WooCommerce is a popular e-commerce plugin available for WordPress-based websites. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install WooCommerce on FreeBSD Latest.
To install WooCommerce, make sure you have the following items:
Run the following command to update your system's package repositories to the latest version:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
To run WooCommerce, you need to install some PHP extensions like PHP-mbstring, PHP-xml, PHP-curl, etc. Run the following command to install them:
sudo pkg install php-language php73-mbstring php73-simplexml php73-curl php73-gd mysql57-server
WooCommerce requires a database to store its data. You can use MySQL for this. Run the following command to configure and start MySQL:
sudo sysrc mysql_enable="yes"
sudo service mysql-server start
sudo mysql_secure_installation
You will be asked to set the MySQL root password, which you should do.
Next, log in to MySQL:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the password you set earlier.
Create a new database for WooCommerce:
CREATE DATABASE woocommerce_db;
Create a new MySQL user with sufficient privileges to access the database:
CREATE USER 'woocommerce_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `woocommerce_db`.* TO 'woocommerce_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Log in to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to the Plugins > Add New section. Search for WooCommerce and click on the Install Now button. Once the installation is complete, click Activate.
To configure WooCommerce, go to WooCommerce > Settings. Here you can set up your store's location, currency options, shipping methods, and more.
You can also add products to your store using the Products section.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WooCommerce on FreeBSD Latest.
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