This may seem like it’s going to be a biased post – after all, it’s written by us, a WordPress web host!
But we want to be honest here (that’s our thing, and we have a moral code for that).
Here’s the reason.
Starting your own online store is super cheap when you’re using WordPress and the free WooCommerce plugin. WooCommerce is super flexible in that you can sell digital or physical products – or a combination of both!
Picking a free theme will help you keep your costs down and help you figure out what you need from an ecommerce theme without any risk, which is great if you’re just starting out or testing the waters.
There are thousands of WordPress plugins out there (we covered a handful in 7 Must-Have Free WordPress Plugins) to help you get the features and functionality you want for your website.
However, there are also a bunch of plugins you don’t need, so this post looks at some examples and explains why you don’t need them. Let’s get started!
With thousands of bloggers and digital business owners in our community, we see lots of the same site speed mistakes that come up. The good news is, they’re easy to fix even if you’re not techy!