Square Market is an excellent option for adding a fully functional e-commerce platform to a static WordPress site. By simply copying and pasting a short embed code, users can combine a custom WordPress theme with their existing Square account.
About Square Online
While many people know Square as the point-of-sale system used at local coffee shops, Square also offers tools for businesses to sell products online. Launched in 2013 as Square Market and now known as Square Online, this feature is available to all Square merchants. The great thing about Square Online (aside from its compatibility with Shifter!) is that it functions as an extension of your existing Square account. If you’re already using a Square reader in your physical store or on the go, you can enable this feature. To enable Square Online, please refer to this official documentation.
How does embedding Square Market work with Shifter?
Since Square Market handles payment processing, inventory, customer data, and more, all necessary functions and services are handled through the Square API.Just like with YouTube videos or embedded Google Forms, simply copy and paste the embed code, and the necessary HTML will be rendered on your page. After adding the embed code to generate a static WordPress site, you can manage your products from the Square dashboard.
How to Add a Square Online Store to WordPress
Adding this embed code to any page or post will display the shop. Since this is a demo site provided by Square, you’ll first need to enable your online store and update the script URL to your own. In this example, menu-embed-test-coffee-shop is the name of the demo shop provided.
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