Base Country/Region
This defines your shops base country (i.e. the country you are based in as a seller). It determines default tax rates and customer locations.
Currency
Choose the currency of the store
Allowed Countries
Here you can select whether you want to sell/ship to too countries, or a select few – useful if only trading within your own country for instance. Customers outside your allowed countries will not be able to checkout.
Specific Countries
Define the countries you’re willing to sell/ship to if you set the previous option to “specific countries”.
Checkout Fields
Enable a coupon field and a comments field at the checkout and define whether unregistered users can register during the checkout process.
Security
Force SSL/HTTPS (an SSL Certificate is required) and declare whether to unforce SSL/HTTPS when leaving the checkout.
SSL is a cryptographic protocol which provides communication security over the Internet. Shopping carts use this protocol to protect sensitive data typically gathered during the checkout process.
It goes without saying that if you’re using a direct payment gateway (such as PayPal Pro, which transfers credit card details) you must be using SSL and should be looking at PCI compliance.
Fortunately, SSL certificates are inexpensive and your host will be able to install one for you providing your server meets other security requirements.
Customer Accounts
Choose whether to;
- Allow unregistered users to register from the My Account page
- Allow users to checkout without signing up for an account
- Clear cart when logging out
- Prevent customers from accessing WordPress admin
Styling
Here you can enable/disable the default WooCommerce stylesheet and the demo store message.
Scripts
Choose whether to enable/disable;
- AJAX add to cart buttons on product archives
- WooCommerce lightbox on the product page
- “chosen” (enhanced select input) for country selection inputs
- jQuery UI (used by the price slider widget)
And whether to output WooCommerce JavaScript in the footer (wp_footer)
File Download Method
Specify the method of delivering digital products. Forcing downloads will keep URLs hidden, but some servers may serve large files unreliably. If supported, X-Accel-Redirect/ X-Sendfile can be used to serve downloads instead (server requires mod_xsendfile).
Localisation
Choose whether to use an informal localisation file if it exists.