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How to Increase WooCommerce Sales: Best 10 WooCommerce Plugins

How to Increase WooCommerce Sales: Best 10 WooCommerce Plugins

If you want to increase WooCommerce sales, more traffic is rarely the first fix. Most stores I work on already have visitors who add to cart and then leave, buyers who check out once and never return, and product pages that give shoppers no reason to trust them. The right plugins plug those leaks without a redesign.

Below are the 10 WooCommerce plugins I install most often to lift revenue, grouped by the problem they solve, with real setup tips, current pricing and honest pros and cons.

TL;DR

  • Fix checkout first: FunnelKit or CartFlows replace the default checkout and add order bumps and one click upsells, which raise average order value without new traffic.
  • Recover lost carts: AutomateWoo ($159/year) or FunnelKit Automations send abandoned cart and follow up emails automatically.
  • Raise order value: Advanced Coupons (BOGO and cart rules) and WooCommerce Product Bundles ($79/year) make bigger orders the obvious choice.
  • Build trust: Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (free) and TrustPulse (free up to 500 sessions) add social proof where buyers hesitate.
  • Do not install all 10 at once. Add one, measure for a few weeks, then add the next.

Where WooCommerce Stores Lose Sales

Before you buy anything, work out where money is actually leaking. In practice, almost every store loses sales in the same four places.

1. The checkout

The default WooCommerce checkout asks for a lot of fields, looks generic, and shows the header and footer with links that pull buyers away. Shoppers who have already decided to buy still drop off here. Shorter forms, express payment buttons and a distraction free layout usually help more than any other change.

2. Abandoned carts

A large share of carts never turn into orders. Some shoppers get distracted, some compare prices, some hit a surprise shipping cost. Without a recovery email, those carts are gone. With one, you get a second chance at buyers who have already shown intent.

3. Low average order value

If most orders contain a single item, you are paying the same marketing cost for a smaller sale. Order bumps, bundles, BOGO deals and free shipping thresholds all nudge customers to add one more thing.

4. Weak trust and no repeat buying

New visitors do not know your brand. Reviews with photos, recent purchase notifications and clear returns information reduce that doubt. Then, once someone buys, follow up emails and wishlists bring them back without paying for the click again.

The plugins below map onto these four problems. Pick the problem that costs you most and start there.

How I Chose These Plugins

  • Direct effect on revenue: each plugin targets conversions, order value or repeat purchases, not just looks.
  • Active development: all of them are maintained and support current WooCommerce versions.
  • Works with modern checkout: I favour plugins that cope with Cart and Checkout blocks and HPOS (High Performance Order Storage).
  • Clear pricing: prices below come from each vendor’s own pricing page at the time of writing. Introductory discounts change often, so check before you buy.

Quick Comparison Table

PluginMain jobFree versionPaid from
FunnelKitCheckout, bumps, upsells, automationsYes$99.50/year
CartFlowsSales funnels and checkoutYes$99/year (sale), $149 regular
AutomateWooAbandoned cart and follow up emailsNo$159/year
Advanced CouponsBOGO, cart rules, store creditYes$99.50/year
WooCommerce Product BundlesBundles and kitsNo$79/year
YITH WooCommerce WishlistWishlists and sale alertsYesPremium licence
Customer Reviews for WooCommerceReview reminders, photo reviewsYesOptional paid features
OptinMonsterPopups and exit intentNo$9/month (annual)
TrustPulseSocial proof notificationsYes (500 sessions)$5/month (annual)
KlaviyoEmail and SMS marketingYesUsage based

Best 10 WooCommerce Plugins to Increase WooCommerce Sales

1. FunnelKit (Best All in One Checkout and Upsell Plugin)

FunnelKit (formerly WooFunnels) replaces the default checkout with conversion focused templates and adds order bumps, one click upsells and a sliding cart. The higher plans also include FunnelKit Automations for email and SMS. If I could only install one sales plugin on a WooCommerce store, this would usually be it.

How I set it up: start with the Store Checkout feature, not a full funnel. Pick a one page or two step template, remove fields you do not need (company name and address line 2 are common candidates), and turn on express payment buttons if your gateway supports them. Then add a single order bump for a low cost accessory that matches your best selling product. Leave upsells until the checkout is stable.

Key features:

  • Replacement checkout with field editor and conditional fields
  • Order bumps and one click post purchase upsells (Plus plan and above)
  • A/B testing of checkout pages and offers
  • Abandoned cart recovery from the Basic plan, full automations from Professional
  • Pricing: Basic $99.50/year (1 site), Plus $149.50 (2 sites), Professional $199.50 (3 sites), Elite $299.50 (30 sites)

Pros:

  • Covers checkout, upsells and automations in one ecosystem
  • Templates look modern out of the box
  • Built in analytics show revenue from each bump and upsell

Cons:

  • Upsells and bumps need the Plus plan or higher
  • Lots of settings, so expect an afternoon of setup
  • Some page builder templates add weight to the checkout page

2. CartFlows (Best for Building Sales Funnels)

CartFlows is FunnelKit’s main rival and approaches the same problem through funnels. You build a flow of landing page, checkout, upsell, downsell and thank you page, and it works with Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi, Bricks and other builders. It is a strong choice if you sell a handful of hero products through ads and want a tightly controlled path to purchase.

How I set it up: install the free plugin, import a funnel template, and assign the product to the checkout step. Before you add offers, test the funnel end to end with a real payment and a refund. The part that trips most people up is forgetting to set a global checkout, so regular store shoppers still see the old WooCommerce checkout.

Key features:

  • Funnel builder with checkout, upsell, downsell and thank you steps
  • Dynamic order bumps and one click upsells
  • A/B split testing and funnel analytics
  • Pricing (annual): Starter $99 on sale ($149 regular, 1 site), Pro $199 on sale ($299 regular, 3 sites), Suite $299 on sale ($449 regular, 30 sites)
  • Suite bundles Cart Abandonment Recovery Pro, Modern Cart Pro and Power Coupons Pro

Pros:

  • Free version is useful for simple funnels
  • Works with almost every popular page builder
  • Great for paid traffic campaigns to specific products

Cons:

  • Funnel thinking can feel like overkill for a large catalogue store
  • Abandoned cart recovery and cart features need extra plugins or the Suite plan
  • Regular prices are notably higher than the sale prices shown

3. AutomateWoo (Best for Abandoned Cart and Follow Up Emails)

AutomateWoo is the official WooCommerce marketing automation extension. It runs from inside your WordPress dashboard and sends emails using your own site, so you do not pay per email. It is the plugin I trust most for abandoned cart sequences, review requests and win back campaigns.

How I set it up: create three workflows first. An abandoned cart email one hour after the cart is left, a second one 24 hours later (optionally with a small coupon), and a review request a set number of days after the order is marked complete. Turn on session tracking so it captures guest emails typed into the checkout. Use a transactional email service such as an SMTP plugin connected to a proper mail provider, or your recovery emails may land in spam.

Key features:

  • Abandoned cart recovery with multi step email sequences
  • Follow up emails based on products, categories or order totals
  • Win back campaigns for inactive customers
  • Personalised coupons and review request automation
  • SMS via Twilio integration
  • Pricing: $159/year

Pros:

  • No per email or per contact fees
  • Deep WooCommerce triggers (orders, subscriptions, bookings, wishlists)
  • Supports Cart and Checkout blocks and HPOS

Cons:

  • Email design tools are basic compared to Klaviyo
  • Deliverability depends on your own mail setup
  • No free version to try first

4. Advanced Coupons (Best for Smarter Discounts and BOGO Deals)

WooCommerce coupons are limited. Advanced Coupons adds the deals shoppers actually respond to: buy one get one, spend X get Y, auto applied coupons, cart conditions, scheduled coupons and store credit. Used carefully, it lifts order value without giving margin away on every order.

How I set it up: instead of a blanket 10% discount, set a threshold deal tied to your average order value. If most orders sit around one product, a “buy two, get the second at half price” BOGO deal on that category often works well. Turn on auto apply so customers do not have to remember a code, and use the cart condition message to show how close they are to qualifying.

Key features:

  • BOGO deals and add products coupons
  • Cart conditions (cart total, customer role, products in cart and more)
  • Auto apply and one click apply notifications
  • Scheduling, usage limits and store credit
  • Pricing: Growth $99.50/year (1 site), Business $199.50/year (unlimited sites), All Access $249/year with Loyalty Program and Gift Cards

Pros:

  • Free version already adds useful coupon features
  • Flexible rules without custom code
  • Loyalty points and gift cards available in the bundle

Cons:

  • Renewals go back to full price after the intro discount
  • Easy to create overlapping deals that eat into margin, so plan them
  • Only a 14 day money back window

5. WooCommerce Product Bundles (Best for Bundles and Kits)

Product Bundles is an official extension that lets you group products into a bundle with its own price, while still tracking stock on the individual items. It suits stores where customers naturally buy items together: skincare routines, camera kits, gift boxes, starter packs.

How I set it up: look at your order data for products that already sell together, then build a bundle around them with a modest discount. Make optional items optional with their own quantity selectors, so customers feel in control. Place the bundle on the product page of the main item as well as in its own listing.

Key features:

  • Bundle simple, variable and subscription products
  • Optional items with customer chosen quantities
  • Bundle level pricing and bulk quantity discounts
  • Stock tracked per item, with low stock notifications
  • Pricing: $79/year

Pros:

  • Official extension with strong reviews and long term support
  • Handles inventory properly, which many bundle plugins do not
  • Revenue analytics for bundles

Cons:

  • No free version
  • Bundle product pages need some styling to look good
  • Recent versions need up to date WordPress and WooCommerce

6. YITH WooCommerce Wishlist (Best for Bringing Browsers Back)

Not every visitor is ready to buy today. A wishlist gives them a reason to save products and come back, and the premium version emails them when wishlist items go on sale or come back in stock. YITH Wishlist is the most widely used wishlist plugin for WooCommerce.

How I set it up: start with the free version and place the “Add to wishlist” button on product pages and category grids. Once people use it, upgrade to premium and switch on the on sale and back in stock emails. Those emails are where the revenue comes from, because they reach people who already wanted the product.

Key features:

  • Add to wishlist buttons on product and shop pages
  • Multiple wishlists per customer (premium)
  • On sale and back in stock email alerts (premium)
  • Ask for an estimate requests and social sharing

Pros:

  • Solid free version
  • Price drop and stock alerts reach high intent shoppers
  • Wishlist data shows which products people want but are not buying

Cons:

  • Revenue features are premium only
  • Default styling often needs CSS tweaks to match your theme
  • Guest wishlists are less useful because you cannot email them

7. Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (Best Free Review Plugin)

Product reviews are one of the strongest trust signals a store can show, but most customers will not leave one unless you ask. Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (CusRev) sends automatic review reminders after purchase and adds photo and video reviews, Q&A and review filters to product pages. It runs on more than 80,000 stores.

How I set it up: set the reminder to send a few days after the order is marked complete, so the product has actually arrived. Enable photo uploads, because photo reviews from real customers persuade far better than text alone. If you offer a discount for a review, check that it complies with Google’s and your local consumer rules, and never reward only positive reviews.

Key features:

  • Automated review reminder emails
  • Photo and video reviews, voting and rating filters
  • Product Q&A section
  • Google Shopping review feed
  • Import and export reviews via CSV

Pros:

  • Core features are free
  • Very highly rated on WordPress.org
  • Helps SEO with fresh user generated content

Cons:

  • Some features route through the developer’s external service
  • Settings pages are busy and take time to learn
  • Overlaps with AutomateWoo if you already send review requests there

8. OptinMonster (Best for Exit Intent Offers and Popups)

OptinMonster builds popups, slide ins, floating bars and full screen offers with precise targeting. On a store, the two campaigns that earn their keep are an exit intent offer on product and cart pages, and a first order discount that captures email addresses.

How I set it up: start with one exit intent campaign on the cart page offering free shipping or a small discount, and limit it to once per visitor. Then add a welcome offer for new visitors that collects an email. Avoid showing popups immediately on mobile, because Google penalises intrusive interstitials and they annoy shoppers.

Key features:

  • Drag and drop campaign builder with templates
  • Exit intent detection (Pro plan and above)
  • Page level, behaviour and geolocation targeting
  • WooCommerce cart targeting and revenue attribution on higher plans
  • Pricing (annual, intro): Basic $9/month, Plus $27, Pro $37, Growth $67

Pros:

  • Very fine control over who sees each offer
  • Integrates with most email platforms
  • A/B testing on Plus and above

Cons:

  • Exit intent needs the Pro plan, and WooCommerce integration needs Growth
  • Pricing is based on impressions, which grows with traffic
  • Easy to overdo popups and hurt the shopping experience

9. TrustPulse (Best for Social Proof Notifications)

TrustPulse shows small “someone just bought this” style notifications based on real activity on your site. It is a quick way to add social proof to product and landing pages, especially for newer stores.

How I set it up: connect it to WooCommerce, show recent purchase notifications on product pages only, and keep the frequency low. One notification every 20 to 30 seconds is plenty. Turn off notifications on the checkout page so nothing distracts buyers from paying.

Key features:

  • Recent activity and “on fire” notifications from real events
  • Page targeting and display rules
  • Analytics on notification performance
  • Pricing (annual): free up to 500 sessions, Basic $5/month, Plus $10, Pro $19, Growth $39

Pros:

  • Fast to set up with no design work
  • Uses real activity, not fake notifications
  • Free tier for small stores

Cons:

  • Direct WooCommerce integration is on the Pro plan
  • Session based pricing grows with traffic
  • Low traffic stores do not generate enough activity to look busy

10. Klaviyo (Best for Email and SMS Marketing at Scale)

Klaviyo is the email and SMS platform many larger ecommerce brands use. Its WooCommerce plugin syncs customers, orders and browsing activity, so you can build flows like browse abandonment, post purchase cross sells and VIP segments based on spend.

How I set it up: install the Klaviyo plugin, connect your account, and let it sync historical orders. Then switch on the pre built flows in this order: welcome series, abandoned checkout, browse abandonment and post purchase. If you already use AutomateWoo for abandoned carts, turn off one of them so customers do not get two reminders.

Key features:

  • Pre built ecommerce flows and segmentation
  • Email and SMS in one platform
  • Predictive analytics such as expected next order date
  • Free plan for small lists (up to 250 active profiles and 500 email sends a month), paid plans based on profile count

Pros:

  • Best in class segmentation and reporting
  • Strong deliverability compared to sending from your own server
  • Free plan lets you test the flows

Cons:

  • Costs rise quickly as your list grows
  • Overkill for very small stores
  • Data lives outside WordPress

The Order I Install These Plugins In

Installing ten sales plugins on day one is a fast way to slow your store down and lose track of what works. Here is the order I follow on client stores.

  1. Checkout first: FunnelKit or CartFlows. Pick one, not both.
  2. Abandoned cart recovery: AutomateWoo, FunnelKit Automations or Klaviyo. Again, pick one.
  3. Reviews: Customer Reviews for WooCommerce, so social proof builds while you work on everything else.
  4. Order value: Advanced Coupons or Product Bundles, depending on whether your products suit deals or kits.
  5. Traffic capture: OptinMonster for exit intent and email signups.
  6. Extras: wishlists and social proof notifications once the basics are working.

Give each change a few weeks and compare conversion rate, average order value and revenue per visitor before and after. WooCommerce Analytics shows the order side, and Google Analytics 4 with ecommerce tracking shows the funnel.

Ways to Increase WooCommerce Sales Without Another Plugin

Plugins help, but some of the biggest wins come from settings and content you already control.

Speed up the store

Slow product and checkout pages cost sales. Use a good host, a caching plugin that excludes cart and checkout, compressed images and a CDN. Every sales plugin you add also adds scripts, so check speed after each install.

Show shipping costs early

Surprise shipping costs at checkout are one of the most common reasons people abandon carts. Put your shipping rates or free shipping threshold in the header bar and on product pages.

Offer guest checkout and express payments

Forcing account creation before purchase loses buyers. Allow guest checkout under WooCommerce settings, and enable Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal buttons through your payment gateway so mobile buyers can pay in a couple of taps.

Write better product pages

Answer the questions shoppers ask before buying: sizes, materials, delivery times, returns. Add several clear photos, including the product in use. Strong product descriptions also help you rank in search, which means more free traffic.

Make returns and contact details easy to find

A clear returns policy and visible contact details reduce risk for first time buyers. Link them from the product page and the checkout.

Common Mistakes When Adding Sales Plugins

  • Too many popups: an exit popup, a welcome popup, a spin wheel and a notification bar all at once drive people away.
  • Duplicate emails: running abandoned cart flows in two tools sends shoppers two reminders. Keep one source of truth.
  • Fake urgency: countdown timers that reset and invented “only 2 left” messages damage trust and can break consumer protection rules.
  • Discounting everything: if every visitor gets 15% off, you have just lowered your prices. Target discounts at hesitant buyers instead.
  • Not testing checkout after updates: place a real test order after every plugin or WooCommerce update.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the fastest way to increase WooCommerce sales?

For most stores, the quickest wins are an optimised checkout with an order bump and an abandoned cart email sequence. Both work on visitors you already have, so you see results without spending more on ads.

Do I need both FunnelKit and CartFlows?

No. They solve the same problem and conflict if you run them together. Choose FunnelKit for an all in one checkout, upsell and automation setup, or CartFlows if you build product funnels with a page builder.

Will these plugins slow down my store?

Every plugin adds some load. Checkout and popup plugins add scripts to the front end, so test page speed after each install and turn off features you do not use. Plugins like AutomateWoo mostly run in the background and have little front end impact.

Are free versions good enough?

For reviews, wishlists, basic coupons and simple funnels, yes. Paid versions earn their cost when you need upsells, automation and detailed reporting, which is usually where the extra revenue comes from.

How do I measure if a plugin is working?

Track conversion rate, average order value and revenue per visitor for a few weeks before and after. Many of these plugins also report the revenue they influence, but compare it against your overall numbers rather than trusting the plugin’s own figures alone.

My Recommendation

If you want to increase WooCommerce sales with the least effort, start with FunnelKit to fix your checkout and add an order bump, then set up AutomateWoo for abandoned carts and review requests. Add Customer Reviews for WooCommerce so every order becomes social proof.

Once those three are working, look at your average order value. If it is low, add Advanced Coupons or Product Bundles. If traffic is high but email signups are low, add OptinMonster. Work through the list one plugin at a time, measure each change, and keep only what moves your numbers.

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