{"id":17306,"date":"2026-08-28T02:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=17306"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:38:33","slug":"how-to-set-up-the-hostinger-ecommerce-plugin-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-set-up-the-hostinger-ecommerce-plugin-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up the Hostinger Ecommerce plugin for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hostinger Ecommerce plugin connects your WordPress site to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ecommerce\">Hostinger Ecommerce<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;platform so you can sell products without installing WooCommerce. WordPress handles your content, SEO, and page design, while Hostinger Ecommerce manages products, orders, inventory, payments, and analytics behind the scenes. To start selling, install the plugin, connect or create a store, add a payment method, and add your first product.<\/p><h3>Before you start<\/h3><ul>\n<li>An active <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/web-hosting\">Hostinger hosting plan<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Access to the WordPress Admin area.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-install-the-hostinger-ecommerce-plugin\">Install the Hostinger Ecommerce plugin<\/h2><ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583518-how-to-access-the-dashboard-in-hostinger\/\">Log in to hPanel<\/a> and go to <strong>Websites<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select the website you want to add a store to, then go to <strong>WordPress &rarr; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5609910-how-to-use-the-wordpress-overview-in-hpanel-at-hostinger\/\">Overview<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scroll down to <strong>Recommended installations<\/strong> and select the <strong>Plugins<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<li>Locate <strong>Hostinger Ecommerce Plugin<\/strong>&nbsp;and select <strong>Install<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1880\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-07.png 1880w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-07-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-07-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-07-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-07-1536x644.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1880px) 100vw, 1880px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol><p>The plugin adds an Ecommerce menu item to your WordPress Admin area sidebar next to the other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6824127-what-is-the-hostinger-wordpress-plugin\/\">Hostinger WordPress plugins<\/a>.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17308 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-12-e1787884434540.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1910\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-12-e1787884434540.png 1910w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-12-e1787884434540-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-12-e1787884434540-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-12-e1787884434540-768x345.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-12-e1787884434540-1536x689.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1910px) 100vw, 1910px\" \/><\/p><h2 id=\"h-connect-or-create-a-hostinger-ecommerce-store\">Connect or create a Hostinger Ecommerce store<\/h2><ol>\n<li>In the <strong>WordPress Admin area<\/strong>, go to <strong>Ecommerce<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Connect your Ecommerce<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1570\" height=\"859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-13.png 1570w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-13-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-13-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-13-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-13-1536x840.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1570px) 100vw, 1570px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Choose one of the following options:\n<ul>\n<li>Select <strong>Create a new Ecommerce Store<\/strong> to set up a new store. Enter a store name, select a country, and select a currency, then select Create store.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>an existing Ecommerce store<\/strong> from the list if you already manage one with Hostinger Ecommerce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>Once connected, the store&rsquo;s status changes to <strong>Connected.<\/strong><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1571\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14.png 1571w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14-1536x844.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1571px) 100vw, 1571px\" \/><\/p><h2 id=\"h-add-a-payment-method\">Add a payment method<\/h2><ol>\n<li>In the <strong>WordPress Admin area<\/strong>, go to <strong>Ecommerce<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Add payment method.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1572\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14_1.png 1572w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14_1-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14_1-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14_1-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-14_1-1536x849.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1572px) 100vw, 1572px\" \/><br>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You will be redirected to <strong>Hostinger Ecommerce<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Settings<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Payments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose one of the available payment options:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stripe<\/strong> &ndash; accepts card payments and digital wallets. Stripe charges processing fees, and orders must total $1 or more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PayPal<\/strong> &ndash; accepts payments through a connected PayPal Business account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>dLocal Go<\/strong> &ndash; accepts local payment methods across Latin America, including cards, bank transfers, and cash payments. dLocal charges processing fees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manual payment<\/strong> &ndash; lets customers pay offline through cash on delivery, money orders, or bank transfers. You approve these orders manually by updating the payment status on the <strong>Orders<\/strong> page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Connect<\/strong> next to Stripe, PayPal, or dLocal Go to link an existing account or create a new one. To add manual payment instead, select <strong>Add<\/strong>, choose a payment type, enter a payment method name, and add instructions for your customers.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1639\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-19.png 1639w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-19-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-19-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-19-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-19-1536x799.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1639px) 100vw, 1639px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 id=\"h-add-your-first-product\">Add your first product<\/h2><ol>\n<li>In the <strong>WordPress Admin area<\/strong>, go to <strong>Ecommerce<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Add products<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1552\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-20.png 1552w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-20-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-20-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-20-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-20-1536x861.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1552px) 100vw, 1552px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>You will be redirected to <strong>Hostinger Ecommerce<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Products<\/strong> and select <strong>Add product<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1657\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21.png 1657w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21-1536x764.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1657px) 100vw, 1657px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Select a product type:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Physical product<\/strong> &ndash; for products that require shipping or pickup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital products<\/strong> &ndash; for products customers download via a link after purchase.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add products with AI<\/strong> &ndash; upload a product photo and let AI fill in the product details. You can customize the details afterward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gift card, Services, <\/strong>and <strong>Donation<\/strong> are also available directly.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21_1.png 960w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21_1-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-21_1-768x546.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\"><strong>Appointment, Subscriptions, <\/strong>and <strong>Print on demand<\/strong> require a <strong>Hostinger AI Builder<\/strong> sales channel and don&rsquo;t apply to the WordPress plugin.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter or review the product details, then save. Alternatively, select <strong>Import products<\/strong> from the <strong>Products<\/strong> page to add multiple products at once.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1695\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-26.png 1695w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-26-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-26-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-26-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-28_09-26-1536x657.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1695px) 100vw, 1695px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol><p>Each product you add appears in the <strong>Products list<\/strong> with its price, variants, inventory status, SKU, and status.<\/p><p>Products you add in<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ecommerce\">Hostinger Ecommerce<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;sync automatically to your WordPress store. Use Gutenberg blocks, Elementor widgets, or shortcodes to display your product listing, product detail, and cart pages anywhere on your WordPress site.<\/p><p>Your WordPress site is now connected to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ecommerce\">Hostinger Ecommerce<\/a><\/strong> and ready to accept orders once a payment method and at least one product are added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Install and connect the Hostinger Ecommerce plugin to sell products directly from your WordPress site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress-management"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17320,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17306\/revisions\/17320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}