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Welcome back to WooWeekly, your weekly appointment with WooCommerce tutorials handpicked for you (and the other 19,428 subscribers!), so that you can learn something new.
What a year 2024 has been! As always, I’ve taken the time to reflect, crunch the numbers, and share the behind-the-scenes story in my Year in Review blog post—now live on my site. Here’s a taste of what you’ll find:
- I’ve started taking Wednesdays off. How did that impact my revenue?
- The share of client work is shrinking, while non-client work soars. Curious about the percentages?
- From 162 blog posts to 16 webinars to thousands of Slack and Twitter interactions, this was a year of prolific output. What worked—and what didn’t?
- Merging the Business Bloomer Club with online courses turned out to be a game-changer. Why are 528 members excited about this evolution?
- Six new plugins, a bold lifetime pricing model, and my first non-WordPress site! Who knew coding could be so fun?
And there’s more: sponsorship stats, my social media experiments, and even my most popular tweets (minus the #wpdrama, of course). Ready to dig into the full story? Head over to the blog for all the data, screenshots, and surprises.
Anyhow… here’s your weekly round-up of WooCommerce tips and tricks. Happy holidays!
Rodolfo Melogli
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WooCommerce Tips, Snippets, Tutorials – and Year in Reviews!
Here is a collection of posts to answer your biggest WooCommerce questions. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced store owner, these resources will help you optimize your WooCommerce store and grow your online business.
2024 Year In Review – Rodolfo Melogli
As I reflect on the past year, it’s clear that it’s been one of transformation and growth—both personally and professionally. This year wasn’t without challenges, but the wins far outweigh them—and I can’t wait to share the full story with you. [Rodolfo Melogli]
How to Reduce Friction Points in Your Ecommerce Checkout
The easier and faster you can make it for customers to complete a purchase, the more likely you are to close the deal and capture the sale. In other words, reducing checkout friction leads to higher conversion rates, sales, and revenue. [IconicWP]
Convesio 2024: A Year in Review
As the year comes to a close, I want to take a brief moment and share some of our 2024 milestones with you. It’s been a fantastic and busy year for the Convesio team. We’ve launched a number of new products and improved our core features to deliver the best experience possible and empower you to achieve new heights. [Convesio]
The Club Corner
Every week I share some highlights from our private community of Woo professionals – the Business Bloomer Club – which gives its members lifetime access to (1) WooCommerce support, (2) WooCommerce courses, (3) WooCommerce webinars, and (4) member-only resources.
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This Week’s Top Conversations On Slack
- How to Avoid Defaulting to Local Pickup in WooCommerce Checkout
- Efficiently Customizing WooCommerce Prices and Product Visibility by Customer
- Protecting Downloadable PDF Files in WooCommerce for Logged-In Customers
- Customizing WooCommerce Shipping Address in Order Emails
- How to Migrate Product Reviews, Orders, and Customers During a WooCommerce Redesign
- How to Remove the “Terms and Conditions” Checkbox Validation in WooCommerce
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ICYMI: WooCommerce Snippets
WooCommerce: Add Custom Badge To Featured Products @ Shop Page
If you’ve ever wanted to customize how WooCommerce featured products appear on your classic product grid (Shop, Category, Tag, archive, search, shortcode pages) or Product Collection block, you’re in the right place! [Business Bloomer]
WooCommerce: How to Split Orders After Purchase
Splitting WooCommerce orders programmatically can be incredibly useful for store owners who need to manage complex workflows. Whether you’re dealing with pre-orders, dropshipping, or simply organizing items for multiple shipments, dividing an order based on its products ensures smoother operations and a better customer experience. [Business Bloomer]
WooCommerce: Display Only Products On Sale @ Shop
In my own WooCommerce shop, for Black Friday, I wanted to send customers directly to the Shop page showcasing only items on sale. To my surprise, WooCommerce doesn’t provide a built-in way to sort products by “on sale” out of the box. Now, with a simple code snippet, you can enable a “Sort by On Sale” feature, or even use the “orderby=on_sale” parameter with your Shop page URL to show sale items effortlessly! [Business Bloomer]
WooCommerce: Edit “x customer reviews” String @ Single Product Page
While WooCommerce provides a default review display, you may want to customize it to fit your specific needs. This tutorial will guide you through the process of editing the “x customer reviews” text on a single product page. [Business Bloomer]
WooCommerce: “Last Chance” Category with Expiring Sale Products
When managing a WooCommerce store, your sales strategy can be a powerful way to engage customers and drive urgency. One cool trick is featuring products with sale prices about to expire (“sale price end date“) in a custom product category. We’ve already seen how to populate a “Sale” category, but this time I’d like to get only the sale products with a sale end date! [Business Bloomer]
WooCommerce: View Customer Order History on Single Order Admin Page
Viewing the WooCommerce customer’s order history directly on the single order admin page can be incredibly useful when you need quick access to a customer’s past purchases without navigating away from the current order screen. [Business Bloomer]
WooCommerce: Display Featured Products First @ Shop, Cat, Tag, Search Pages
What’s the point of having the chance to “star” some products in your WooCommerce backend, if you can’t really use these featured products properly on the frontend? Yes, you can use a shortcode or a block to return the featured products only… or maybe you want to keep reading for a better (imho) solution! [Business Bloomer]
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