- What is WooCommerce?
- WooCommerce is an e-commerce plugin that turns a self-hosted WordPress site into an online store.
- What does it do?
- Adds a product catalogue, cart, checkout and order management to WordPress, with payment gateways, shipping rates and subscriptions added through extensions. Store data and theming stay inside your own WordPress install.
- Who is it for?
- Merchants and agencies already running WordPress who want to own the stack and accept responsibility for hosting, updates and plugin conflicts. Not for teams that want a hosted store with no maintenance.
Top alternatives
Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with WooCommerce.
Drop-in cart.
Embed checkout on any static or custom site.
2% commission, min $20/moBootstrapped
Lightweight cart.
Drops a cart and checkout into an existing static site with one script tag.