A practical store-launch checklist: prepare WordPress, install WooCommerce, configure products and payments, test orders, and plan maintenance before going live.
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Prepare WordPress and hosting
Confirm HTTPS, a current supported PHP version, backups, administrator access and a hosting plan suitable for your catalogue and traffic.
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Install WooCommerce
Install the official WooCommerce plugin through WordPress, activate it and review the initial store configuration. Use official documentation for version-specific screens.
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Set store basics
Set your business location, currency, address, customer regions and relevant privacy and legal pages before enabling orders.
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Add products and categories
Prepare product names, descriptions, images, prices, stock status, variations and logical categories; review product URLs and search snippets.
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Configure tax, shipping and payments
Confirm your own tax obligations and delivery rules. Connect an approved payment provider, verify credentials and check available methods by country.
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06
Test the buying journey
Place test orders and verify cart, checkout, emails, refunds, mobile layout, tax, shipping, inventory and customer account behaviour.
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07
Launch and monitor
Confirm backups, analytics, performance, indexing, privacy disclosures and a rollback plan. Recheck critical flows after updates.
Official technical references: WooCommerce Documentation · WordPress Installation