Looking for some Halloween deals? WP Engine is doing $250 off annual plans this weekend only, and SiteGround is doing a 70% off Halloween sale:
WooThemes is also running a 30% off sale with the code HALLOWOON.
Now for the rest of this week’s eCommerce news!
- A One Page Checkout extension for WooCommerce was released by our friends over at Prospress this week. This turns any page into an on-page landing and checkout process, and can be used for product lists, pricing tables, and more.
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Prospress also released a free integration between WooCommerce and Stellar, a new and rapidly growing cryptocurrency, and posted a great article on whether location matters for eCommerce.
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Here’s another handy Gravity Forms snippet from Gravity Wiz: Disable auto-complete for your forms.
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The EDD Image Watermark extension now supports the Frontend Submissions extension to watermark vendor images.
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AffiliateWP just released a free add-on that lets you use store credit for affiliate referrals – they’re awarded credit for a referral, which can be redeemed in your store. It supports WooCommerce, with EDD support coming soon.
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Lee Willis posted a couple of useful tutorials this week: How to change the order of payment gateway options in EDD, and How to default to the lowest shipping choice with WP eCommerce.
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Adding your own shortcodes to your site can be immensely useful – here’s a tutorial on how to create WordPress shortcodes from SkyVerge.
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Not sure whether you need an SEO or a sharing plugin? Here’s a breakdown of WordPress SEO vs WPSSO that explains the differences and how each can be used in your social media efforts (we have a full WPSSO review as well).
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Selecting brand colors or going through a site redesign? Here’s an interesting study on how color affects branding and decision making via Medium.
