Tuesday, October 5, 2021

22 Popular Types of Websites You Can Make in WordPress (+Examples)

Wondering what types of websites you can create with WordPress?

We are often asked by beginners about what kind of websites they can make using WordPress. Our short answer is ‘almost any type of website imaginable’.

In this article, we’ll show you top examples of types of websites you can create with WordPress.

Popular Types of Websites You Can Create with WordPress

Getting Started With WordPress

WordPress powers more than 42% of all websites on the internet, which makes it the most popular website builder on the market.

There are two types of WordPress websites. First, there is WordPress.com which is a web hosting company. Then, there is WordPress.org also known as self-hosted WordPress. To learn more, see our guide on the difference between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org.

Through out this article, when we say WordPress, we are talking about self-hosted WordPress websites. We recommend using WordPress.org because it gives you full access to all WordPress functionality out of the box.

To get started, you’ll need WordPress hosting and a domain name.

We recommend using Bluehost. They are offering a generous discount + free domain name to WPBeginner users. Basically, you can get started for $2.75 per month.

→ Click Here to Claim This Exclusive Bluehost Offer ←

We have a step by step guide on how to make your website with WordPress.

If you just want to play around with WordPress, then you can install it on your computer. Take a look at our tutorials on how to install WordPress on Windows and Mac computers.

That being said, let’s take a look at some of the most popular types of websites you can create with WordPress.

1. Blog or Personal Website

Example of a WordPress blog

WordPress started out as a simple blogging tool and quickly evolved into a powerful content management system. During the last 18 years, those blogging and personal website components didn’t disappear.

They have become more polished, sophisticated, and powerful. WordPress is still the best blogging platform in the world used by small websites as well as large publications.

Due to its flexibility, WordPress is equally good for a personal blog as well as multi-author blogs. It allows you to create content-rich websites that can be easily grown into a business.

For more details, see our guide on how to start a WordPress blog with step-by-step instructions for a beginner blogger.

2. Business Website

Business website made with WordPress

WordPress is the easiest way to build a professional-looking business website. It is so powerful that many big name brands use WordPress to power their websites.

Business owners love its ease of use and flexibility. By using WordPress plugins, you can add social media integrations, optimize your site for search engines, track marketing data, and add any other feature you need.

You can choose from thousands of themes and easily customize the design, all without hiring a web designer.

To get started, see our complete guide on how to make a small business website using WordPress.

3. Ecommerce Website / Online Store

Ecommerce website

WordPress with WooCommerce is the world’s most popular eCommerce platform. It supports top payment gateways like PayPal and Stripe so you can easily accept payments online.

You can use WooCommerce to sell both physical and digital products. It allows you to easily add any type of product to your store, and has tools to manage inventory, orders, shipping, taxes, and more.

For step by step instructions, you can check out our tutorial on how to start an online store.

Apart from WooCommerce, there are other eCommerce plugins for WordPress like Easy Digital Downloads and MemberPress that can be used to sell digital goods and subscriptions.

4. Membership Website

Membership website

Membership websites sell subscriptions. This allows you to put some of your content behind a paywall, sell pay-per-view content, or run an online community.

MemberPress is the best WordPress membership plugin. It comes with powerful access control, subscription management, user management, and integrations with third-party tools and payment gateways.

For more details, take a look at our step-by-step tutorial on how to create a membership website.

5. Online Courses

Online courses website

WordPress can be used to easily sell courses and build an online learning community.

MemberPress Courses is the best WordPress LMS platform to sell online courses from your website. It comes with an easy to use interface to create courses, control access, and sell subscriptions.

To learn more, check out our tutorial on how to make online courses website with WordPress.

6. Online Marketplace Website

Marketplace website

Don’t have any products to sell? How about creating a marketplace for other vendors to sell their products online?

WordPress has some incredible plugins that turn your website into an online marketplace. Third-party sellers can then list their own products on your website, and you earn a fee on each order.

For details, see our tutorial on how to create an online marketplace in WordPress.

7. Podcast Website

Podcast website

WordPress and podcasting go hand in hand. Most popular podcasters on the web are using WordPress for their podcasting websites.

There are several excellent podcasting themes and plugins for WordPress which make the whole process way easier. Plus, you can integrate any podcast hosting service to seamlessly serve files from your own website.

For more on this topic, check out our step by step guide on how to start a podcast with WordPress.

8. Dropshipping Website

Dropshipping website

Dropshipping is a type of eCommerce store that doesn’t keep the products in stock. Instead, when a customer purchases a product, the store owner places the order with a third-party vendor who ships the item directly to the customer.

WordPress has some excellent dropshipping plugins that help you easily add third-party products to your website.

For more on this topic, take a look how to make a dropshipping website with step by step instructions.

9. Affiliate Website

Affiliate website

Want to make a commission by referring your users to products and services?

WordPress is used by millions of marketers to create highly successful affiliate websites. It has a ton of affiliate marketing tools and plugins that will help you boost your earnings.

You can sign up for individual affiliate programs, or you could create an Amazon affiliate store that relies on just one giant affiliate network.

For more details, see our complete affiliate marketing guide for beginners.

10. Coupons Website

Coupons website

Want to earn affiliate commissions from thousands of websites offering special discounts on their products and services? Then you can use WordPress to make a coupons site.

With the right plugins, you can easily add coupons to your site. You can control the expiration dates and other details, and your users can even rate and vote for their favorite coupons.

Need more details? Take a look at our tutorial on how to make a coupon site in WordPress with detailed instructions.

11. Micro Job Website

Microjob website example

A micro job website is an online marketplace where employers can list tasks or gigs and individuals can apply for them. As the website owner, you can make money by charging a fee on each listing.

For more instructions, check out our tutorial on how to create a micro job website like Fiverr.

12. Job Board Website

Job board website

Several popular sites like Smashing Magazine, ProBlogger, and others use job boards as an extra source of income. There is a growing demand for niche job boards catering to the needs of a specific industry or specialization.

WordPress allows you easily create a job board where employers can post job listings and professionals can respond to them.

13. Business Directory

Business directory

Just like job boards, there is an increasing demand for niche business directories on the web. There are some great WordPress business directory plugins which allow you to easily create a business directory.

We have a guide on how to create a web directory like Angie’s List or Yelp.

14. Auction Websites

Online auction website

Want to run your own eBay-like auction website? With WordPress, you can create a fully functional auction website. Users can bid online and make payments, and you get to earn by simply providing a platform for your niche auctions.

See our tutorial on how to make an auction website for detailed instructions.

15. Non-Profits and Religious Websites

Non-profit websites

WordPress is free as in freedom (see our guide why is WordPress free?). This makes it an ideal solution for nonprofit organizations.

With WordPress plugins, you can easily add a donation form to raise money for your cause. There are also many great WordPress themes for churches and nonprofits.

16. Portfolio Websites

Portfolio website example

Need a place to showcase your work? You can easily add a portfolio to your WordPress site with stunning image galleries and beautiful slideshows.

You can use your portfolio site to feature your writing skills, showcase your music, embed videos, or display your photography.

WordPress can be used to provide a very sleek and polished user experience for your portfolio site, making it easier for others to browse and learn about your work.

17. Travel Website

Travel blog

WordPress is the perfect platform to make a travel website. You can share your own travels or launch destination guides and build a business upon that.

For examples and instructions, take a look at our guide on how to make a travel website for beginners.

18. Fashion / Lifestyle Website

Fashion website

WordPress is a popular choice among fashion and lifestyle businesses. That’s because it’s easy to create professional-looking website or blog, and you can even sell your own products or affiliate products.

For more on this topic, take a look at this guide on how to make a fashion website using WordPress.

19. Multilingual Websites

Want to create a website in multiple languages? WordPress has you covered.

Out of the box, WordPress is available in dozens of languages. Plus, it can also be used to create multilingual website using WordPress translation plugins.

Need help? See our guide on how to create a multilingual website in WordPress.

20. Online Forums Website

Forums website

Online forums are a popular way to build a community and leverage user generated content to bring more search engine traffic to your website.

With bbPress, you can easily add online forums to your website. bbPress helps you convert your website into an easy to manage forum. Plus, you can still use the same website for other features like a blog, online store, or a business site.

For more details, see our tutorial on how to add an online forum in WordPress.

21. Social Network Website

Social Network website

Want to build a more active and engaged online community? WordPress allows you to easily build your own social network website with BuddyPress.

Users will be able to join your community, manage profiles, view activity, join groups, and more.

For more details, take a look at our step by step guide on how to build a social network with BuddyPress.

22. Wiki / Knowledge Base Website

Knowledge base / wiki

Want to create a knowledgebase or wiki-like website?

WordPress allows you to easily add a documentation or knowledgebase section to your website. This allows you to use a powerful CMS to manage all your content under one dashboard.

You can pick any of these WordPress knowledge base plugins to start your own wiki website.

We hope this article gave you a good idea of the types of websites you can create using WordPress. You may also want to see our beginner’s guide to the most important things you need to do after installing WordPress.

If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

The post 22 Popular Types of Websites You Can Make in WordPress (+Examples) appeared first on WPBeginner.


October 05, 2021 at 06:00PM

Monday, October 4, 2021

How to Get Email Notifications for Posts Pending Review in WordPress

Would you like to get email notifications when authors submit posts for review on your WordPress site?

Managing multiple writers in a WordPress blog can be hectic. If you have a multi-author blog, then you might find it helpful to know when a writer submits a post for review.

In this article, we will show you how to get email notifications for posts pending review in WordPress.

How to Get Email Notifications for Posts Pending Review in WordPress

Why Get Email Notifications for Posts Pending Review in WordPress?

When you first start your WordPress blog you’ll probably do everything yourself. You’ll come up with all the ideas for your content, write and proofread the posts, and publish them when they’re finished.

As your blog grows, you may get other writers involved in contributing to your blog. That can be a lot more work!

You’ll need to collaborate with them and keep them on track. You’ll have to become more deliberate when planning and scheduling your content. And you’ll have to review each article before you publish it.

There are plenty of ways you can improve the editorial process. One thing that really helps is to receive a notification when a post is pending review.

Without these notifications, you’ll have to constantly visit your blog’s dashboard to check up on the progress of each post.

You could set up email notifications for all post changes on WordPress, but with a busy multi-author blog, that may be too many emails.

Luckily, there is an excellent plugin that makes setting up more specific notifications easy.

PublishPress is the best plugin for multi-author WordPress blogs. It sends email notifications when a post’s status is changed in WordPress, along with adding tons of other features.

How to Get Email Notifications for Posts Pending Review in WordPress

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the PublishPress plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Note: There is a paid version of PublishPress with more advanced features, but we will be using the free version in this tutorial.

Upon activation, a PublishPress section is added to your WordPress dashboard. To create a new notification you need to visit the PublishPress » Notifications page.

PublishPress Notification Workflows

On this page, you will see the default notifications. These send emails to the site administrator when content is published and editorial comments are added to a post.

To create a new custom notification, you need to click on the ‘Add New’ button. Go ahead and type ‘Posts Pending Review’ in the title section.

Add New Notification

Now we’ll turn our attention to the Workflow Settings. Here, you can select when to send a notification, the users who will get notified, and for which types of content.

We want a notification to be sent when the status of a post is changed to ‘Pending review’. So you need to click the ‘When the content is moved to a new status’ checkbox.

Once you’ve done that, select ‘Pending review’ from the New status dropdown menu.

When to Notify?

Next, you need to let PublishPress know the types of content you want to send notifications for. So click the Post type checkbox and select ‘Posts’ from the dropdown menu.

For Which Content?

If you also want notifications to be sent for other types of content, then you need to check ‘Pages’ as well.

The next thing you need to do is let the plugin know who to notify. If you’re the only person who should be notified, then you can just check the Site Administrator box.

If you have several editors, then it’s a little more complicated.

While you could individually select each user who needs to be notified, it’s simpler to notify everyone with the Editor user role instead. You can learn about assigning roles in our beginner’s guide on user roles and permissions.

To notify all your editors, click the Roles checkbox and select ‘Editor’ from the dropdown menu.

Who to Notify?

You might also like to check ‘Users who selected Notify me for the content’ since they’ll be expecting to receive notifications.

Note: By default, the author of the content and everyone who edited it will also receive notifications. You can change this in PublishPress’s settings.

Now it’s time to compose the contents of the email that will be sent. While the basic content will be the same each time, specific information like the post title and author will change with each email.

PublishPress offers a number of shortcodes that will automatically fill in the correct information for each post. You’ll see the list of available shortcodes in the Help box on the right of the screen.

PublishPress Fields

Here are the shortcodes we’ll use in our email:

[psppno_post title] fills in the title of the post
[psppno_post display_name] fills in the author of the post
[psppno_post permalink] fills in the permalink to the post

First, you need to copy the line below and paste it into the Subject text box.

“[psppno_post title]” is ready for review

Then you need to copy the two paragraphs below and paste them into the Body text box.

This notification is to let you know the content “[psppno_post title]” is ready for review. The post was written by [psppno_post display_name].

The URL of the content is [psppno_post permalink]

What to Say?

The final step is to click the Publish button. This will save and activate the notification workflow.

Publish the PublishPress Workflow

Now you and your editors will be notified promptly whenever a post is ready for review.

How to Make Sure Your Emails Get Delivered

Unfortunately, many users who start out with a WordPress blog become frustrated with emails not arriving.

That might be because your WordPress hosting server isn’t properly configured to use the PHP mail() function. Or it could be because emails sent by WordPress are often identified as spam by email providers like Gmail.

Either way, it’s not good news if you rely on email for notifications.

That’s where WP Mail SMTP can help. It’s a WordPress plugin that makes sure your emails are delivered reliably.

WP Mail SMTP

To make sure your emails are delivered, you can followed our guide on how to fix WordPress emails not sending.

We hope this article helped you learn how to set up email notifications for posts pending review in WordPress.

You might also want to learn how to create a free business email address or see our comparison of the best HR payroll software for small business.

If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

The post How to Get Email Notifications for Posts Pending Review in WordPress appeared first on WPBeginner.


October 04, 2021 at 05:00PM

Saturday, October 2, 2021

How to Automatically Post to Facebook From WordPress

Do you want your blog posts to be automatically posted to Facebook from your WordPress site?

Facebook is one of the largest social media sites in the world with more than 2 billion active users. Sharing your blog posts there will help increase pageviews and drive traffic to your site.

In this article, we’ll show you how to automatically post to Facebook whenever you publish a new WordPress blog post.

How to Automatically Post to Facebook From WordPress

Why Automatically Share WordPress Posts on Facebook?

The easiest way to build a following and staying in touch with your users is by building an email list. Still, you can’t ignore the huge userbase of social media websites like Facebook.

As the largest social media website, Facebook has more than 2 billion active users. This global audience can become a big source of traffic for your WordPress website.

You will need to engage with users on Facebook to build a strong following. This means answering comments, sharing content, and posting regular updates on Facebook.

This can become overwhelming, so we’ve put together a complete social media cheat sheet for WordPress to help you get started.

With that being said, let’s have a look at how to easily post to Facebook when you publish a new post in WordPress.

Automatically Post to Facebook from WordPress Using Uncanny Automator

Uncanny Automator is the best WordPress automation plugin that helps create automated workflows without writing any code.

It connects with 50+ plugins and thousands of apps, including Facebook, Google Drive, Slack, Asana, Twitter, Instagram, and more.

Uncanny Automator

A free version is available and gives you 1,000 free credits to use with Facebook. Once you have used those credits you’ll need a Pro account or higher to continue posting automatically to Facebook.

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Uncanny Automator plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you will also be asked to install the free version of Uncanny Automator. This light version of the plugin is limited in features but is used as the base for the Pro version.

Next, you need to navigate to the Automator » License Activation page to enter your license key. You can find this information under your account on the Uncanny Automator website.

Uncanny Automator License Key

Connecting Your Facebook Page to Uncanny Automator

Before you can start to create a Facebook automation, you’ll need to connect your Facebook page to Uncanny Automator.

To do that, navigate to Automator » Settings and click on the Facebook tab. Once there, you’ll need to click the Connect Facebook Pages button.

Click the Connect Facebook Pages Button

After you click this button, a popup will appear where you can log in to your Facebook account.

Once you log in you will be asked if you want to continue and let Uncanny Automator receive your name and profile picture. You’ll need to click the ‘Continue as’ button.

Click the Continue Button

Next, you’ll be asked whether you want to use an Instagram business account with Uncanny Automator. You might like to do that if you plan to create automated workflows with Instagram, too.

For this tutorial, we’ll just click the Next button.

You Can Connect Uncanny Automator to an Instragram Business Account

You’ll then be shown a list of your Facebook pages. You need to select the one you wish to post to and then click the Next button.

Select the Page You Wish to Post To

Having done that, you’ll be asked to give Uncanny Automator permission to do certain things with your Instagram account and Facebook page.

You need to answer Yes to the options regarding the Facebook page, and then you should click the Done button.

Give Uncanny Automator Permission

You should answer Yes to the Instagram options as well if you plan to create Instagram automations using Uncanny Automator.

Uncanny Automator is now linked to Facebook and you should click the OK button to finish the setup.

Uncanny Automator Is Now Linked to Facebook

Automatically Posting to Facebook from Uncanny Automator

Now we’re ready to create an automated workflow to post to Facebook. Uncanny Automator calls these ‘Recipes’. Simply navigate to the Automator » Add new page to create your first recipe.

You’ll be asked to select whether you want to create a ‘Logged-in’ recipe or an ‘Everyone’; recipe. You should select ‘Logged-in users’ and then click the Confirm button.

Select 'Logged-in Users'

You can now start to build your first Uncanny Automator recipe.

First, you’ll need to add a title. We’ll call the recipe ‘Automatically Post to Facebook’ and type this in the title field.

Add a Title

Next, you need to define the condition that will trigger the action. We want to post to Facebook whenever a WordPress post is published. So you’ll need to click the WordPress icon under ‘Select an integration’.

You’ll now see a list of WordPress triggers. You should search for ‘publish’ and choose the trigger called ‘A user publishes a type of post with a taxonomy term in a taxonomy‘.

You'll See a List of WordPress Triggers

For this tutorial, we want to post to Facebook when we publish a blog post, not a page. So we’ll change the post type to Post and leave the other settings unchanged. Don’t forget to save your settings by clicking the Save button.

Change the Post Type to 'Post'

If you only want certain types of content to be posted on Facebook, then you can choose a single category or tag by selecting the appropriate options from the Taxonomy and Taxonomy term drop downs.

Next, you’ll need to choose the action that will happen each time a post is published. Start by clicking the ‘Add action’ button.

Click the Add Action Button

You should now see the list of integrated services that Uncanny Automator supports. Simply click the Facebook button.

Click the Facebook Button

You’ll now see a list of Facebook actions. You should select the option that says ‘Publish a post to a Facebook page’.

Select the Option that Says 'Publish a Post to a Facebook Page

If you have connected to more than one Facebook page, then you’ll need to select the one you wish to post to.

After that, you should type the message in the Message text box that you wish to be published to your Facebook page with each post.

Select the Facebook Page You Wish to Post To

Next, you need to add the post title and URL to the message. You need to press the Enter key to start a new line, and then you should click the asterisk button at the right of the Message text box.

Click the Asterisk Icon

Now you need to click the down arrow icon next to ‘A user publishes a Post’ to access the fields that add information about the post that has been published.

The available tokens include the post type and title, the post URL and content, and more. You should click on ‘Post title’ to insert it into the message.

Click Post Title to Insert It into the Message

Follow the same steps to add the post URL to a line of its own. The message should now look like the screenshot below, and you can customize it to suit your own WordPress site and Facebook page.

Completed Message

Don’t forget to click the Save button to store your action.

If you like, you can set add a delay before Uncanny Automator posts to Facebook. That way you can schedule the post for when your social media audience is most active.

You need to hover your mouse above the Live switch on the right until a Delay button appears. Once you click it you’ll be able to choose whether the action will be triggered after a time delay or on a specific date and time.

Trigger After a Time Delay or on a Specific Date and Time

Now your recipe is complete but inactive. The trigger and action have been set, but won’t be activated when you publish a new post. To change that, you need to switch the toggle button from Draft to Live.

Switch the Toggle Button from Draft to Live

Now that your recipe is live, the next time you publish a post on your WordPress website, a message will also be posted to your Facebook page.

To test this, we published a new blog post on our test site, and this is how the post appeared on our Facebook page.

This Is How the Post Appeared on Our Facebook Page

If you see that the right thumbnail image isn’t appearing, then you can see our guide on how to fix the incorrect Facebook thumbnail issue in WordPress.

We hope this tutorial helped you learn how to automatically post to Facebook from WordPress.

You may also want to learn how to create an email newsletter the right way, or check out our list of must have plugins to grow your site.

If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

The post How to Automatically Post to Facebook From WordPress appeared first on WPBeginner.


October 02, 2021 at 03:00PM

Friday, October 1, 2021

7 Best WooCommerce Reporting and Analytics Plugins for 2021

Are you looking for a reporting plugin for your WooCommerce store?

A reporting and analytics plugin for WooCommerce will help you track your online store’s performance and also give you key insights to understand your audience and boost your revenue.

In this article, we’ll help you pick the best WooCommerce report and analytics plugins for your online store.

Best WooCommerce reporting and analytics plugins

Why Do You Need a WooCommerce Reporting Plugin?

WooCommerce is the world’s most popular eCommerce platform. It’s a free eCommerce plugin for WordPress that makes it super easy to sell products and services online.

If you’re running a WooCommerce store, then it’s important to know how well it’s performing. You should be able to track your conversions, find out where your customers are from, and uncover which marketing strategies are working.

To find out all of this and more, you’ll need a WooCommerce reporting plugin. It will help you get insights into how customers use your website, so you can offer the products and services they like the most.

Besides that, you can use a WooCommerce reporting and analytics tool to measure your marketing campaigns and discover where potential customers are leaving your site before they complete a purchase.

That being said, let’s look at some of the best WooCommerce reporting and analytics plugins.

1. MonsterInsights

MonsterInsights

MonsterInsights is the best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. It comes with an eCommerce addon that lets you track your WooCommerce conversions with ease.

The best part about using MonsterInsights is that it shows all the information you need to measure your WooCommerce store’s performance inside your WordPress dashboard.

It makes it super easy to set up and use Google Analytics. Plus, you don’t have to work your way through the complicated Google Analytics reports to find the data you need to make decisions.

An example of an ecommerce report in MonsterInsights

The MonsterInsights eCommerce report lets you view your revenue, number of transactions, conversion rate, and average order value at a glance.

MonsterInsights also shows the most popular products on your WooCommerce store and helps you find out which products generate the most sales and revenue.

Using this information, you can offer similar products and services that your customer prefer and grow your eCommerce revenue.

The plugin also tracks your top conversion sources, so you can see which websites are sending you high-converting traffic. This helps you to invest more in marketing strategies that are already proven to work.

Top Conversion Sources

There are more shopper behavior reports you can view in your WordPress dashboard. For instance, MonsterInsights shows you the total items added to cart, removed from cart, time to purchase, and sessions to purchase a product.

Another advantage of using MonsterInsights is its Popular Products feature. You can display your top-selling products anywhere on your WooCommerce store using this feature.

Customize popular products blog post

MonsterInsights offers multiple themes to choose from and also provides different options to customize and display popular products on WooCommerce product pages.

Display popular products end of blog post

Other than that, you also get advanced tracking features with MonsterInsights. For instance, it helps you set up custom dimension tracking, scroll tracking, link click tracking, outbound link tracking, and much more.

Pricing: To track your WooCommerce store in Google Analytics, you’ll need the MonsterInsights Pro plan which will cost you $199.50 per year. There is also a free version, but it doesn’t include enhanced eCommerce tracking report.

2. WP Mail SMTP

WP Mail SMTP

WP Mail SMTP is one of the best WooCommerce plugins for your store. It ensures that your emails reach the inbox of your customers, and offers tracking and reporting on all the emails your site sends out.

On a WooCommerce store, you’ll need to send your customers receipts of their purchases, order details, user account details, order confirmation emails, and much more.

If your customers aren’t getting these important emails, then it will result in a bad user experience and you’ll lose potential customers.

With WP Mail SMTP, you can track whether your emails are being delivered or not. All you have to do is enable the email logs in WP Mail SMTP and the plugin will take care of the rest.

Turn on email logs

You can then view your email logs inside your WordPress dashboard and see the delivery statues, opens, and clicks for each email.

WP Mail SMTP email reporting

For more information, you can follow our step by step tutorial on how to setup WordPress email logs.

Pricing: WP Mail SMTP premium plans include the email logs feature with prices starting from $39 per year.

3. Product Sales Report for WooCommerce

Product Sales report for WooCommerce

Product Sales Report for WooCommerce is a great reporting tool for finding out how many sales your eCommerce store is getting and then sharing the sales reports with other people.

The WordPress plugin is very easy to use and create by Aspen Grove Studios. You can change the reporting period and select which products to include in the sales report.

There are also different options for showing reporting fields in the report. For instance, you can choose to show product ID, SKU, name, quantity sold, gross sales, product category, and much more.

The best part about using Product Sales Report for WooCommerce is that you can generate and view the sales report inside your WordPress dashboard and download it as a CSV file to share it with others.

Pricing: You can use Product Sales Report for WooCommerce for free. However, you can also subscribe to its premium version for more reporting features with prices starting from $199 per year.

4. Google Analytics and Google Shopping plugin for WooCommerce

Google Shopping plugin for WooCommerceGoogle Analytics and Google Shopping plugin for WooCommerce, which was formerly known as Enhanced Ecommerce Google Analytics Plugin, is the next plugin on our list.

The plugin allows you to easily set up Enhanced Ecommerce tracking in Google Analytics with your WooCommerce store. Not only that, but you can also connect your Google Ads and Google Merchant accounts.

The downside of using Google Analytics and Google Shopping plugin for WooCommerce is that you don’t get to see reports inside your WordPress dashboard, like you can with MonsterInsights.

However, you can unlock different Google Analytics eCommerce reports and view them in your Analytics. These include the shopping behavior report, checkout behavior report, product performance report, and sales performance report.

Pricing: Google Analytics and Google Shopping plugin for WooCommerce is available for free.

5. Sales Report By Country for WooCommerce

s
Sales report by country for WooCommerce

Sales Report By Country for WooCommerce is another popular WooCommerce reporting and analytics tool. The plugin is designed specifically to track sales from different regions on your online store.

It is very easy to use and doesn’t require any setup. All you have to do is install the plugin and then view the sales report by country in your WooCommerce reports section.

With the plugin, you can easily see the top 10 countries that drive revenue to your WooCommerce store. You get different options to change the visualization of the graphs in the report.

Besides that, the plugin lets you sort the data based on different date ranges. For example, you can view your sales from last year, month, week, or choose a custom date range.

Pricing: Sales Report By Country for WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin.

6. Advanced Reporting for WooCommerce

Advanced Reporting for WooCommerce

Advanced Reporting for WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin that helps you track sales on your eCommerce store.

The plugin shows a detailed report inside your WordPress admin area. You can easily view your WooCommerce sales summary and get data about total sales, refunds, items purchased, and more.

Besides that, the Advanced Reporting for WooCommerce plugin shows your daily number of orders and earnings. You can also identify your top products and top categories in WooCommerce.

Another advantage of using the plugin is that it helps in finding your top customers. You can even view which country and state your highest paying customers are from.

Pricing: Advanced Reporting for WooCommerce is a free WooCommerce reporting plugin.

7. Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce

Abandoned cart for WooCommerce

Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce is one of the best WooCommerce reporting and analytics plugins to have on your website. It’s designed specifically to track abandoned carts and help recover lost sales.

An abandoned cart occurs when people visit your WooCommerce store, add products to the cart, but then leave without checking out. As a result, you lose potential customers and sales.

Using the plugin, you can easily track abandoned users and see a report inside your WordPress dashboard. You get to see a complete list of abandoned carts, capture customer emails at checkout, and see from which page the user left your store.

Another advantage of using the plugin is that it helps create workflows for abandoned customers and send automated emails to abandoned users.

Pricing: Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce is a free plugin to use. If you upgrade to the paid version, then you get features like instant notifications when any cart abandonment happens and more.

Which Is the Best WooCommerce Reporting Plugin?

If you want a complete reporting tool that easily tracks your WooCommerce store’s performance along with advanced tracking features, then we recommend MonsterInsights.

Its eCommerce addon automatically tracks your WooCommerce store and show you a detailed report insides the WordPress dashboard. Besides that, you also get features like scroll tracking, link tracking, custom dimensions, and much more.

We hope this article helped you pick the best WooCommerce reporting and analytics plugin. You may also want to look at our guide on how to create a free business email address, or see or expert comparison of the best live chat software for small business.

If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

The post 7 Best WooCommerce Reporting and Analytics Plugins for 2021 appeared first on WPBeginner.


October 01, 2021 at 04:00PM