<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
e-commerce	O
plugin	B-Application
for	O
WordPress	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
small	O
to	O
large-sized	O
online	O
merchants	O
using	O
WordPress	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
quickly	O
became	O
popular	O
for	O
its	O
simplicity	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
customize	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
market	O
position	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
product	O
as	O
freeware	O
(	O
even	O
though	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
optional	O
extensions	O
are	O
paid	O
and	O
proprietary	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
was	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
WordPress	B-Application
theme	O
developer	O
WooThemes	O
,	O
who	O
hired	O
Mike	O
Jolley	O
and	O
James	O
Koster	O
,	O
developers	O
at	O
Jigowatt	O
,	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
Jigoshop	O
that	O
became	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
estimated	O
that	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
is	O
used	O
by	O
around	O
3.9	O
million	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
WooConf	O
,	O
a	O
conference	O
focusing	O
on	O
eCommerce	O
using	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
,	O
was	O
held	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
WooThemes	O
and	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
Automattic	O
,	O
operator	O
of	O
WordPress.com	B-Protocol
and	O
core	O
contributor	O
to	O
the	O
WordPress	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
acquired	O
MailPoet	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
WordPress	B-Application
newsletter	O
management	O
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
launched	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
Mobile	O
App	O
for	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
lets	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
store	O
owners	O
view	O
and	O
manage	O
their	O
stores	O
from	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
is	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
high-traffic	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
Small	O
Press	O
Expo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
3rd	O
week	O
of	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
Trends	O
indicated	O
that	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
ran	O
on	O
30%	O
of	O
e-commerce	O
sites	O
and	O
millions	O
of	O
active	O
installs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecommerce	O
is	O
rapidly	O
growing	O
worldwide	O
and	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
has	O
over	O
39	O
million	O
downloads	O
as	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
and	O
is	O
currently	O
active	O
on	O
more	O
than	O
three	O
million	O
websites	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
eCommerce	O
platform	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
serves	O
approximately	O
4%	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
million	O
HTML	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
statistics	O
show	O
that	O
the	O
percentage	O
of	O
online	O
stores	O
that	O
utilize	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
through	O
org	O
's	O
plugin	B-Application
is	O
more	O
than	O
30%	O
of	O
all	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
2021	O
market	O
share	O
for	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
is	O
29%	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
1	O
million	O
sites	O
using	O
eCommerce	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Automattic	O
's	O
acquisition	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
has	O
kept	O
gaining	O
market	O
share	O
to	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
E-commerce	O
platforms	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
many	O
WooCommerce-ready	O
themes	O
sold	O
on	O
third	O
party	O
websites	O
,	O
it	O
makes	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
exactly	O
estimate	O
how	O
many	O
themes	O
can	O
be	O
associated	O
with	O
this	O
WordPress	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
,	O
but	O
here	O
are	O
some	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
stats	O
for	O
the	O
bigger	O
theme	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
1,300	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
themes	O
on	O
ThemeForest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WordPress.org	B-Application
theme	O
directory	O
has	O
1122	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
has	O
attracted	O
significant	O
popularity	O
because	O
the	O
base	O
product	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
many	O
extensions	O
and	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
is	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
has	O
hundreds	O
of	O
extensions	O
and	O
over	O
1,000	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Premium	O
Themes	O
now	O
offer	O
capability	O
with	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
plugins	B-Application
that	O
make	O
a	O
theme	O
framework	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
extensions	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
Bookings	O
:	O
Which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
sell	O
blocks	O
of	O
time	O
as	O
appointments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
Memberships	O
:	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
restrict	O
access	O
to	O
certain	O
parts	O
of	O
their	O
WordPress	B-Application
website	O
,	O
and	O
sell	O
access	O
to	O
these	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
a	O
certification	O
program	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
uses	O
an	O
official	O
partnership	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WooCommerce	B-Language
recommends	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
these	O
WooExperts	O
for	O
their	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
process	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
aim	O
to	O
assess	O
familiarity	O
with	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
core	O
and	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
study	O
conducted	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
Todd	O
Wilkins	O
,	O
Head	O
of	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
,	O
suggests	O
that	O
WooCommerce	B-Language
stores	O
would	O
collectively	O
account	O
for	O
nearly	O
$10	O
billion	O
in	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
