Adding a Simple product is similar to writing a post in WordPress. Go to WooCommerce > Products > Add Product. You then have a familiar interface and should immediately feel at home.

Then after you click on Add Product, you will then be redirected to the page below. Give your product a Name/Title and a Description.

Note: Virtual products don’t require shipping — an order with virtual products won’t calculate shipping costs.

Product Data

The Product Data meta box is where the majority of important data is added for your products.

General Section

• Price
  • Regular Price – item’s normal/regular price
  • Sale Price – Item’s discounted price that can be scheduled for certain date ranges. The sale expires at 11:59pm of the specified end date
• Tax
  • Tax status – Taxable / Shipping only / None
  • Tax Class – choose which tax class should be applied

Inventory section

The inventory section allows you to manage stock for the product individually and define whether to allow back orders and more. It enables you to sell products and allow customers to add them to the cart to buy.

Enable Stock Management must be selected in Products Inventory Settings; otherwise, only the ‘Stock status’ option is visible in the Product Data Inventory box.

Options when stock management at product level is disabled. You are responsible for updating the Stock Status.

Options when stock management at product level is enabled.

• Enter the Stock Quantity, and WooCommerce auto-manages inventory and auto-updates Stock Status as Stock, Out of Stock or On Backorder.
• Select whether to Allow Backorders.
• Low stock threshold – Enter a number upon which you are notified.
• Tick the Sold Individually box to limit the product to one per order.

Shipping section

• Weight – Weight of the item.
• Dimensions – Length, width and height for the item.
• Shipping Class – Shipping classes are used by certain shipping methods to group similar products.

• Advanced section
  • Purchase note – Enter an optional note to send the customer after they purchase the product.
  • Menu order – Custom ordering position for this item.
  • Enable Reviews – Enable/Disable customer reviews for this item.
• Product short description
  • Add an excerpt. This typically appears next to product imagery on the listing page, and the long description appears in the Product Description tab.
  • Video embeds (oembed) may be used, as of version 3.1x.
• Taxonomies
  • On the right-hand side of the Add New Product panel, there are product categories in which you can place your product, similar to a standard WordPress post. You can also assign product tags in the same way.