How to Create a Product Catalog in WordPress
Do you want to create a product catalog in WordPress? If yes then this post is for you. In this post we shall be discussing how to create a product catalog easily without a shopping cart.
Why add a product catalog with no shopping cart?
Some businesses usually have products that are not possible to sell online mostly because of an undetermined price. Using the shopping cart plugin is hence not possible. They hence create a product catalog in WordPress to showcase their products and to attract potential customers. If you want to display your products without using a shopping cart feature then this post is for you.
Install and activate WooCommerce
The best way to create the product catalog is by using WooCommerce. If you have already setup a WordPress website all you need to do now is to install and activate the WooCommerce plugin. This plugin will make it very easy to create your product catalog.
By default the WooCommerce will display an ad cart or buy button next to your listed products. The good news is that if you don’t want a shopping cart you can fix this issue. To do so you need to install and activate YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode plugin. Go to YITH Plugins>>Catalog Mode page to configure the plugin.
Check the box next to the ‘Enable YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode’ then select where you want to hide the ‘Add to Cart’ button. You can hide it on the shop pages or under product details page. You can also choose the last option that disables the shop feature everywhere by disabling your checkout page, cart page and removing the ‘add to cart button’. Save changes.
Adding Products to the Product Catalog
To add products you should go to products>>Add New page to enter information about the product. Provide the product title, description, short description, products image as well as product gallery. Price options are under ‘Product’ data. You can leave them blank if you don’t wish to display pricing. When done adding the product details click publish and repeat the process to add other products.
Viewing the WordPress Product Catalog
Visiting your WooCommerce shop page will help view your default catalog in action. Your shop will be located at a URL like this: https://example.com/shop/. Replace example with your URL.
If you don’t want to use the shop page you can display products on your WordPress page and use it as your product catalog. You just need to create a new WordPress page or edit existing ones then add the below shortcode in the content area:
[products columns=”4” limit=”8” paginate=”true”]
You can change the number of columns and items per page to your requirements. Save or publish the page and preview.