In this tutorial, we will show you how to customize your WooCommerce store using three methods: the Customizer, the Theme Editor, and the Plugin Editor.

Customizing Your WooCommerce Store Using the Customizer

The Customizer is a tool that allows you to preview and modify various aspects of your site’s appearance and behavior, such as the logo, colors, fonts, menus, widgets, and more. The Customizer also has some specific options for WooCommerce, such as the product catalog, product pages, checkout, and cart. To customize your WooCommerce store using the Customizer, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your WordPress site as an administrator.
  2. Go to Appearance > Customize in the left sidebar menu.
  3. In the Customizer screen, you will see a live preview of your site on the right and a list of options on the left.
  4. Click on WooCommerce in the list of options to expand it and see the available settings for WooCommerce.
  5. Click on each setting to view and change its options. For example, you can change the number of products per row, the product image size, the product ratings display, the checkout layout, and more.
  6. As you make changes, you will see them reflected in the live preview on the right. You can also use the device icons at the bottom of the preview to see how your site looks on different screen sizes.
  7. When you are happy with your changes, click on the Publish button at the top of the screen to save them.

Customizing Your WooCommerce Store Using the Theme Editor

The Theme Editor is a tool that allows you to edit the code of your active theme files, such as the style.css, functions.php, header.php, footer.php, and more. The Theme Editor can be used to make advanced customizations to your WooCommerce store that are not possible with the Customizer. However, using the Theme Editor requires some knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, and WordPress coding standards. To customize your WooCommerce store using the Theme Editor, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your WordPress site as an administrator.
  2. Go to Appearance > Theme Editor in the left sidebar menu.
  3. In the Theme Editor screen, you will see a list of theme files on the right and a code editor on the left.
  4. Select a theme file that you want to edit from the list on the right. For example, if you want to change the style of your WooCommerce store, you can select the style.css file.
  5. Make changes to the code in the editor on the left. You can use the search box at the top of the editor to find specific code snippets or keywords. You can also use the documentation links at the bottom of the editor to learn more about WordPress coding standards and best practices.
  6. When you are done editing, click on the Update File button at the bottom of the screen to save your changes.

Customizing Your WooCommerce Store Using the Plugin Editor

The Plugin Editor is a tool that allows you to edit the code of your active plugins files, such as woocommerce.php, class-wc-cart.php, class-wc-checkout.php, and more. The Plugin Editor can be used to make advanced customizations to your WooCommerce store that are not possible with the Customizer or the Theme Editor. However, using the Plugin Editor requires some knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, and WordPress coding standards. To customize your WooCommerce store using the Plugin Editor, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your WordPress site as an administrator.
  2. Go to Plugins > Plugin Editor in the left sidebar menu.
  3. In the Plugin Editor screen, you will see a drop-down menu at the top where you can select a plugin that you want to edit. Select WooCommerce from the drop-down menu.
  4. You will see a list of plugin files on the right and a code editor on the left.
  5. Select a plugin file that you want to edit from the list on the right. For example, if you want to change how WooCommerce handles cart items, you can select class-wc-cart.php file.
  6. Make changes to code in editor on left. You can use search box at top of editor to find specific code snippets or keywords. You can also use documentation links at bottom of editor to learn more about WordPress coding standards and best practices.
  7. When you are done editing click on Update File button at bottom of screen to save your changes.

Conclusion

WooCommerce is a powerful plugin that allows you to create and manage an online store using WordPress. In this tutorial we showed you how to customize your WooCommerce store using three methods: Customizer Theme Editor and Plugin Editor.

We hope this tutorial was helpful and that you enjoy using WooCommerce on your site.

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