Tutorials abound this week! Also EDD and WooCommerce major versions in beta testing currently, so lots of exciting stuff this week.
New or Updated Plugins & Themes
- Easy Digital Downloads is now beta testing version 2.6, so if you have a staging site, it’s a great time to check out the updates! Version 2.6 includes the ability to refund PayPal transactions within the EDD admin, multiple email addresses per customer account, an improved product import, and some other nice refinements.
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Along with beta testing, developers should also ensure they’ve begun to use the EDD Payments class in plugins and custom code.
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Speaking of EDD, Restrict Content Pro has a closer integration with the EDD Frontend Submissions plugin available now that lets you limit the number of products a vendor can publish in your store.
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WooCommerce 2.6 is also in beta testing, and WooThemes has some tips for testing and upgrading.
Tutorials & Reviews
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Easy Digital Downloads has a tutorial on using Gravity Forms Checkout with EDD for customized checkout forms.
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Cloudways has some tips on integrating brands with WooCommerce.
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You can offer free downloads for an email signup using WooCommerce with this tutorial from Web Training Wheels.
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Here’s a handy snippet to enable free shipping only if a certain shipping class is being purchased with WooCommerce from Mike Jolley.
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Paid Memberships Pro has a guide to setting up a one-page membership site.
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Patrick Rauland has a handy snippet for always including shipping fields at checkout with WooCommerce.
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Payments are tricky for any store to deal with, and WooThemes has tips on different ways you can accept payments.
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AffiliateWP has some tips on how you can customize the affiliate area.
Marketing & Conversions
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WooConf videos are now up! They have loads to be learned about eCommerce marketing and optimization — here’s my talk if you’d like to check it out.
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We’ve been writing out segmenting member emails for memberships sites recently, so ConversionXL’s email segmentation examples are a great companion.
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User generated reviews are a huge part of your content, and ConversionXL has some details on why, along with how they can best be displayed on your site.
Other Tips & Articles
- Cloudways has some tips on choosing payment gateways for WooCommerce.
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