{"id":151,"date":"2025-02-05T03:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/?post_type=ek_doc&#038;p=151"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:48:57","slug":"install-and-activate","status":"publish","type":"ek_doc","link":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/getting-started\/install-and-activate\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing and Activating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">System Requirements&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WordPress Version<\/strong>:  minimum 6.0 or higher<br><strong>Required PHP Version<\/strong>: minimum 7.4 or higher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Install and Activate EasyCommerce<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and activate the EasyCommerce plugin on WordPress. If you\u2019re familiar with the WordPress ecosystem, you can activate it like any other plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re new to WordPress, here\u2019s a step-by-step process showing you how to install and activate the EasyCommerce plugin &#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 1: Download from the Website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose to <a href=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Download EasyCommerce<\/strong><\/a> from the EasyCommerce website or from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/easycommerce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WordPress Plugin Repository<\/strong><\/a>. Below is a step-by-step guide for both methods for your convenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Go to the EasyCommerce Website&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Start by going to the EasyCommerce website, and click the <strong>Get Started <\/strong>or<strong> Get EasyCommerce Now <\/strong>button.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1614\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EasyCommerce-AI-powered-WordPress-Ecommerce-Plugin-09-21-2025_02_39_PM-09-21-2025_02_52_PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-860\" style=\"width:1200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EasyCommerce-AI-powered-WordPress-Ecommerce-Plugin-09-21-2025_02_39_PM-09-21-2025_02_52_PM.png 1614w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EasyCommerce-AI-powered-WordPress-Ecommerce-Plugin-09-21-2025_02_39_PM-09-21-2025_02_52_PM-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EasyCommerce-AI-powered-WordPress-Ecommerce-Plugin-09-21-2025_02_39_PM-09-21-2025_02_52_PM-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EasyCommerce-AI-powered-WordPress-Ecommerce-Plugin-09-21-2025_02_39_PM-09-21-2025_02_52_PM-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EasyCommerce-AI-powered-WordPress-Ecommerce-Plugin-09-21-2025_02_39_PM-09-21-2025_02_52_PM-1536x666.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1614px) 100vw, 1614px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Enter Essential Detials&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019re greeted with the <strong>Get EasyCommerce <\/strong>popup, enter your name and email, and click the <strong>Download Now <\/strong>button.&nbsp;Your download should start automatically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcfqHFat-LksEAo_v9s6KTYg28ukjx53QJLiUkdP9IrBq6xnXRQiWfNScecgSchtDDJF1PS8O-D2pawB9eizpBwN1ZtQh0NYe95lo1S9WdP-0G5bQa1AJzHcH77jxJ-J6fo4OlTDQ?key=lRxp44Wr2KqaHqBxheLzLlYm\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Add New Plugin&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to your WordPress website dashboard and navigate to <strong>Plugins &gt; Add Plugin<\/strong>. Click the <strong>Upload Plugin <\/strong>button.&nbsp;Click <strong>Choose File<\/strong>, upload the EasyCommerce RAR file you just downloaded, and click <strong>Install Now<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/upload_easycommerce_file.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583\" style=\"width:787px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/upload_easycommerce_file.png 987w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/upload_easycommerce_file-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/upload_easycommerce_file-768x460.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Activate Plugin&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the <strong>Activate Plugin <\/strong>button to be automatically redirected to the <strong>Installed Plugins<\/strong> page, and click <strong>Setup Wizard<\/strong> under EasyCommerce to start setting up your shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-516\" style=\"width:987px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-8.png 1700w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-8-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-8-1024x220.png 1024w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-8-768x165.png 768w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-8-1536x330.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 2: Activate from Your Website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re familiar with the WordPress ecosystem, you can simply download EasyCommerce like any other plugin. Here\u2019s a step-by-step process showing you how to install and activate the EasyCommerce plugin &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Find the EasyCommerce plugin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to <strong>Plugins &gt; Add New Plugin<\/strong>. Look for EasyCommerce in the search bar on the top right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Install and Activate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you\u2019ve found the EasyCommerce plugin, click the <strong>Install Now <\/strong>button and <strong>Activate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1057\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/activate_easycommerce_plugin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-553\" style=\"width:1007px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/activate_easycommerce_plugin.png 1057w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/activate_easycommerce_plugin-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/activate_easycommerce_plugin-1024x412.png 1024w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/activate_easycommerce_plugin-768x309.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1057px) 100vw, 1057px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After activating EasyCommerce, you will be redirected to the <strong>Setup Wizard<\/strong> page. Click the\u00a0<strong>Get Started<\/strong>\u00a0button under EasyCommerce to start creating your dream shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1526\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/setup-wizard-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1147\" style=\"width:1007px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/setup-wizard-1.png 1526w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/setup-wizard-1-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/setup-wizard-1-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/setup-wizard-1-768x340.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1526px) 100vw, 1526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To know more about <strong>Setup Wizard<\/strong>, please <a href=\"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/getting-started\/setup-wizard\/\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"easy_topic":[3],"easy_product":[19],"class_list":["post-151","ek_doc","type-ek_doc","status-publish","hentry","easy_topic-getting-started","easy_product-easycommerce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ek_doc\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ek_doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ek_doc"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"easy_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/easy_topic?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"easy_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easycommerce.dev\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/easy_product?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}