The Simple Shopping Cart is a very user-friendly, lightweight and dynamic plugin. You can use it to quickly start selling items from your WordPress powered site. Best of all, the plugin is free and maintained by the developer so it always works with the latest version of WordPress.
If you don’t have the simple shopping cart plugin already then visit the WordPress Simple Shopping Cart plugin’s WordPress.org page to download a copy now.
This is the documentation index page for the WP Simple Shopping Cart plugin. It links to all the different documentation pages for this plugin. You can bookmark this page for easy access in the future.
Video Tutorials
AI/ChatGPT Helper
Installation and Usage Related
- WP Shopping Cart Installation and Usage
- Using Simple Cart Blocks
- Adding a Shopping Cart to the Sidebar
- Creating a Specific Checkout Page for Your Cart
- How to Create Discount Coupons
- How to Create a Simple WordPress Store Online for Free
- How to Show a Product Display Box
- How to Sell Digital Media Files
- Email Merge Tags for the Sale Notification Emails
- Displaying Order Summary on the ‘Thank You’ Page
Payment Gateway Related
- Enabling PayPal Commerce Platform (PPCP) (New API)
- Enabling Stripe Checkout
- Enabling Manual/Offline Checkout
- Setup PayPal IPN Notification (for PayPal Standard)
- PayPal’s Pay in 4 (Buy Now Pay Later)
Testing Related
Shipping and Tax Related
- How Shipping Cost Calculation Works
- How Shipping Address is Collected from the Customer
- How to Use Regional Sale Tax
Troubleshooting Related
Additional Resources
- WP Shopping Cart FAQ
- Setting Up Product Variations
- Showing a Compact Shopping Cart
- Enabling Terms and Conditions for the Cart
- Showing Product Image Thumbnails in the Cart
- Re-size/Customize the Shopping Cart Size
- Add to Cart Button Images
- Benefits of an Express Checkout System
- Automatically Return Customers from PayPal
- How to Receive Buyer’s Phone Number from PayPal
- Language Translation
- WP Shopping Cart Additional Resources
- Sell Photos from Your WordPress Site
- Exporting Cart Orders to a CSV File
Integration/Compatibility (With Other Plugins)
- Impact of Caching on E-Commerce Sites
- WP Super Cache and Simple Shopping Cart Integration
- W3 Total Cache and Simple Shopping Cart Integration
Customization and Tweaks
- Stacking Multiple Product Boxes Side by Side (Grid Layout)
- Customize the Add to Cart Button Text via Shortcode
- Customizing Price Amount Display Currency Formatting
- Customize the Item Name Display in the Shopping Cart
- Customize the Thumbnail Section of the Product Box
- Customize the PayPal Checkout Button Image in the Cart
- Customize the Shopping Cart Image in the Cart
- Adding Data to the PayPal Custom Field
- Adding Extra PayPal Input Fields
- Adding an ID Tag to the Add to Cart Button Form
- Run Additional Tasks After a Sale (using an action hook)