WordPress Ecommerce Made Easy
Try Ecwid for free to create an online store
on your WordPress site.
No transaction fees

Easy WordPress Ecommerce
Add ecommerce to any existing WordPress site.
- Quick setup. Automatic updates
- All WP themes and hosts supported
Top-notch security included

Faster Load Speed, More Completed Purchases
Ecwid Ecommerce loads in moments on your WordPress site. Great load speed helps you achieve great results:
- Get more organic traffic to your store: page speed is a confirmed ranking factor for Google’s search results.
- Improve the performance of your ads: better page speed will result in a better conversion rate.
- Reduce abandoned carts: your customers won’t get distracted while waiting for the page to load.

Ecwid Ecommerce Features Help You Sell More
Add Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, eBay, Amazon, Google Shopping and more to your sales channels
- Free unlimited store backups
- PCI DSS Level 1 certified checkout
Auto-scaling to any number of products and traffic
- Automatic tax calculation and filing
- All popular shipping carriers integrated
- 50+ payment options
- Best store management mobile app included
- Mobile storefront app on request
Five-star Customer Care
Our Customer Care team is here to help you via phone, live chat, and email. When you need a hand, our expert support team has your back.

What real Ecwid merchants are saying
Near ZERO Maintenance
All WordPress themes supported. Your theme — your rules.
Enjoy automatic products export from Woo
We roll out most new features and fixes ourselves
Grow to any number of products even on
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Why Build Your Ecommerce Business with WordPress + Ecwid?
WordPress is a free
WordPress is one of the most popular CMS, with almost 455 million websites using it. It’s used by many
With WordPress, small businesses can leverage a free,
It’s easier than ever for any company, regardless of size, to market its products and services to a worldwide audience using Ecwid and integrated WordPress themes. Even small business owners can now create stunning,
Why is WordPress so popular?
Many businesses trust WordPress. Want to know why? Here’re the key benefits:
- No hidden fees — WordPress is free, and you can download the CMS without having to worry about the hidden costs. Plus, WordPress has countless free templates and themes that you can use right away.
Beginner-friendly design — WordPress offers manyplug-ins that are easy to use. Thanks to the CMS’beginner-friendly design, you’ll be able to launch ahigh-quality website quickly.- Flexible settings — Many businesses choose WordPress because it allows them to create secure, customizable websites that meet the needs of both the business and their customers.
- Designed for mobile devices — With the rising demand for smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches, WordPress empowers you to create a website that looks great on any mobile device.
- Expert support — Looking for expert insights into WordPress? A large community of WordPress users is happy to help you build the perfect website for your business.
Also, the demand for WordPress developers won’t be slowing down any time soon. In fact, the demand for
How can my business take advantage of WordPress?
In the past, developing a website could be expensive and take a lot of time. You might have needed to hire
You could only launch your new website after a lengthy series of costly and
But then WordPress came along. This content management system (CMS) made it simpler to create a custom website. WordPress has helped many companies worldwide develop their websites easily. And now, WordPress makes it possible for almost any business owner to create a new website in minutes.
How to turn your website into an ecommerce store
So, how do you turn your WordPress website into an ecommerce site? With WordPress themes and widgets like Ecwid, online sellers can turn their website into an ecommerce site to deliver fast, secure shopping experiences every day. This CMS offers many benefits for companies that want to sell products and services online, including:
- Powerful security
plug-ins — WordPress securityplug-ins provide you with the tools you need to make your website more secure. And because WordPress has some of the most reliable and effective securityplug-ins available for free, you may download them at any time. - Secure passwords — Simple passwords are no longer sufficient to secure information online. Fortunately, you can require online shoppers to use passwords that feature a mix of letters, numbers, and special characters to provide better security.
- Fast and secure — SSL certificates, or an HTTPS URL, guarantee the data transferred on your site remains secure and encrypted. And with WordPress, you can enjoy really simple SSL that enables SSL with one click.
- Collaboration with an
industry-leading ecommerce platform — Did you know that WordPress.com partnered with Ecwid, a leading ecommerce solutions provider for small business merchants? WordPress.com trusted Ecwid to be one of only three ecommerce platforms on their hosted version, and, using the downloadable version, you can set up a store and start selling your products and services online immediately.
How to sell online with Ecwid
Established in 2009, Ecwid is an ecommerce platform for small and
Ecwid also works with WordPress and many leading website builders, web hosting companies, and service providers who resell and offer Ecwid as an ecommerce solution. Ecwid API provides developers with the opportunity to address the needs of thousands of online merchants worldwide, too.
Ecwid also encourages new theme developers to build Ecwid into their themes and to enable developers to build apps that meet the needs of Ecwid merchants around the world.
Ecwid makes it easy for theme developers to add an ecommerce solution to their themes. This helps the developers reach more people, and the merchants who use Ecwid often contribute new ideas for the platform. With the Ecwid API, developers can work to address these requests and reach hundreds of thousands of new potential customers at the same time.
How to Add a WordPress Ecommerce Shopping Cart to Your Site with Ecwid WordPress Plugin
The Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart
You don’t need to be an HTML expert to use our WordPress shopping cart
The Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart
Ecwid provides the WordPress shopping cart
What you get with the plug-in
The Ecwid WordPress shopping cart
- Automated Shipping Rates: Integrates with major carriers such as USPS, UPS, FedEx, and many others to calculate shipping rates automatically.
- Automatic Taxes: If you are based in the USA, the EU, the UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, you can enable automatic calculation of taxes in your store.
- Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok Shops: Add your online store to Facebook, Instagram or TikTok and display the same products, prices, and descriptions on your social media storefronts as on your WordPress website.
- Ecommerce Mobile Apps: Use Ecwid’s free iOS and Android apps to manage sales, track inventory and accept online payments from any location, at any time.
- Unlimited Storage: Organize all of your online store data on secure servers and reap the benefits of unlimited storage, regular backups, seamless upgrades, and security updates.
- PCI DSS Validated Level 1 Service: Provides 70+ payment options and secure HTTPS checkout capabilities to help you maintain PCI DSS Level 1 compliance.
- Free Support: Work with friendly, knowledgeable Ecwid support experts to find out how you can transform an ordinary online store into an exceptional one.
The Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart
How to install the plug-in
WordPress is a leading content management system (CMS) and provides a quick, simple way to set up a blog or website. Ecwid empowers business owners to create an online store right from their WordPress website. Here are the steps to do that:
- Access your WordPress admin backend, then select Plugins → Add New.
- Under Search, enter Ecwid and click Search.
- Locate the Ecwid ecommerce shopping cart
plug-in in the search results and click Install now to install it. - After the
plug-in is installed, click the Activate Plugin link. - Navigate to Ecwid Store → General page in your WordPress admin backend and follow the instructions to complete the
plug-in installation.
After the WordPress shopping cart
The Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart
How to customize your store
The Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart
For instance, the Store setting
You can set up sidebar widgets on your WordPress website too. To set up sidebar widgets, go to the Appearance → Widgets page to activate the
Also, you can add a store categories menu to your WordPress website’s menu. This way, customers will get to the product category they are interested in right from the site menu. Open Appearance → Menus in your WordPress control panel and select the Store with Categories Menu item. A
Ecwid also offers numerous WordPress customization options for your online store, including:
- Ready Themes: Ecwid provides you with
ready-made themes that you can use immediately after you sign up with Ecwid. You can also buy an Ecwid theme from athird-party developer like Thematizr,E-shop or many others, and you add it to your Ecwid store. - Chameleon: Ecwid automatically adapts to any website structure and screen size to ensure your store looks good on any device. It even detects the CSS of your WordPress site for the predominant colors and font and automatically uses them in your product catalog. You can activate Chameleon on the Advanced tab in the Ecwid
plug-in settings in your WordPress website’s backend. - Custom: Modify the class or ID of any element of your WordPress website to create a custom storefront. Full instructions on how to customize an Ecwid store design on a WordPress site can be found here.
- WordPress Themes: Many WordPress ecommerce themes are built with and optimized for Ecwid. Themeforest has many WordPress ecommerce themes with a
built-in Ecwid store.
Ecwid provides lots of customization options for your WordPress ecommerce store. You can update your online storefront’s appearance at any time.
WordPress ecommerce FAQ
Can I sync my Facebook store to my Ecwid store on WordPress?
Yes! Ecwid integrates with Facebook and other social networks such as Instagram and TikTok. This means you can sync your Facebook store to your Ecwid store on WordPress and extend your store’s reach right away.
You can add your online store to your Facebook business page and sell right there. All the orders placed on your Facebook store will be managed via the same Ecwid dashboard that you use to manage your WordPress storefront.
Can I migrate my store from WooCommerce to WordPress with Ecwid?
Yes! To do that, you’ll need to install WooCommerce Store Exporter to your WordPress site, and full instructions to complete the installation process are available here.
Sell Online with WordPress + Ecwid
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