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Overview
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- Install The plugin and Activate the plugin
- Connect your site to UltraCart via Settings → UltraCart
- Add eCommerce components to your site
NOTE: You can Install UltraCart eCommerce - Shopping Cart via the WordPress plugin directory, or by uploading the files manually to your server.
After becoming an UltraCart merchant, use the plugin to connect your accounts and authorize your site to use UltraCart via Settings → UltraCart in the WordPress admin menu.
Installing the plugin
The UltraCart WordPress plugin is located at the following URL:
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Q: How do I add a product thumbnail to the "mini cart" (shopping cart snapshot that pops out of the right side of page after the item is added)?
A: The shopping cart snapshot is comprised of a set of hard coded in the PHP scripts and these scripts aren't presently customizable.
Q: How do I add a direct checkout link?
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- Authorized Applications Logs
- Webhooks Logs
In general, the webhook logs will have the logs for the communication initiating from UC to the server where Wordpress is hosted, while the application logs will contain the REST http requests and responses initiating from the Wordpress application to UC
Authorized Applications
To view the REST API logs for issue regarding the communication from Wordpress to UltraCart, log into UltraCart, then navigate
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Main Menu → Advanced → Developer Tools → REST APIs → API Logs > Authorized Applications (tab) |
To view the log click the "Log" button:
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After you have successfully installed the wordpress plugin and are working with it, if you encounter and issue with either items syncing or item assignment, you can review the wordpress webhook logs for issue related to the activity of the plugin.
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Main Menu → Advanced → Developer Tools → Webhooks → Webhook Logs > "Log" button |
When reviewing the webhooks logs for errors, click the Request ID of the API call then inspect the Request & Response sections that are display along the right side of the page. The response will contain the error message:
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If the WordPress plugin requires updating to the newest version of the plugin, or in cases where the plugin become unresponsive with credntials credentials errors, you may need to disconnect the plugin and then reconnect it.
Inside of Wordpress Administration
- Log into WordPress, then click Plugins in the lefthand menuleft-hand menu
- Next, click Settings
- Scroll down and click the Disconnect UltraCart button
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- Next click the Connect to UltraCart button that appears in the Ultracart plugin settings page
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| UPDATE: As of 08/11/2021 when you perform the Disconnect/Reconnect steps above, UltraCart will automatically remove all stales API application instances. Please email support@ultracart.com if plugin errors continue after performing the disconnect/reconnect with the plugin. |
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Q: I received an error on the back-end of my Wordpress site when trying to sync my items because new items weren't pulling in to Wordpress from UltraCart. I disconnected and reconnected Ultracart UltraCart and now my items aren't syncing at all. I see a 403 error in the UltraCart Wordpress Webhook Logs. What could be the issue?
A: If you have multiple WordPRess WordPress plugins installed, it could be caused by another plugin. In this case the merchant did end up identifying a SPAM plugin as the culprit. So, if you have multiple plugins installed in addition to the UltraCart Wordpress plugin, try temporarily disabling the other installed plugins to see if that resolves the issue.
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