This page describes options for setting up a FOSS-ish online store using Wordpress and WooCommerce.

To get the presentation I wanted with the Storefront theme, I had to make a child theme from it and make some changes. In particular, I wanted to:

• Change the brand typogrpahy.
• Use a different shopping cart icon.
• Remove categories from the navigation.
• Use a copyright notice that was better suited for purpose.

This meant changing the Storefront child theme style.css and Storefront child theme functions.php files using the Theme Editor.

I have the following plug-ins activated:

• WooCommerce (duh)
• Jetpack. Because WooCommerce requires it. Yay.
• A WooCommerce payment gateway. The WooCommerce PayPal Checkout Gateway I originally set up is being discontinued, so it will need to be changed. Yay.
• WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips. I'm not sure if this came with the default WooCommerce install.
• WooCommerce Shipping & Tax. Ditto.
• WP Mail SMTP, so I can send email using my Gmail/G Suite account. This worked fine when I first set it up, but changes in Google authentication mean I have to jump through some more hoops to get things to work. Yay.
• Really Simple SSL
• UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore, as a backup solution.
• Homepage Control – I'm not sure I actually use this. Also it “has not been tested with your current version of WordPress.” Yay.
• Classic Editor, because the new Gutenberg block editor kinda sucks.
• Restore Classic Widgets, ditto.