WooCommerce
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| Original author(s) | Mike Jolley, James Koster |
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| Developer(s) | Automattic |
| Initial release | 2011[1] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Unix-like, Windows |
| Type | e-commerce |
| License | GPL |
| Website | woocommerce |
WooCommerce is an open source e-commerce plugin for WordPress. It is designed for small to large-sized online merchants using WordPress. Launched on September 27, 2011,[2] the plugin quickly became popular for its simplicity to install and customize and free base product.
History
WooCommerce was first developed by WordPress theme developer WooThemes,[3] who hired Mike Jolley and James Koster, developers at Jigowatt, to work on a fork of Jigoshop[4][5] that became WooCommerce.[6] In August 2014, WooCommerce powered 381,187 sites (or 17.77% of e-commerce sites online).[7]
In November 2014, the first WooConf, a conference focusing on eCommerce using WooCommerce was held in San Francisco, California. It attracted 300 attendees.[8]
In May 2015, WooThemes and WooCommerce were acquired by Automattic, operator of WordPress.com and core contributor to the WordPress software.[9]
Usage
WooCommerce has been adopted by over 380,000 online retailers.[10] It is used by a number of high-traffic websites, among them are Internet Systems Consortium and Small Press Expo.[11] For the 3rd week of September 2015, Trends indicated that WooCommerce ran on 30%[12] of e-commerce sites and millions of active installs.[13]
WooCommerce has attracted significant popularity because the base product, in addition to many extensions and plugins, is free and open source. In addition, there are thousands of paid add-ons for fixed prices. Many Premium Themes now offer capability with Woocommerce as well as plugins that make a theme framework compatible.[14]
WooExpert Partner program
Instead of a certification program WooCommerce uses an official partnership program. WooCommerce recommends users to use these WooExperts for their WooCommerce projects.[15] Suppliers can apply to become a partner and by doing so will undergo a multi-stage application process that includes skill evaluation and an interview. Throughout the process WooCommerce aim to assess familiarity with WooCommerce core and extensions. The partnership program has either a Gold or a Silver level.[16]
See also
References
- ^ "WooCommerce Has Arrived". WooCommerce. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (27 September 2011). "WooThemes Launches WooCommerce To Turn WordPress Sites Into Online Shops". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "WordPress Themes, Plugins & eCommerce". WooThemes.
- ^ Imel, Ryan (28 August 2011). "Jigoshop team and WordPress community members share thoughts on forking". WPCandy. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Our forking views". Jigoshop. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Imel, Ryan (25 August 2011). "WooThemes forks Jigoshop into WooCommerce, launches WooLabs". WPCandy. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "WooCommerce Growth Revisited: Four Million and Counting". WooCommerce. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Dedicated to store owners & WordPress developers wanting to learn the art of eCommerce using WooCommerce". conf.woocommerce.com. 3 November 2014.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "WordPress Parent Automattic Buys WooCommerce, a Shopping Tool for Web Publishers". Re/code. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "4 Million Downloads". WooCommerce. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015. [non-primary source needed]
- ^ "WooCommerce E-Commerce Usage". WebTechster. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
- ^ "Statistics for websites using Ecommerce technologies (The Entire Internet Tab)". builtwith.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "WordPress Plugins Stats". Retrieved 2015-09-22. [non-primary source needed]
- ^ "WooCommerce Genesis Framework for Woocommerce".
- ^ "WooExperts - WooCommerce". WooCommerce. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ "Becoming a WooExpert - WooCommerce". WooCommerce. Retrieved 2017-09-03.