These instructions are intended for users who already have a Wordpress with WooCommerce website installed.
What is WooCommerce?
WooCommerce is an e-commerce plugin for Wordpress that can be installed at no additional cost. If you do not already have a Wordpress with WooCommerce website, please contact us for more information about our website packages.
Before you start
We recommend that you have no other products, categories or tags in WooCommerce before you integrate with your Art Galleria account. The webservice sync may delete or overwrite any of these.
Once the integration is set up
After integrating, Art Galleria will become your "single source of truth" for artworks, artists and collections. This means, any changes to them should be made in Art Galleria only, and not on your website.
Once the connection is established:
Artworks from Art Galleria are synced as WooCommerce products, so the Shop page will show all artworks
Artists from Art Galleria are synced as WooCommerce categories
Collections from Art Galleria are synced as WooCommerce tags
Please note that when you sync artworks with multiple artists, only the first artist will be synced to WooCommerce.
Watch the video demonstration, or scroll down for step-by-step instructions.
Step 1: Configure your WooCommerce settings
1. Login to your WordPress admin dashboard
2. Download the Art Galleria Portfolio for WooCommerce plugin from
https://cdn.artgalleria.com/wp/woo/artgalleria.zip
3. Install and activate the plugin
4. Go to WooCommerce > Settings
5. Click the Advanced tab and select REST API
6. Click Create an API key
7. Complete the form as follows:
Description = Art Galleria
User = Select an admin from the list of users
Permissions = Read/Write
If available, select the Enable the REST API checkbox
8. Copy both Consumer key and Consumer secret keys
9. Go to Settings > Permalinks and update your website's permalinks to "Post name"
Step 2: Configure Art Galleria
1. In Art Galleria, go to Websites > Webservices tab
2. Click New Webservice, and select WooCommerce from the drop-down menu.
3. Then, complete the webservice form as follows:
Field | What to select or enter |
Webservice type | WooCommerce |
API key | Paste the Consumer key from your Wordpress site |
Secret | Paste the Consumer secret from your Wordpress site |
URL | Enter your website URL (e.g., https://www.example.com/) |
Admin Email |
|
Currency Code | Select the currency primary currency you use |
Additional fields to sync | Click +Add Artwork Field, select the field you want to include from the drop-down menu, and then click Add.
If the field(s) are blank in AG, they will not display on the website on the artwork detail page. |
Enable scheduled sync | Select this to automatically sync artworks to your site |
Sync sold artworks | Select this to include sold artworks in your WordPress WooCommerce site, or de-select it to exclude sold artworks |
Artwork Collections | Select one or more Collections to sync to your site |
Exhibitions | Select any Exhibitions to sync to your site |
Templates
We include several complimentary WooCommerce templates for your use.
If you wish to modify or design your own templates, you can disable the included Art Galleria templates in your site's WP Admin under Art Galleria > Disable included Art Galleria WooCommerce layouts/templates.
In your own pages, you can then use the standard WooCommerce shortcodes detailed here: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-shortcodes/
Step 3: Enable purchases on your site site [OPTIONAL]
After you have completed the steps above to sync artworks from Art Galleria to WooCommerce, you can choose to enable online payments and the shopping cart.
(1) Update the WooCommerce plugin settings
Open WordPress and on the left side of the page, scroll down to the WooCommerce plugin and click Settings.
On the new page that appears, you can then configure your online store:
1. General tab
Select the correct currency
Configure your store settings (e.g., taxes, address)
2. Products tab
Ensure you have selected the correct page to use as the online shop. Usually the default shop page is Artworks.
Setup a payment processor such as Stripe to receive payments. On the Payments tab, select a payment provider and sign in with your account, or create a new one.
3. Shipping tab
Configure shipping rules for different zones.
(2) Update the Art Galleria plugin
Click on the Art Galleria [ag] plugin, then select the Ecommerce tab, and scroll down the page to click Enable Cart.
Click Updates Settings when complete.
FAQ
How do I sync custom fields to my WooCommerce site?
You can select additional fields to sync to your website in the Webservices area.
If you have already set up the webservice:
Go to Websites > Webservices
Click the More Options (...) menu on the WooCommerce line and select Edit
Click +Add Artwork Field under Additional fields
Add the fields you want to include
Click Update Webservice to save
Please note, if the field(s) are blank in AG, they will not display on the website on the artwork detail page.
These changes will not apply to artworks already synced to your website, but will apply to all products being synced from that point on. If you need to sync products retrospectively, please contact us.
Troubleshooting
Why are specific artworks not displaying on my website?
Artworks will not be published if:
they are marked Private or in Details Pending
they are archived
the associated artist profile is archived
a retail price has not been entered
I set up the sync, but my artworks are not displaying or being updated on my website.
If the status of the WooCommerce webservice is flagged in red and showing as not configured, please install the webhook from the more options (...) menu on the webservice.
This will turn the status from "Not configured" to "OK".
Once the webhook is in place, when a product is sold in WooCommerce, it will immediately talk back to Art Galleria, create the invoice and mark the artwork as sold in Art Galleria.