Shop the Post Quick Start Guide

Our Shop the Post plugin serves two purposes:

  1. Manage your product library and build shopping widgets directly in WordPress.
  2. Display shopping widgets alongside post summaries on the home page, most archive blog feeds, and above the post footer on individual blog posts.

This Quick Start Guide will walk you through everything you need to get started with Shop the Post:

Install and activate the plugin

1. Go to Plugins > Add New.

2. Click on Upload Plugin.

3. Click on Choose File and select the zip file included in your purchase receipt, then click Install Now.

4. Click on Activate Plugin.

5. Enter your license key from your purchase receipt, then click Save & Activate License.

Edit global settings

1. Click on the Customizer link to edit global settings for Shop the Post.


2. By default, Shop the Post will display your featured box on the blog feed, in the footer of the single post page, and on the archives. The default title is "Shop the Post." You can update these settings in the Customizer under the Shop the Post tab.

Add products to the product library

1. Click on the Shop the Post tab in the main menu of the WordPress dashboard.

2. To organize your products into product categories, enter the category in the Categories box and click "Add category." This is an optional step and allows you to browse your product library by category for easy updates.

3. To add new products, first you'll need to add your product thumbnail. Click "Upload image" to get started.

4. Upload your product thumbnail to the media library or select a previously uploaded image.

5. Click on Use This Image.

6. Next, enter the product name in the Name field. Be specific so it's easy to search for in the blog post editor.

7. Select a category from the Category dropdown menu, if desired.

8. Enter your product link in the URL field.

9. Click on "Add product." Congrats — you've added a new product to your product library! This product will now be available to add to Shop the Post blocks and to select in the featured Shop the Post field in the footer of the block post editor.

Create shopping widgets with the Shop the Post block

1. To use the Shop the Post block, type enter to insert a new block, then type "/shop" to search for the Shop the Post block.

2. Click on the Shop the Post block to add it to the editor.

3. In the right sidebar, type to search for the product you want to add.

4. Click on the product to add it to the block.

5. To reorder items, click the 6 dots to the left and drag the item in the order you want it to appear.

6. This is what the Shop the Post block looks like by default, with the product carousel enabled.

7. Toggle off the Enable Carousel option to display the Shop the Post block as a grid.

8. This is what the Shop the Post block looks like as a product grid, with the product carousel disabled.

1. Shop the Post allows you to display a featured Shop the Post box on the home page, in the footer of the single post page, and on archive pages. To use the featured box, scroll to the footer of the post editor to the Shop the Post section. 

2. Click in the box next to Select Products and start typing to search for the product you want to add, then click on the product from the dropdown menu.

3. Alternatively, you can add widget code from your affiliate platform.

4. By default, the featured Shop the Post box will be titled "Shop the Post," or the global title, if you set it in the Customizer. Optionally add a title for this post only in the Title field.

5. This is the featured Shop the Post box in the post footer, with a custom title.