Use this WooCommerce launch checklist to review products, checkout, payments, shipping, security, SEO, speed, analytics, and more before going live.
Launching a WooCommerce store? Use this checklist to make sure your website is fast, secure, user-friendly, mobile-ready, and prepared to convert visitors into customers.
WooCommerce is known for its simplicity in installation and customisation. With that being said it’s always a good idea to double check things are done correctly, even if you have had your website professionally created.
There are a lot of options and it’s almost impossible to get it right first time, so fine tuning is part of the plan. Here is our list of checks to perform when launching a new WooCommerce website:
Sections we can cover
- Product pages
- Product images
- Product descriptions
- Categories & navigation
- Mobile responsiveness
- Shopping cart
- Checkout process
- Payment gateways
- Shipping configuration
- Tax configuration
- Customer accounts
- Website speed
- Security & backups
- SEO & Google visibility
- Analytics, tracking & conversion optimization
After the site is live:
Once the site is live it’s important to monitor new orders and double check everything is working as expected.
- Is your stock control working as desired?
- Check all your tax is being calculated correctly (both local and overseas).
- Check how your order confirmation emails look.
- Are all the order details coming through correctly?
- Check all your shipping is being calculated correctly (both local and overseas).
Key Takeaways
- 1Check product pages, images, descriptions, categories, and navigation before launch.
- 2Test the shopping cart, checkout, payments, shipping, and tax configuration.
- 3Make sure the store works properly across mobile and desktop devices.
- 4Review website speed, security, backups, SEO, and Google visibility.
- 5Set up analytics and conversion tracking to monitor store performance.
- 6Continue checking orders, stock, taxes, emails, and shipping after launch.
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