How to Add Products in WooCommerce - Detailed Tutorial

After setting up WooCommerce, some beginners in foreign trade website building might not be familiar with how to add products. So, Naiba will teach you how to add products to your WooCommerce store in this article. With WooCommerce, anyone can sell or display products on their own website. If you haven't installed WooCommerce yet, first refer tothis tutorialto learn.

How to Add Products in WooCommerce

After installing WooCommerce, go to the WP Admin Dashboard. You can find WooCommerce in the left menu bar, then select Add New under Products to add a new product.After clicking, you will see an interface similar to publishing a Post.

1. Add Product Title and Description

Fill in the product title and product description in the title and text box. At the bottom of the page, there is also a short product description area, which you can fill in if needed. When filling in the product title and description, you can appropriately include product keywords to help withGoogle SEO Optimization。

2. Select Product Type

Below the text box, you can see the Product Data section, where you can set some parameters for the product.WooCommerce by default supports 4 product types:

1. Simple product
2. Grouped product
3. External/Affiliate product
4. Variable product

If a product has variations like multiple colors or sizes, you can use a Variable product. Previous tutorial:WooCommerce Tutorial for Adding Variable Products with Optional Color PackagesIt also includes options for Virtual product and Downloadable product. Usually, we directly add a Simple product.

3. Fill in Basic Product Information

Product Data includes the following tabs. Fill them in according to your actual situation.

1. General
2. Inventory
3. Shipping
4. Linked products
5. Attributes
6. Advanced

If you have installed some WooCommerce plugins yourself, you may get more tags here. Linked Products can be used for product association, enabling cross-selling and recommendations.

4. Fill in Product Short Description

This description will appear in a prominent location at the beginning of the product, so you can make good use of this feature. Additionally, Google search engine will crawl and display this information (not guaranteed 100% display).

5. Select Categories and Add Images

On the right side of the Add Product page, you can select Product Category, Product Tags, Featured Image, and Product Gallery. When adding product images, it is recommended to maintain a consistent image size across the entire website for a better display on the frontend.

6. Click the Publish Button

After entering all the content, you can click the Publish button, and the product will be added.Visit the website frontend to view a basic WooCommerce product display page. The appearance of this page will vary depending on the WP Theme you have chosen. Naibabiji previously shared:10 Best WordPress WooCommerce Themes Recommended