Category: Blog

January 15, 2013

Introduction to PCI Compliance

PCI compliance is much more than just installing an SSL certificate. See all the ways Cart66 protects you.

June 27, 2012

Top 10 WordPress Plugins We Recommend

We have tested many plugins and these are our favorites.

Of course we think PHPurchase is the #1 WordPress plugin. But we frequently get asked what other plugins we think are the best and which ones do we use most often. Many of these plugins we use on website that also use PHPurchase. For example, you can use the NextGEN Image Gallery plugin to create a slide show of product images. Use the All In One SEO Pack to optimize your store for search engines. Install the PageMash plugin to get your navigation the way you like it. Basically, combine these plugins with PHPurchase and you can make your WordPress site do anything you want. So, here is a list of the plugins that we think are the best.

June 26, 2012

Top 5 WordPress Theme Mistakes

After reviewing a countless number of WordPress themes from professionals and novices alike we have put together the top 5 most common mistakes we find in WordPress themes. The problem with these mistakes is that they can go unnoticed during development and cause all sorts of problems when you finally try to use your theme – especially if you are using plugins with your theme.

June 25, 2012

Improve Conversions With Live Chat – For Free!

Easily integrate Google’s Chatback Badge

It used to be an expensive, hard to install feature but today there are plenty of ways to add Live Chat support to your WordPress ecommerce website or blog – or any website. According to a study done by LivePerson, having a live chat feature on your online store improves shopping cart conversion rates by 18% – 20%. The problem is that a 5-agent site license from LivePerson is $495/month which is far too expensive for a small business or a blogger.