Installation Guide
Quick Start
From WordPress to your first order in six steps. Each one links to the full guide.
Quick links
Where to find it:WP Admin › Plugins › Add New
At a glance
Fifteen minutes to a live store
From an empty WordPress site to a store that takes orders.
The six steps
Tap a step for the details
The steps
One screen each
What to click, and where the full guide is.
Step 1. Get WordPress hosting
Any good WordPress host will do
You need a WordPress site and an admin login. Most hosts install WordPress for you in one click. Check your host meets the requirements, then log in at yourdomain.com/wp-admin.
Recommended hosts →
Installing WordPress →
System requirements →
Step 2. Install WP EasyCart
Free from the WordPress plugin directory
In WordPress open Plugins › Add New, search for WP EasyCart, click Install Now, then Activate.
Full install guide →
Step 3. Run the setup wizard
Location, payments, shipping, done
Open EasyCart › Settings. Until it is finished, the setup wizard opens first: Location & currency, Payments & checkout, Shipping and Finish up. Your country sets your currency, units and tax, and checkout’s address forms start on it. The wizard creates your Store, Cart and Account pages and applies the recommended settings. Leave part-way and Settings › All settings shows Set up your store with the steps done and the next one, so you can carry on. Everything can be changed later.
Every wizard step explained →
Step 4. Add your first product
Name, price and a photo is enough
Open EasyCart › Products and click Add product. Under What are you selling? say it your way, such as an eBook or a T-shirt, or pick one of the Popular kinds. The page then asks only what that product needs, with its product page drawn beside it. Give it a name, a price and a photo and press Create product. Nothing is made until you press it, and you can fill in the rest later. Once your store has products, Quick start makes a new one like one you already sell.
Adding a product, step by step →
Step 5. Place a test order
See the store the way a customer does
Open your store, add the product to the cart and check out with your gateway in test mode. Then confirm the order shows under EasyCart › Orders and the order email arrived.
How to take your first payment →
⚠️ Careful: A gateway left in test mode takes no money. Switch it to live before you announce the store.
Step 6. Go live
Tick off the launch checklist
The wizard ends on a Launch checklist: create a product, place a test order, confirm order emails arrive, add the store pages to your menu, publish terms and privacy pages, set up tax for your country and keep the recommended settings healthy. Mark as done ticks off one the check cannot see. It stays on EasyCart › Settings and Store Status until every item is done. Finish it, turn off test mode on your gateway, and you are open.
The full first-store walkthrough →
After launch
When you need more
PRO, Premium and extensions.
Next: register and upgrade
Only when you need it
The free plugin runs a complete store. When you want more, start the 14-day PRO trial or add your license key, then install extensions from EasyCart › Extensions.
Installing PRO →
Registering your license →
Keep going
Related panels
Store pages and currency.
Every payment gateway and test mode.
License state and readiness checks.
Check your server after installing.
Ready to run your store on WP EasyCart?
Everything in this guide works with the free plugin. PRO and Premium add subscriptions, memberships, wholesale pricing and more. Try every PRO feature free for 14 days.
