Customizing WooCommerce Pages Tutorial

1. Introduction

This tutorial is aimed at helping you customize the look and feel of your WooCommerce store. Customizing your store helps you stand out from the competition and aligns your store's aesthetics with your brand.

You will learn how to alter product pages, checkout pages, and more.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of PHP, HTML, and CSS. Familiarity with WordPress and the WooCommerce plugin is also useful.

2. Step-by-Step Guide

WooCommerce allows you to modify your store pages via templates. These template files can be found in the WooCommerce plugin directory under /woocommerce/templates/.

Remember: Never edit these files directly in the plugin directory as they will be overwritten during updates. Instead, copy them into your theme directory before editing.

Creating a WooCommerce child theme

The best practice for modifying template files is to create a child theme. This allows your changes to persist even after updating the parent theme.

1. Create a new directory in your themes directory, e.g., /wp-content/themes/your-child-theme/.

2. Inside this directory, create a style.css file with the following:

/*
 Theme Name:   Your Child Theme
 Template:     parent-theme
*/

1. Create a functions.php file and import the parent theme's CSS:

<?php
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_parent_styles' );
function enqueue_parent_styles() {
   wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri().'/style.css' );
}

1. Go to your WordPress dashboard and activate your child theme.

Customizing Templates

1. Copy the template file from /woocommerce/templates/ to /your-theme/woocommerce/. Maintain the same file structure.

2. Edit the file in your theme directory. For example, to edit the single product page, copy /woocommerce/templates/single-product.php to /your-theme/woocommerce/single-product.php and make your changes.

// This is an example of a customized single-product.php
<?php
/**
 * The Template for displaying all single products
 */

get_header('shop'); ?>

<?php
    // Display Product title
    woocommerce_template_single_title();

    // Display Product image
    woocommerce_show_product_images();

    // Display Product price
    woocommerce_template_single_price();

    // Display Product add to cart button
    woocommerce_template_single_add_to_cart();
?>

<?php get_footer('shop'); ?>

3. Code Examples

Here are a few more examples of customizing WooCommerce templates.

Customizing the Checkout Page

// Copy /woocommerce/templates/checkout/form-checkout.php to /your-theme/woocommerce/checkout/form-checkout.php

<?php
/**
 * Checkout Form
 */

// This hook displays the checkout form
do_action( 'woocommerce_checkout_before_customer_details' );

// This hook displays the customer details form
do_action( 'woocommerce_checkout_billing' );

// This hook displays the order review form
do_action( 'woocommerce_checkout_order_review' );
?>

Customizing the Cart Page

// Copy /woocommerce/templates/cart/cart.php to /your-theme/woocommerce/cart/cart.php

<?php
/**
 * Cart Page
 */

// This hook displays the cart contents
do_action( 'woocommerce_before_cart_contents' );

// This hook displays the cart totals
do_action( 'woocommerce_after_cart_totals' );
?>

4. Summary

In this tutorial, you learned how to customize your WooCommerce store by altering product, checkout, and cart pages. You also learned how to create a child theme to keep your changes safe during updates.

Next, you can learn more about WooCommerce hooks, which allow you to add or remove functionality on your pages.

For additional resources, check out the WooCommerce documentation.

5. Practice Exercises

1. Create a child theme and override the single product page to include a custom message above the price.

2. Customize the checkout page to display a thank you message at the top of the page.

3. Customize the cart page to add a 'Continue Shopping' button above the cart contents.

Remember, practice is key in mastering any skill. Happy coding!