Ian Misner, Author at CheckoutWC

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Feb 2, 2026Conversion Optimization

Your WooCommerce thank you page is costing you money

Your order confirmation page is probably doing nothing. Most WooCommerce stores treat it like a dead end: “Thanks for your order. Here’s your receipt. Goodbye.” That’s a mistake worth thousands of dollars. Tens of thousands.…

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Jan 12, 2026Conversion Optimization

How your checkout UX causes failed orders

WooCommerce recently published a guide to troubleshooting failed orders covering what to do when payments don’t go through: check your gateway configuration, verify API keys, look for plugin conflicts. That’s valuable when orders actually fail…

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Jan 7, 2026Releases

CheckoutWC 11.0: Post-purchase upsells and A/B testing

Version 11.0 adds two features that stores have been asking for: the ability to present offers after checkout on the thank you page, and the ability to test order bump variations against each other to…

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Jan 7, 2026Conversion Optimization

Speed up your WooCommerce checkout: a performance guide

Your checkout page is the one place in WooCommerce you absolutely cannot cache. Every other page can be served lightning-fast from a CDN. Product listings, homepages, category archives: all cacheable. But checkout has to be…

Changing required fields on WooCommerce checkout with CheckoutWC

Oct 13, 2025How To

Modifying required checkout fields with WooCommerce (the easy way)

Customizing WooCommerce checkout fields trips up thousands of store owners every year. What should be quick and easy becomes a maze of outdated snippets and plugin conflicts. Google shows you a bunch of resources and…

Sep 8, 2025How To

How to Build a Shopify-Style Checkout in WooCommerce

If you’re watching customers abandon their carts at checkout, you’re not alone. WooCommerce’s standard checkout, whether you’re using the legacy or block-based version, provides essential functionality but lacks the built-in conversion optimizations that come standard…

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Aug 18, 2025

Stop WooCommerce spam orders with Cloudflare Turnstile

Tired of WooCommerce spam orders messing up your data and flooding your inbox? Cloudflare Turnstile offers a privacy-first, friction-free alternative to traditional CAPTCHAs that stops bots without frustrating real customers. This guide shows you how…

Aug 5, 2025How To

WooCommerce Digital Product Delivery Guide

Picture this: Sarah launches her design templates at midnight and wakes up to $2,000 in sales. No boxes to pack, shipping labels to print, or inventory taking up her garage. Just pure profit rolling in…

Jul 30, 2025Conversion Optimization

E-commerce Checkout Best Practices for Higher Conversions

You’ve invested thousands in marketing. Your traffic metrics look fantastic. Yet your sales numbers tell a different story. The culprit? Your checkout process. Your checkout flow is the final stretch between “add to cart” and…

Your WooCommerce thank you page is costing you money

How your checkout UX causes failed orders

CheckoutWC 11.0: Post-purchase upsells and A/B testing

Speed up your WooCommerce checkout: a performance guide

Modifying required checkout fields with WooCommerce (the easy way)

How to Build a Shopify-Style Checkout in WooCommerce

Stop WooCommerce spam orders with Cloudflare Turnstile

WooCommerce Digital Product Delivery Guide

E-commerce Checkout Best Practices for Higher Conversions

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