How to Create Ecommerce Website using WordPress ? (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 16 Jul, 2024

Creating an e-commerce website using WordPress is an excellent choice for many reasons. WordPress is user-friendly, highly customizable, and has several plugins to add functionality.

This guide will walk you through the process of setting up an e-commerce site with any WordPress theme.

**Once you have set up your word press you are ready to go.

Why Choose WordPress for Your E-commerce Website?

  1. **Ease of Use: WordPress is known for its user-friendly interface.
  2. **Customization: A wide variety of themes and plugins allow for extensive customization.
  3. **Scalability: WordPress can handle a small store or a large e-commerce website.
  4. **SEO-Friendly: WordPress is built with SEO best practices in mind.

**Steps to Create an Ecommerce Website

**Step 1: Go to sidebar appearance then select 'Add New' select any you like for now I want astra.

**Step 2: Under appearance theme search Astra.

**Step 3: Click on install and select activate.

**To Edit/Customize the We Need To Install Plugins:

**Step 1: Go to sidebar Plugins >> Add new

**Step 2: Search for Astra starter. Click on Install and Activate It.

**Step 1: Go to Plugins >> Installed Plugins >> See Library.

**Step 2: Scroll down click on go to the site (if prompted for the tutorial) there will be three options to choose from elementor.

**Step 3: Apply the filter for searching the website if you like it, choose the website you like. Click on the import site.

**To Further Customize Your eCommerce Website Like Adding Product:

**Step 1: Go to the Dashboard.

**Step 2: On the sidebar click on the product.

**Step 3: And click on Add New.

**Step 4: As the New Window Appears add the product name description and the price, you can also add the product image by the URL or by uploading It.

**Step 5: When you are done with your editing click on publish.

**Step 6: Now go to the website and check the product will be available on the product page.

**For Customising The Front End of The Page:

**Step 1: Go to the top of the page select the edit with elementor.

**Step 2: And select anything you want to edit whether it's the text or the image.

**Set up Payment Gateway For Your Ecommerce

**Step 1: Go to the sidebar of your website name click on the setting

**Step 2: Go to the payment option and set up the payment method that will be visible to the users.