10 of the Leading WordPress E-Commerce Plugins

Recently we published a post that showcased many of the best WordPress e-commerce themes. If you’ve been thinking about using WordPress for an e-commerce website you may be wondering which e-commerce plugin is the best fit for your needs. There are several different options available, and in this article we’ll look at 10 of those options. Hopefully this information will help you to find the plugin that is best for your project.

WP e-Commerce

WP e-Commerce is one of the plugins that has been around and has been popular for several years. Before many of the other e-commerce options for WordPress existed WP e-Commerce was on the scene. The plugin itself is available as a free download, with a variety of upgrades and add-ons available for purchase. WP e-Commerce includes features like flexible coupon codes and discounts, control over shipping calculations, product and category RSS feeds, multilingual, support for multiple currencies, PayPal and Google Checkout integration, one-page checkout, admin dashboard for sales overview, basic inventory control, and much more.

Jigoshop

Jigoshop is another long-standing e-commerce plugin for WordPress users. Jigoshop is also available for free download with premium themes and extensions that can be purchased. The themes will help you to get a professional-looking site without the normal costs associated with having an e-commerce site designed and developed. The extensions of added functionality, such as different payment gateways, marketing enhancements, and more. Some of the extensions are offered by 3rd party developers.

Features of Jigoshop include order management, a customer account area, inventory tracking, product import/export, discount codes, related products, control over tax and shipping charges, product search, and more.

WooCommerce

WooCommerce, from WooThemes, is another extremely popular e-commerce plugin. One of the biggest benefits of using WooCommerce is that the selection of premium themes that are available to purchase. WooThemes of course sells their own themes that are ready to use with WooCommerce, but there are also a number of third-party themes that have been developed to integrate with WooCommerce (you can see many of these themes in our recent post 40+ of the Best WordPress eCommerce Themes).

WooCommerce can be downloaded for free, with extensions available for purchase. WooCommerce features include sales reports, control over shipping and tax charges, a customer account area, order management, product and inventory management, coupon codes, and more.

Cart66

Cart66 offers a free version and a professional version with a few different license options available. The free version includes the basic e-commerce features like order management, promotions, control of tax and shipping charges, support for multiple currencies, customizable email reports, and more.

Cart66 has a few features that I think make it a unique plugin and possibly a better fit depending on the needs of your specific project. The professional version offers support for recurring payments and membership access. Also, both the free and the professional version allow you to sell products from any page or post. The professional version integrates with the popular Gravity Forms plugin, which can open up a lot of possibilities as well.

Shopp

Shopp is a premium plugin that has been around and has been one of the more popular e-commerce plugins for several years. A single-site license is available for with unlimited developers plugin for 9. Features includes things like coupon codes, control over tax and shipping, related products, RSS feeds, grid and list view, order management, email notifications, integration with many payment gateways, and more.

eShop

eShop is a free e-commerce plugin that has been downloaded nearly half a million times. It includes features like multiple product options, basic stats and sales data, shipping and sales tax options, configurable email templates, basic inventory control, and more.

YAK for WordPress

YAK is a free “shopping cart plugin for WordPress which associates products with weblog entries.” It supports both pages and posts in products, and customizable purchase options. Additional features include order management, configurable shipping, basic sales tax support, sales reports, promotions, and more.

Ecwid

Ecwid offers e-commerce widgets for several different content management systems, including WordPress. The Ecwid WordPress plugin is available for free download, and it integrates with your social profiles, such as your Facebook page or profile. The free plan includes all of the standard e-commerce features, and paid plans are available starting at per month. Paid plans add features like discount codes, volume discounts, and inventory management.

Easy Digital Downloads

If you’re looking for a solution to sell digital products, Easy Digital Downloads is a great option. It was creating specifically for selling digital products, so it won’t include extra features that you have no use for if you are not selling physical products. It’s a free plugin with extensions and themes available for purchase. One of its biggest advantages is the simplicity, but it also includes features like discount codes, user purchase history, sales reports, file download log, and more.

WPdeposit

WPdeposit is a premium plugin that has been included on this list because it offers a unique alternative to the other e-commerce plugins. With WPdeposit you can sell credits, basically the same way stock marketplaces like ThemeForest, iStockphoto, and other stock sites sell prepaid credits. Customers then use the credits to make purchases.