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Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart

Powerful, easy to use ecommerce shopping cart for WordPress. Sell on Facebook and Instagram. iPhone & Android apps. Superb support.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version7.0.10
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.4 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update1 Oct 20261mo ago
Active installations20K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.5 / 5 from 228 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart version 7.0.10 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart is everything you need to add an online store to your WordPress site. Powerful, easy-to-use and Gutenberg-friendly. Hundreds of thousands of sellers in 175 countries, 45 languages supported.

PayPal, Stripe and 70+ more payment options. Real-time shipping integrations. Selling on Instagram and Facebook.

Automatic Shipping and Taxes

The Ecwid ecommerce plugin integrates with major carriers including USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post, Australia Post, and others to automatically calculate shipping rates. Taxes are also automated and can be set-up in a few clicks. , Canada, and EU VAT.

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Sell on Facebook and Instagram

Add your online store to Facebook and sell to millions of Facebook and Instagram users. No addons needed. Ecwid will automatically synchronize your products, customers, orders and inventory between your WordPress and Facebook storefronts.

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eCommerce Mobile Apps

Ecwid Shopping Cart provides mobile applications for iOS and Android to manage your store and sell on the go. Scan products, track inventory, manage sales and accept payments using your mobile device as a POS station. Your ecommerce data is automatically synchronized with your WordPress shopping cart, Facebook store and other online storefronts.

Unlimited Storage, Automatic Backups and Seamless Upgrades

With the Ecwid Shopping Cart, your online store data is fully hosted on our secure servers. Regardless of the WordPress hosting service you use, your Ecwid online store includes:

  • unlimited storage
  • regular backups
  • seamless upgrades and security updates

So you don’t need to worry about software updates, security patches and server maintenance – we do that for you. Your online store gets all the new ecommerce features and bug fixes automatically.

PCI DSS validated Level 1 Service Provider

Ecwid Shopping Cart is PCI DSS Level 1 certified, which is the gold standard for e-commerce solutions worldwide. This means that Ecwid helps your online store meet the security requirements of the bank you do business with.

Superb Support

Friendly and knowledgeable support experts available 24/5 so you can get immediate help when you need it. Support options include email, e-commerce community forums, chat and phone support.

Sell Everywhere

With Ecwid, you can include your ecommerce shop on multiple websites, blogs, social sites and ecommerce marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and Google Shopping and sell simultaneously everywhere. Add your online store to as many sites as you want, manage it from one place.

Mobile Responsive Design

Ecwid works great on any WordPress site, especially those running on mobile-optimized themes. Your online store looks perfect on smartphones and automatically adapts to your customer’s screen size: laptops, tablets, smart TVs or smart watches.

Hundreds of extensions and powerful API

There is a lot of in-house and third party extensions built on the Ecwid Ecommerce APIs. You can find a ready made plugin extending features of your online storefront the way you want or build a custom addon yourself. The existing family of third party plugins include tax automation apps like TaxJar, fulfilment services like ShipStation, customer support tools like LiveChat and many others.

Plans start at just $5/mo

Start selling ealisy with no big investment. As your online shop grows, Ecwid grows with you. When the time is right, consider upgrading your store to one of our premium plans to get more robust features and preferred support.

See also: Ecwid plan and pricing

See Ecwid In Action

  • Ecwid Ecommerce Control panel (you will be able to create an Ecwid account)
  • Showcase

Ecwid Site

  • www.ecwid.com

Terms of usage

com). Your store data is securely hosted with Ecwid under the terms and conditions listed here:

  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

The plugin uses CDN services by AWS Cloudfront to speed up user stores. It is managed by the Ecwid Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and AWS Customer Agreement.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • e commerce
  • online store
  • shopping cart
  • ecommerce
  • storefront
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.4 · PHP not listed
Update activity1 Oct 20261mo ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version7.0.97.0.10
WordPress compatibility7.0.67.1.2
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.0.6
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