Three Easy Methods to Add a Product Center to a Foreign Trade Enterprise Website

Whether for foreign or domestic trade, most enterprise websites display their products. Here, Naiba shares three methods he has personally used to add products and create a product center for a website. You can choose the method that suits you best.

Method 1: WooCommerce

WooCommerce is an open-source, free e-commerce Plugin that helps businesses quickly establish a shopping system on their website.Advantages:

1. Install and use immediately, quickly set up a shopping system;
2. Professional shopping system with comprehensive features;
3. Enables online sales of goods.

Disadvantages:

1. Installation on domestic servers may cause the website to slow down;
2. Too bulky; if you only have a few products, installing WooCommerce alone is a waste of resources.

Further Reading:How Foreign Trade Enterprises Use WordPress to Build an E-commerce Website  

Method 2: Portfolio Plugin

There are dedicated Portfolio Plugins, such asWP Portfolio. After installing a Portfolio Plugin, a separate Custom Post Type will appear in the website's Admin Dashboard. You can add Categories and content within it to achieve the effect of displaying products. These Plugins usually support display calls, allowing you to use a Page to automatically output the added Portfolio information. Some premium Theme authors directly include the Portfolio Custom Post Type in the Theme code, so you can also add product information directly without using a Plugin.Advantages:

1. Consumes fewer resources compared to WooCommerce;
2. Can automatically call the added Portfolio information (i.e., the product information you added).

Disadvantages:

1. If the style of the product detail page does not meet your needs, it requires separate design.

 

Method 3: Page Addition

Using Pages to add products directly utilizes WordPress's built-in functionality, making it the most resource-efficient and highly portable. Just like writing a Post, create a Page for each product.Advantages:

1. Native functionality, lightweight.

Disadvantages:

1. The product aggregation page needs to be created and added manually; it cannot be called automatically.
2. If dissatisfied with the product detail page style, you need to design it yourself.

The above are the three methods shared by Naiba for adding product pages to a website. Naiba's personal suggestion is: if you only have a few products, consider using Page creation; if you have dozens of products, consider using a Portfolio Plugin; if you have many products, it is still recommended to use theWooCommercePlugin for assistance.