Woocommerce

Best free option: Discount Rules for WooCommerce (Flycart). It adds dynamic pricing beyond basic coupons, letting you create bulk and quantity discounts, tiered pricing, product or category discounts, and conditional rules based on cart subtotal, items, or customer roles. Setup is simple: install the plugin, create a rule, choose discount type (percentage or fixed), set conditions, then enable it to auto-apply at checkout. It also supports scheduling and optional discount table displays for shoppers. The free version covers most stores; upgrade only if you need advanced BOGO, bundles, gifts, or deeper conditions. Alternatives: Advanced Coupons and Smart Coupons as well.

A “tax switch” in WooCommerce usually means a feature that lets shoppers toggle tax display, such as showing prices “including tax” or “excluding tax,” or turning VAT/GST on or off for specific customer types. WooCommerce does not include a built-in front-end tax toggle by default. Store owners use plugins or custom code to create this switch, often for B2B stores where business customers want ex-tax pricing, while retail customers want tax-inclusive pricing. The switch can change displayed prices, cart totals, and tax lines at checkout based on the chosen mode, customer role, or billing location. Always match your local tax rules.

To add product specifications, use Product Attributes and the Additional Information tab. Edit the product, scroll to Product data, and open the Attributes section. Add attributes such as Material, Size, Weight, Power, or Compatibility, then enter values (or create global attributes in Products → Attributes for reuse). Tick “Visible on the product page,” and save. WooCommerce automatically shows these specs in the Additional Information tab and can use them for filters and variations. If you want a dedicated “Specifications” block or a formatted table, install a product tabs/specifications plugin, then create a custom tab and paste your spec list there.

To add a drop-down menu for your WooCommerce store, use the WordPress menu builder. Go to Appearance → Menus and select your main menu. Add items like Shop, Product Categories, Products, or Pages from the left panel, then click “Add to Menu.” To create the drop-down, drag a menu item to the right under a parent item; it becomes a sub-menu (dropdown) link. Repeat for more sub-items and reorder by dragging. Assign the menu to your Header location and click Save. Check the front end. If your theme doesn’t show dropdowns, enable it in theme options or use a plugin.

WooCommerce includes a “Default sorting” dropdown on shop and category pages. The standard options are: Default sorting (custom ordering + name), Sort by popularity (sales), Sort by average rating, Sort by latest (newest first), Sort by price: low to high, and Sort by price: high to low. Store owners can also change the default order in Appearance settings, reorder products using menu order, or add/remove sorting choices with small code snippets or plugins. Sorting works with pagination and filters, helping shoppers quickly find items by relevance, freshness, or budget. For variable products, price sorting follows your catalog price display settings.

To add a product to a WordPress menu, first make sure the product is published in WooCommerce. Go to Appearance → Menus (or Customize → Menus, depending on theme). Select the menu you want to edit, such as Main Menu. In the left panel, open the “Products” tab. If you don’t see it, click “Screen Options” at the top and enable Products. Search or browse for the product, tick it, and click “Add to Menu.” Drag it to reorder or nest it as a submenu item. Update/Save the menu. Visit your site and confirm the menu link opens the product page correctly.

To add GST in WooCommerce, first enable taxes. Go to WooCommerce → Settings → General and tick “Enable taxes,” then save. Set your store address to India. Open the Tax tab and choose whether product prices include GST. In Standard rates (or a custom “GST” class), add rows for your GST slabs, like 5%, 12%, 18%, or 28%, with Country = IN and State/Postcode if required. Save. Now edit the product, open Product data → Tax, select the correct Tax class, and set Tax status to Taxable. Update the product and test checkout totals. Add HSN code in product notes.

WooCommerce Shipping & Tax is the set of WooCommerce features that calculate delivery charges and sales taxes during checkout. Shipping lets you create zones (countries, states, zip codes), then assign methods like Flat Rate, Free Shipping, Local Pickup, or live carrier rates via plugins. You can set shipping classes, weights, and dimensions to control costs. Tax settings let you enable taxes, decide whether prices include tax, and add tax rates by location, product type, and class (standard, reduced, zero). It also prints tax totals on invoices and helps keep checkout totals accurate. Automation can pull rates and labels from services.

Variable products are a single product with selectable options (variations) like size or color. Each variation can have its own price, SKU, stock, weight, images, and shipping rules, while sharing one product page and one cart line item per chosen variation. Grouped products are a collection of separate simple products shown together on one page. Customers pick quantities for each child item and add multiple items to the cart at once. Grouped products don’t create new SKUs or variation-level settings; they simply bundle visibility and purchasing for related items. Use variable for options; use grouped for sets of independent items.

Go to WooCommerce → Settings → General, confirm your store address and currency. Scroll to “Enable taxes” and tick it, then Save changes. A new Tax tab appears. Open WooCommerce → Settings → Tax and choose whether prices include tax, how to display tax in cart/checkout, and whether shipping is taxable. Next, add tax rates: pick Standard (or create additional tax classes), click “Insert row,” then enter country/state, postcode, city, rate %, tax name, and priority. Save. Finally, place a test order to verify the correct tax shows for each location. If you sell globally, create separate rows per region.