¶ Overview
Running a WooCommerce store? Just install the simple RevCent plugin to import products, and begin synchronizing your orders with RevCent's backend. Updates and fulfillment data will reflect back on your WooCommerce site.
¶ Before You Start
This installation guide assumes the entities below have already been created.
¶ Campaign Created
If you have not created a campaign in RevCent please follow the instructions on Creating A Campaign
¶ Payment Profile Created
If you have not created a payment profile in RevCent please follow the instructions on Creating Your First Payment Profile
¶ Install WordPress Plugin
¶ Login to WordPress
Go to your WordPress site and login as the site administrator.
¶ Search Plugin
- Go to the Plugins page in your WordPress site and click the Add New button.
- On The Add New page, type revcent in the search bar.
- The RevCent Payments plugin box should appear. Continue below.
¶ Install Plugin
- Click the Install Now button.
- Once installation has finished, click the Activate button.
¶ Plugin Install Complete
Once you have installed and activated the RevCent plugin continue below to Create a WooCommerce API Key.
¶ Create A WooCommerce API Key
You will need to create an API key within WooCommerce so RevCent can communicate with your store.
Note: We recommend opening a text editor so you can copy and paste the credentials that WooCommerce will generate. You will need these credentials later on in this guide.
¶ WooCommerce Settings
- On the WordPress sidebar, click Settings in the WooCommerce dropdown.
¶ Advanced Settings > REST API
- Once on the WooCommerce settings page, click the Advanced Tab.
- In the Advanced settings tab, click REST API.
- Once in the REST API section click the Add Key button.
¶ Add Key
- For description enter 'API Key for RevCent integration'.
- For user, select the WordPress Admin user.
- For permissions, select Read/Write.
- Click the Generate API Key button.
¶ Key Generated
Once the key is generated you will not be able to retrieve these credentials later. You need to save them to a text editor on your computer.
- Copy and paste the Consumer key into a text editor on your computer.
- Copy and paste the Consumer secret into a text editor on your computer.
¶ Key Credentials Saved
Once you have copied and pasted both key credentials into a text editor, continue the steps below to create a RevCent shop.
¶ Create A RevCent Shop
¶ Login to RevCent
Visit RevCent and login to your account. If you do not have a RevCent account, click here to sign up.
¶ Create A Third Party Shop
Create a new third party shop by going to https://revcent.com/user/new-third-party-shop
¶ Name
Set a name for the third party shop. Required.
¶ Description
Set a description for the third party shop. Optional.
¶ Domain
Enter the domain of your third party shop. i.e. 'myshop.com' or 'myshop.com/store'.
¶ Status
Set the status of your third party shop. Default is enabled.
¶ Use Tax Profiles
If you wish to have RevCent automatically calculate and charge tax using a Tax Profile. Select no if your third party shop will provide the tax to be charged.
¶ Campaign
Attach a campaign to your shop. Required.
¶ Payment Profile
Attach a payment profile to your shop. Required.
¶ API Account
Select Create New in the dropdown.
¶ Webhook
Select Create New in the dropdown.
¶ Third Party
Select WooCommerce in the dropdown.
¶ Shopping Cart Version
Enter the software version of your WooCommerce install. Default is 3.
- Click the Create New Third Party Shop button after entering all form fields above.
- You will be automatically forwarded to the edit page for the new shop. Continue the steps below after being forwarded.
¶ Enter WooCommerce API Credentials
Once you have created your new shop it is time to link your RevCent shop with your WooCommerce installation. We will use the WooCommerce API credentials we generated and save them to our RevCent shop.
Scroll to the bottom of the edit page until you see the WooCommerce API credentials box.
¶ WooCommerce API Credentials Box
¶ Consumer Key
Enter the WooCommerce Consumer Key you pasted in the text editor. It is the key that starts with ck_
¶ Consumer Secret
Enter the WooCommerce Consumer Secret you pasted in the text editor. It is the key that starts with cs_
- Click the Test button after entering your credentials. RevCent will test the API credentials to make sure it can connect to your shop.
- Click the Save button if the test is successful.
- Continue below to finalize the WooCommerce installation.
¶ Finalize WooCommerce Installation
Once you have saved your WooCommerce API credentials and RevCent was able to connect to your WooCommerce store you will see a box below the API credentials form.
¶ Scan And Fix
The box will indicate that the plugin on your store is not set up, this is normal.
- Click the Scan And Fix button.
- Wait for the Scan and fix to complete.
¶ Scan and Fix Success
Once the Scan and Fix has completed, RevCent will check again to make sure your install is finished.
If you see the above box, you are finished linking RevCent with your WooCommerce store and the installation is complete.
- Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page.
¶ WooCommerce Installation Complete
Congratulations on completing the WooCommerce installation. Your WooCommerce sales will now process through RevCent.
¶ Import Shipping from WooCommerce
If you sell shippable products on your WooCommerce store you need to import your shipping methods.
¶ Import Products from WooCommerce
Begin importing your products to RevCent directly from WooCommerce by following the Import Products guide.