What is WooCommerce?

Before understanding WooCommerce you have to understand WordPress because they are connected. WordPress is an open-source web content management system (CMS) that helps a developer to make a website without coding. WordPress is written in PHP programming language and also uses MySQL and Maria DB database. WordPress was created for publishing blogs but has evolved to support publishing other web content. People can make a website like a blog website, e-commerce website, personal portfolio website, etc. It allows people to create a website with very few prices because of the reusable theme and plugins.

WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress content management systems. It is very easy to make an e-commerce website using woocommerce. It has a large amount of data and design for an e-commerce website. From 2011 when it was created till then it has been serving several service in WordPress e-commerce services. It is designed for large and small e-commerce services like Amazon, Alibaba, Daraz, Rokomari, and so on. Wocommerce is now a popular and most used plugin for an e-commerce website.

It was estimated that WooCommerce is used by around 3.9 million websites in January 2020. It has gained popularity because of the base product, many extensions, and plugins which are totally free and easy to use. Woocommerce has 1000 extensions and plugins that help a user design their e-commerce website with very little time. And the woocommerce developer doesn’t need to understand coding to make a website. Moreover, woocommerce has launched Android and IOS mobile app for their user to control their woocommerce WordPress website easily.

There are several themes for woocommerce wordpress websites that help the owner of a shop to make a beautiful e-commerce website. Some of the themes are paid and some of them are free to use. And the new developer also making some custom designs for the e-commerce theme. Developers can design and redesign any theme by using the Elementor plugin.

Here is a list of woocommerce themes that might help you to make the best wordpress e-commerce website using woo-commerce.

1. Astra: Astra is one of the most popular WooCommerce themes of all time. This theme is very fast and modern.
2. Divi: It is a multipurpose theme built to work seamlessly for woocommerce.
3. Neto: Neto is a fantastic e-commerce theme with a home page of grid layout.
4. Ultra: Ultran is an all-purpose wordpress theme with a super flexible option for a wordpress woocommerce website.
5. Shophistic: Shophistic Lite is a minimalist WordPress theme.

If you want to improve your site experience and want to make a more flexible and user-friendly e-commerce website then these woocommerce plugins are for you. It makes it easy to develop an e-commerce platform for your small and big businesses.

Here are some of the best plugins for improving your e-commerce site experience and increasing your sales. Some of the plugins which are listed below are free, but more often than not you should expect to pay for WooCommerce plugins. Sometimes is served free and sometimes it charges a single amount for one one-time free and monthly fee.

Here is a list of our favorite woocommerce plugins:

Rank	Plugin	Best For	Price
1	OptinMonster	Popups + lead generation	$9/month
2	All in One SEO	WooCommerce SEO	Free available
3	FunnelKit	All-in-One SEO	Free available
4	Advanced Coupons	WooCommerce coupons	Free available
5	Constant Contact	Email marketing	$28/month
6	WP Mail SMTP	WooCommerce Emails	Free available
7	WooPayments	Integrated WooCommerce Payments	Free available
8	WooCommerce Fast Cart	Popup fast cart and checkout	Free available
9	Nextend Social Login	Visitors register and login	Free available
10	Variation Swatches	Option fields into labels, colors, and image	Free available

It is very easy to install this plugin from the official WordPress website and the installed WordPress software dashboard. By visiting the Plugins » Add New Plugin page you can install the plugin and then you have to activate this plugin.