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Most of these WooCommerce plugins have a range of features and are completely free. That means you'll want to do some homework to decide which ones suit your e-commerce store. But first, what is WooCommerce?
As you may know, a huge number of websites around the world build their content on WordPress — e-commerce sites included. To offer customers more on the commerce side, those sites turn to WooCommerce plugins.
WooCommerce, the most popular e-commerce plugin, lets you turn your site into an online store. With just a few WooCommerce plugins, a WordPress-based website gains features that make shopping easier — product listings, categories, a cart, checkout, shipping, member analytics and more — transforming it into a full e-commerce site.
As e-commerce's biggest ally, WooCommerce plugins deliver major advantages through their practical features. Perhaps the most important of these is that they're free. Free WooCommerce plugins let business owners build their own e-commerce sites and add the features they need without spending a thing. There are hundreds of free plugins, and just as many paid ones, giving users variety and different tiers of quality so they can use as many plugins as they like.
Customer satisfaction matters enormously for any e-commerce business. WooCommerce plugins let you see which products customers are interested in and how much, so you can build a picture of their behavior and put your audience through a detailed analysis.
On top of that, plenty of plugins give you access to countless features such as a customer service line, product categorization, different theme options and personalization.
You can also encourage customers to shop — and multiply your revenue — by sending reminders via email or notification, displaying pop-ups for discount coupons, and adding many similar features.
Since day one, WordPress has been known for letting users build a website without any software or coding knowledge, which is why it's so widely used. WordPress does the same for e-commerce sites: its WooCommerce plugin has a simple setup and is easy enough for anyone to use — a big advantage for users.
With thousands of paid and free WooCommerce plugins available on the market, we've rounded up the 10 most functional and effective ones for you.
As the name suggests, Live Chat is a live support line built for getting in touch with customers. This plugin offers features like visitor tracking, chat triggers and feedback. The customer-focused Live Chat WooCommerce plugin isn't free, unfortunately, but it does come with a 14-day trial. Since every e-commerce site can benefit from a live support line, it's a good fit for any type of store.
Notable features
Looking at Live Chat in more detail, the plugin offers a customizable live chat box. It also has an algorithm that can predict when customers might need support and step in. There's multi-channel communication too, so you can reach customers on both your website and your associated social media platforms.
Alongside a feedback option that lets you keep tabs on your agents, it stores and analyzes all live-support transcripts and saves that information to the system, making it easy to see which agent is most helpful to customers.
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/livechat-woocommerce
If you want to let customers create wish lists for anything, YITH WooCommerce Wishlist is just the plugin for the job. Offering both a "Favorites" section and the ability to create custom lists, it comes in free and premium versions. It isn't essential for newer sites with only a few products and a small audience, but stores catering to large audiences may well want it.
Notable features
YITH WooCommerce Wishlist lets users create multiple lists and aims to remind them, via email or notification, about products they previously liked — which can help boost sales. Users can also share these lists on social media.
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-wishlist
This plugin lets you automatically attach a PDF invoice of the payment to the email sent after purchase, and create packing slips either in bulk or individually. Available in both free and premium versions, WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips is generally used by B2B e-commerce sites.
Notable features
One of the best things about this plugin is that, once installed, it lets you print PDF invoices and packing slips for both current and past orders. With support for many languages, it lets you customize and number invoices however you like.
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips
This plugin gives customers the chance to share their thoughts about your store and builds a rating system for your business. While we wouldn't strongly recommend the free Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for sites that are still under development, it's a free plugin suitable for any site that wants it.
Notable features
Its features include reminding customers by email to review a product, prompting those who've received their orders, customizing those reminders, and generating coupons for customers who leave a review.
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/customer-reviews-woocommerce
If you want to reach the global market, this plugin is made for your store. The free WooCommerce Multilingual lets customers view your site in more than one language — a very handy, free plugin for stores that have gone global or aim to.
Notable features
This extension can apply translation to every section of the site and integrates easily with other popular WooCommerce plugins. It offers multiple currency options, and you can switch currencies with ease.
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-multilingual
If you'd rather not add extensions one by one and are looking for a practical shortcut, Beeketing for WooCommerce might be the extension you want. The plugin has a free version as well as a premium one, and you can also buy the specific features you want from its extension library. It's suitable for all types of websites.
Notable features
Beeketing for WooCommerce bundles into one package the features that many plugins offer individually. One of them is the ability to present coupons and discounts during checkout. It sends notifications and emails for orders left unfinished before purchase, and it includes Facebook Messenger support.
It sends welcome emails to customers who sign up. You can add countdown timers and stock indicators to products. It encourages shopping by showing customers how many people have viewed and bought an item, and it offers options like "Best Sellers," "Recently Viewed" and "Customers who bought this also bought."
Learn more: beeketing.com/beeketing-for-woocommerce
YITH WooCommerce Compare gives customers the option to compare products by their features, and it comes in free and premium versions. It's a plugin generally used by stores selling appliances and home electronics.
Notable features
Customers can pick the features they want from a comparison table and compare them against other products. As they do, a pop-up appears on screen so the customer doesn't leave the page and can keep shopping afterward. They can also add a product to their cart directly from the comparison page. You can remove or customize fields such as images and titles on that page.
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-compare
Some website themes prevent you from editing several features of WooCommerce plugins. The free WooCommerce Customizer, which also has paid features, gives you that ability in places you otherwise couldn't edit when you run into such a problem.
Notable features
If you don't know how to write code, its visual editing feature can come in handy. You can edit elements your theme won't let you change, such as the "Add to Cart" button and discount coupons.
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-customizer
If you want to showcase discounts, deals or products in a scrollable window in your virtual store, you can use the Product Slider for WooCommerce plugin. Some extensions have this feature built in, but it isn't available in every theme. The extension packs plenty of features into its free version and also has a paid one.
Notable features
You can add a slider to any page or post. It's a plugin fully compatible with desktop and mobile devices. You can have it scroll automatically or leave that to the customer to do manually.
There's room for personalization with options like changing the font size, and it comes with more distinctive, eye-catching animations than standard WordPress themes. Its premium version serves up 30 different template options, such as "Most Liked Products" and "Recently Viewed Items."
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/woo-product-slider
Product categories are perhaps a must for every e-commerce store, and WooCommerce Products Filter helps you out here. This free plugin lets you keep your store organized, and its premium version opens the door to even more features.
Notable features
You can assign custom shortcodes to products and add a product filter anywhere on your site. It offers various filtering options when searching for products, and, depending on your preference, it either resets or preserves the filter settings when the page reloads.
It turns search data into statistics, so you can see what your customers search for and are interested in most. It also saves search data for customers, displaying their search history so they don't have to type it again next time. It's compatible with many WooCommerce plugins, though it can occasionally cause issues.
Learn more: wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-products-filter
