Overview

The Ultracart WordPress plugin provides a quick and easy integration of your UltraCart account with your WordPress hosted website.

This document will detail the steps to installing the UltraCart WordPress Plugin.

Installation

Getting Started

1. Install The plugin and Activate the plugin
2. Connect your site to UltraCart via Settings → UltraCart
3. 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:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultracart-ecommerce-shopping-cart/

Click Download to begin the installation

Installing the UltraCart Wordpress Plugin

1. Log into your Wordpress account, then from the main menu, click Plugins, then click Add New
   
   
2. Search the Plugins for Ultracart
   
3. Click Install Now button for the UltraCart Plugin
4. After the plugin installs, you'll be prompted to 'Activate' the plugin. Click the activate button.
   
5. The UltraCart Wordpress plugin is now installed:
   

UltraCart Wordpress Plugin Settings

After the Plugin has been installed and activated, you can access the plugin settings by
clicking the 'Settings' from the Wordpress main menu, then clicking UltraCart in the submenu that appears:

You'll be presented with the UC Wordpress settings:

Upon installation of the UltraCart Wordpress plugin, item synching will be triggered. This will take a few moments to complete.

There are a few options that can be configured:

The 'Menu Options' section of the UltraCart Wordpress plugin settings allow you to customize the Wordpress menus
with "View cart/Checkout" links.

Configuring items to display in the Wordpress site.

Q: Adding an Item list to my site?

A: Go to a page or post editor and click the button to add an item list. Search for the item and add it to the page.  Simply add the shortcode:
[ucitem_list itemids="blonderoast,darkroast,mediumroast"]

Q: Add a single item to my site?

A: Go to a page or post editor, and click the button to add the item. Search for the item and add it to the page.  Simply add the shortcode:
[ucitem itemid="Hat"]

Q: Add just an items price to the site?

A: Go to a page or post editor, and click the button to add the price. Search for the item and add it to the page.  Simply add the shortcode:
[uc_price itemid="Hat"]

Example: 

Q: Add a buy button to my site?

A: Go to a page or post editor, and click the button to add a buy button. Search for the item and add it to the page.  Simply add the shortcode:
[uc_buy_button itemid="Hat" ]

Example: 

Q: Add a view cart link to my site?

A: You can configure which menu to add view cart link to in Settings -> UltraCart in the WordPress settings page. Additionally, you can add any link with the href value of "#viewcart", or a class of "js-view-cart-snapshot" as a view cart link.

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?

A: You can configure which menu to add the direct checkout link to in Settings -> UltraCart in the WordPress settings page. Additionally, you can add any link with the href value of "#checkout", or any tag with a class of "js-view-checkout". When clicked, it will transfer the user to begin the checkout process. This way, you can use it with any custom button you wish.

Q: How do I add a cart icon to a checkout or view cart link?

A: You can configure which menu to add the icon-only link to in Settings -> UltraCart in the WordPress settings page. Similar to the normal view cart or direct checkout links described above, you can add any link with the href value of "#checkout-icon", "#checkout-icon-left", "#viewcart-icon", or "#view-cart-icon-left", or any tag with a class of "js-view-checkout-icon", "js-checkout-icon-left", "js-view-cart-icon", or "js-view-cart-icon-left". These will have the same, respective functionality as the links described above, but also will either append or prepend a cart icon into the element.

Q: Link the list item to the single item page?

A: It does so automatically.  It should find a link to the most recently added single item once the item's page is visited.

Q: I upgraded to the latest version of the plugin and my main menu no longer has a view cart link.  What happened, and how to I fix it?

A:  We added a Menu Options section in the settings page. For each registered menu location in a theme, merchants can select whether to "Add On-Page View Cart Link", "Add On-Page View Cart Icon-Only Link", "Add Checkout Link", or "Add Checkout Icon Only Link".

The plugin will no longer automatically add a view cart link to the menu registered as "primary".  The merchant must configure the Menu Options in Settings -> UltraCart for it to appear in the menu.  This will be more convenient and grant increased flexibility going forward.

[uc_price itemid="necklace" currency_conversion="AUD"]

<script async defer src="'. $src .'" data-mid="'. $mid .'" data-channel="'. $host_name .'"></script>

Inspecting and the Log 

If you are having an issue with the plugin, there are two areas in which to inspect the plugin API logs.

1. Authorized Applications Logs
2. 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

To view the log click the "Log" button:

The Wordpress logged events will appear like this:

Webhook Log

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. 

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:

If you encounter a problem with the plugin and are unable to resolve it after reviewing the logs for errors, please email support@ultracart.com, providing your UltraCart Merchant ID, and the URL to your Wordpress website, along with a description of the issue you are encountering. 

Disconnecting and Reconnecting the Wordpress Plugin to Resolve Credentials Errors Issues

If the WordPress plugin requires updating to the newest version of the plugin, or in cases where the plugin become unresponsive with credentials errors, you may need to disconnect the plugin and then reconnect it. 

Inside of Wordpress Administration

1. Log into WordPress, then click Plugins in the left-hand menu
2. Next, click Settings
3. Scroll down and click the Disconnect UltraCart button
   
   
4. Next click the Connect to UltraCart button that appears in the Ultracart  plugin settings page
   
   

Troubleshooting FAQ

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 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 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.