Last updated on February 6th, 2022 at 05:31 am
If you want to add more features to your Woocommerce, you definitely need some plugins to make your store more advanced. Without Plugins your store will just remain as a store. I recommend the best plugin which will make your WooCommerce Store look like a professional e-commerce store like Amazon, Flipkart etc. They allow you to add new features and grow your business.
There are lots of free plugins in WordPress but only a few plugins are suitable for WooCommerce. Here many people are confused about which plugins should be installed? So here, I am gonna share some best and free WooCommerce plugins that will be guaranteed to enhance your store. So that, helpful in the e-commerce business and increasing sales as well.
Let’s take a look at the best WooCommerce plugins for WordPress without wasting your time.
The very first plugin must be installed on your WordPress website. If you wish to rank the website google then Rank Math helps you get ranked higher by making your website SEO-friendly and your content worthy of featured Position.
Features you’ll get:
- Optimize Unlimited Keywords
- Google Search Console Integration
- Google Keyword Ranking
- Advanced SEO Analysis Tool
- Detailed SEO
- Redirection Manager
- 404 Monitor
- Internal Linking Suggestions
- SEO Analyzer
- XML Sitemap
- Import & Export Feature
SEO might be the best and most consistent source of traffic for one’s website, but it’s not without its quirks.
#2. Smush
Smush is a WordPress plugin that helps in reducing the loading speed of websites. It reduces the size of the images without compromising the quality of the image. The main advantage of this is that it is free and anyone can use it for an unlimited period of time.
Feature
- Lossless Compression
- Lazy Load
- Incorrect Size Image Detection – Quickly locate images that are slowing down your site.
- Optimize images
- Automated Optimization
#3. Cashfree
This payment gateway will allow users to pay via UPI, Net Banking, Debit/Credit cards. The plugin is better than other payment gateways like Razorpay, PayU because its charges start at 1.75% per transaction. Cashfree does not charge any setup fee or annual maintenance charges.
Companies like Zomato, Xiaomi, BigBasket, Cred, and Shell use Cashfree’s payment gateway.
#4. Booster for WooCommerce is kind of like the Jetpack plugin but for WooCommerce. That is, it doesn’t do just one thing. Instead, it offers a modular set of 100-plus features that can enhance and tweak your WooCommerce store.
The keyword there is modular. Because you can choose to only enable the specific features you want to use, Booster for WooCommerce isn’t going to bloat your site with stuff you don’t want.
So, what can Booster for WooCommerce help you to do? Well, there are too many features to list, but here’s the basic rundown, divided into different categories:
- Prices & Currencies — add currencies and currency exchange rates, bulk convert prices, set prices based on user role, plus a lot more.
- Button & Price Labels — change the add-to-cart button, add a custom label for free items, plus more.
- Products — add booking products, set up cross-sells, enable crowdfunding, plus more.
- Cart & Checkout — customize checkout fields, create special coupons, and more.
- Payment Gateways — add custom gateways, charge fees for certain gateways, set different gateways based on currency or country, and more.
#5. WP Mail SMTP for Sends Emails
The email is necessary when sending invoices and order updates. By email, customers get the orders tracking, orders & updated information. On the other hand, the Owner also gets the new order notification by email.
WooCommerce uses the PHP mail() function to do that. However, almost all WordPress hosting companies don’t have this function set up properly and some even block it. So to make it work properly, you just need to install WP Mail SMTP that fixes this problem by allowing you to use an SMTP service provider to send emails.
WP Mail SMTP plugin uses an SMTP server for sending emails.
#6. Variation Swatches for WooCommerce by Emran Ahmed
The plugin offers a good look variation feature among the products by which customers can get the option to select attributes(size, colour, weight etc) for variation products. Along with that, you can change the price of other same but different attribution products. So, that will definitely be useful for your store. It also enables them to produce a quick view.
#7. TeraWallet for WooCommerce
Like Paytm, Mobikwik, Airtel Money Wallet, you can allow customers to store their money in Wallet on your WordPress website. With the help of a wallet, customers can add money and use their money (added in a wallet) for purchasing products from the e-commerce store. You can also add money into your customer account manually.
Feature
- Customers will earn cashback
- Set cashback amount
- Modify the wallet amount
- Use in purchasing products
- Add Money by any payment method
- Transfer wallet amount to other users
#8. WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips
Your customers need PDF invoices of products that they bought from your e-commerce store. You can’t send invoices individually, it takes a long time to create and send them. If you want to attach an invoice with an email send to the customer, then this plugin really helpful for you.
This WooCommerce extension automatically adds a PDF invoice to the order confirmation emails sent out to your customers. In addition, you can also download the invoices and print them as packaging slips and attached them to the product box.
WooCommerce Wishlist is a simple but powerful tool that can help you to convert your site visitors into loyal customers. There are many situations when customers can’t buy a product at this time or simply don’t want to. The possibility to save products for later encourages users to return to your site and after all, make a purchase.
So these plugins enable the wishlist icon on each product image box so that customer adds into their wishlist for future buying.
#10. Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce
This plugin is only needed if you require some more detail from customers apart from the name, address, mobile number. The plugin will allow adding some more custom fields to the checkout page and you will also edit the current field area. Custom fields are required when your business is in the B2B category.
#11. Super Socializer By Team Heater
The Super Socializer WordPress plugin allows the customer to sign in using their social media accounts like Google, Facebook etc. Because customers can’t remember the password of many websites. So in that case User logged into their account via Facebook, Google account in which there is no need to remember the password.
They can access their accounts by google or Facebook account. Thus, it fetches the required information from their accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.), and instantly sets them up.
Features
- Social login
- Social commenting
- Enable Sharing at WooCommerce products
- Fetch social profile avatar
- Horizontal and Vertical (floating) layout for sharing
- Social Media follow icons
There are many similar plugins available, but the simplicity in the setting up process of this plugin makes it a go-to choice. So, without further ado, here’s how to set up the plugin.
#12. SuperPWA
SuperPWA is a WordPress plugin that helps you convert your WordPress website into a Progressive Web App (PWA) in just 1 minute without coding. It isn’t an android app but just like an app, a web app. You might notice a pop up “Add to Home Screen” in most of the websites(Myntra, Flipkart). That is called a progressive web app. It will be added to customers home screen when click to “add to home screen”
It loads faster, provides an immersive user experience, integrated with One Signal notification. It uses a cache file for loading faster.
With this MailChimp Plugin, Your store will be connected with Mailchimp after being set up on the website. This plugin is an unofficial Mailchimp plugin developed by Ibericode.
When customers place an order, their email will be added to the Mailchimp account. So that you can send marketing emails like welcome, abandon cart, offers, retargeting emails etc. It also allows you to create automated email marketing campaigns that send mail to customers by automation.
With its free plan, you can manage up to 2,000 subscribers, send 10,000 monthly emails.
Integration:
- Contact Form 7
- WooCommerce
- WPForms
- Other Plugins
#14. WOOF – Products Filter for WooCommerce
(WOOF) is a product search plugin for WooCommerce that allows your site customers to filter products by categories, attributes, products tags, products custom taxonomies this plugin is especially for those offering products with multiple attributes.
#15. OptiMonk
The best free popup tools ever for WordPress sites. A lot of useful features, customization options, and awesome design templates in OptiMonk. This plugin is integrated with WordPress and grows your customer’s email list. You can get wonderful popups to reach the customers.
Features
- Beautiful templates
- Countdown timer
- Monitor visited pages
- A/B Testing
- Triggered features
- Behavioural targeting
I have tried to explain each plugin best for your WooCommerce store that proved to be of help. These plugins will enhance your store and make it more advanced like other e-commerce websites. If you like this blog, then please share it.
Shubham Nema is a Blogger, Content Writer, passionate about Latest Technology, curious to know something new and Owner of Lifeisaware.
