I'll be honest, we intended to talk the most useful e-commerce plugins for WordPress, but ended up talking mostly about WooCommerce. That said, there's a ton of information in here about WooCommerce plugins and extensions, including what  plugins you'll need for specific functionality in WooCommerce.

Our WordPress panel this week:

Sallie Goetsch: from WP Fangirl

Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design

John Locke: from Lockedown SEO

Jonathan Denwood: from WP-Tonic.com

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Table of Contents for Episode 178

0:00 Podcast intros.

3:17 WordPres News Story #1: GoDaddy Accquires Sucuri

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/godaddy-acquires-sucuri-to-advance-digital-security-for-customers-300427537.html

13:16 WordPress News Story #2: Pippin's Plugins: Reflection on a Price Increase

https://pippinsplugins.com/reflection-on-a-price-increase/

28:52 Main Topic: Best WooComerce plugins and other e-commerce plugins for WordPress)

29:55 The importance of discovery in an e-commerce project. Things you have to consider before writing requirements on an e-commerce project.

39:50 What if you need to create a WooCommerce store in multiple languages?

44:37 Payment gateways for WooCommerce.

46:07 Some shipping plugins for WooCommerce. Some misc plugins for various functionality.

52:00 Product modification. Cart rules. Discounts for buying certain amounts. Minimum and maximum purchase rules.

56:25 Integration with WooCommerce and QuickBooks. Is it possible? Yes. Is it elegant or easy? Hmmm...

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Links mentioned during the show:

WPML

WooCommerce Multilingual

Polylang

Say what?

Min/Max Quantities for WooCommerce

Stripe for WooCommerce

UPS Shipping Method for WooCommerce

Shipping Tracking for WooCommerce

WooCommerce PDF Invoices

WooCommerce USPS Shipping Plugin with Print Label

WooCommerce Products Designer

Registrations for WooCommerce

Gravity Forms Product Add-ons for WooCommerce

WooCommerce Product Options

WooCommerce Advanced Fees

WooCommerce Bulk Discount

WooCommerce Tab Manager

TaxJar for WooCommerce

Integrating QuickBooks with WooCommerce

https://zapier.com/zapbook/quickbooks/woocommerce/

https://woocommerce.com/products/quickbooks-pro-cloud-cart-connector/

https://appcenter.intuit.com/quickbooks-online-with-woocommerce

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Some more we didn't have time to mention:

WooCommerce EU VAT Compliance

WooCommerce Menu Cart

YITH WooCommerce Compare

WooCommerce Lightbox

WooCommerce Product Gallery Slider

Booster for WooCommerce (formerly WooCommerce Jetpack)

Ultimate WooCommerce Brands Pro

WooCommerce Email Enquiry Ultimate

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