• Using WooCommerce REST API with our plugins

  WooCommerce REST API is useful for creating headless shops and automating processes . Here we will show couple of examples where you can see how our plugins can be managed via Woo REST api like how to retrieve product data and how to create new auction product using WooCommerce REST API v3. First you will […]

• How to Create Entry Lists for WooCommerce Lottery and Pick Number addon?

  For entry lists to work you will need WooCommerce Lottery plugin and WooCommerce Lottery / Raffles Pick Ticket Number Mod addon since entry lists make more sense with ticket numbers and feature is implemented in Pick Number addon in version v2.1.0 (Pick Number Mod addon is not mandatory entry lists work with WooCommerce Lottery just […]

• Change number of products displayed per page

  One of the common inqury in our support tickets, unrelated to plugin functionality, was how to change number of products displayed on WooCommerce product archive page. Most themes come with settings page where you can change number of producs displayed, in fact you can change number of rows and columns per page but there are […]

• Why we use and suggest real cronjobs for our plugins (and WordPress)?

  In this article we’ll explain benefits of using real UNIX cronjobs instead of interal WordPress cron. The default WordPress cron functionality checks on each page load for scheduled tasks that are due to run. This means wp-cron is not a true UNIX cron and actually runs more or less often based how much access to […]

• Using Post Expirator plugin for ending soon lotteries, auctions and group buy deals

  Ever wanted to have category called ending soon or starting today which are automatically populated based on auction, lottery, deal end / start date? One client did it with a free plugin so he does not need to use widgets or shortcodes for that purpose. Plugin called Post Expirator does the trick – among other […]

• Debugging in WordPress (WP debug tips)

  Debugging in WordPress – one of the most important things when developing is to have a way to locate source of the problem fast and with as much details as possible – which file and more specifially line of code caused the trouble. WordPress has solid debug logger which can be complement with 3rd party […]

• Hooks Visual Guide – WooCommerce Single Product Page Actions

  Hooks visual guide will help you customize your WooCommerce pages by rearranging elements or adding additional features on single product page. Template hooks are convenient for customizing templates of our plugins like Simple Auctions, Lottery and Group Buy. Easily move and rearrange page elements like progress bar, buy now, texts, countdown timers etc. since all […]

• WooCommerce Lottery – Give ticket for free when client purchase another item

  We had couple of inquries for WooCommerce Lottery if it is possible to give ticket for free and allow clients to participate in prize draw when they purchase regular items sold on websites. This is possible and relatively easy to setup using our plugin. If you want to give users ticket number you will need […]

• WooCommerce Simple Auctions now with Elementor support

  WooCommerce Simple Auctions supports Elementor from version v2.0. You can create single auction page and auction base page with Elementor using Elementor widgets that are auction specific (bid input, countdown timer, buy now price, etc). To edit auction templates with Elementor you need Elementor (free) plus Elementor Pro (paid) or PRO Elements (free). How can […]

• Adding lottery countdown timer and progress bar to product archive / loop

  We got quite a few inquries to display countdown timer and progress bar not only on single lottery page but in product archive / loop. This is covered in our documentation, FAQ item no 12 but we also made handy little plugin which enables those two code snippets with just few clicks and no need […]