Getting started

WooCommerce is a customizable, open-source eCommerce platform built on WordPress. It empowers businesses worldwide to sell anything from physical products and digital downloads to subscriptions, content, and even appointments.

• Get familiar with WordPress Plugin Development.
• Take a moment to familiarize yourself with our Developer Resources.
• Join the Woo Community Slack

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Build WooCommerce extensions

Explore comprehensive guides and resources to build and enhance WooCommerce extensions. Dive into development best practices and innovative techniques for creating powerful extensions.

• How to build your first extension
• Designing a simple extension
• Extension development best practices

Learn more about extension development

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Build WooCommerce themes

Discover the art of WooCommerce theme development. Learn about theme customization, design principles, and enhancing user experience to create visually appealing and functional themes.

• How to set up and use a child theme
• Classic theme developer handbook
• Theme design and user experience guidelines

Learn more about classic theme development or Block theme development

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Contribute to WooCommerce

Join our open-source community and contribute to WooCommerce. Explore how you can make a difference by tackling open issues and enhancing the WooCommerce ecosystem.

• Visit the WooCommerce monorepo
• Open Issues on GitHub
• Woo contributor guidelines

Learn more about contributing

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Additional resources

• WooCommerce Official Website
• Woo Marketplace
• All WooCommerce Repositories on GitHub

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Not a developer?

This documentation site is intended for developers. If you're a merchant or are new to WooCommerce, please check out woocommerce.com for our merchant-facing docs.