WordPress is a content management system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress is therefore analogous to \u201cWindows\u201d on your PC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress has core functionality in allowing you to edit and design a website, but lacks the functionality to create a fully functional eCommerce store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WooCommerce is a \u201cPlugin\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WooCommerce is therefore analogous to \u201cMicrosoft Office\u201d on your PC or Mac \u2013 and operates as a piece of software inside your WordPress Content Management System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both WordPress and WooCommerce are developed and owned by Automatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Automatic is like the \u201cMicrosoft\u201d in our Analogy \u2013 both owning and developing the operating system (Windows) and the software (MS Office)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Automatic started with WordPress and over the course of time have acquired various other well known brands of opensource software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WooCommerce was one of those acquisitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not all WordPress users are eCommerce store owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But ALL WooCommerce users are WordPress users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bit like all thumbs are fingers, but not all fingers are thumbs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bloating the core WordPress content management system with unnecessary eCommerce functionality wouldn\u2019t make for a great user experience for WordPress users who aren\u2019t eCommerce store owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress is the most used content management system online. Hell, even BBC America use it to run their website and host all of their content provision \u2013 yes it\u2019s THAT powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress can be used to create websites that run online courses, directories, video sharing, photo sharing, membership sites \u2013 there\u2019s a whole bunch of things you can install on WordPress to make it do what YOU need it to. Just like installing software on your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WooCommerce is just one of those pieces of Software \u2013 albeit one of the more powerful and more fundamental pieces of software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Is The Difference Between WordPress and WooCommerce?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short, WordPress is a content management system, whilst WooCommerce is a piece of software (a plugin) that is designed FOR the WordPress Content Management System (or CMS for short)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may have wondered is it possible to have more than one checkout page for different products and product categories on a WordPress website using WooCommerce?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answer is yes \u2013 it\u2019s completely possible and in many cases makes a lot of sense to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your next question might be \u201cCan you create multiple checkout pages in WooCommerce without customizing the code?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The great news is \u2013 YES!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You don\u2019t need to touch the WordPress or WooCommerce code to be able offer a different checkout page for each product with WooCommerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is contrary to almost all the reading you\u2019ll do out there on this topic. The top Google Search Result for the query \u201cwoocommerce multiple checkout pages\u201d is a WordPress.org support thread on the WooCommerce plugin referring to custom coding being required \u2013 with no offer of an actual answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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