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Setting up video content restriction for paying members with WooCommerce
Whether you’re running an online course, a coaching program, or a private community, embedded restricted video helps you connect more deeply and keep people engaged. But there’s a common problem with video content restriction in WooCommerce: once a video is embedded on your site, anyone with the link can share it elsewhere. Constellation is Kestrel’s
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$20K in 48 Hours: Building a WooCommerce Reservation System That Actually Works
Imagine 250 homeowners vying for 21 prime lake buoys, with a reservation system held together by spreadsheets and good intentions. That was the reality for one homeowners’ association (HOA) until Brian Anderson of Tahoe Web Company stepped in to help with a custom built WooCommerce reservation system. This case study covers how Brian helped a
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Order Delivery Dates for Smarter WooCommerce Stores
Order Delivery for WooCommerce (3.0+) is now the most flexible, production-ready delivery plugin, with built-in support for: time slots, custom cutoffs, local pickup workflows, and even WooCommerce Subscriptions. And in 3.0+, support for the WooCommerce block checkout. Whether you deliver fresh flowers on weekends, ship subscription boxes monthly, or handle pickups on a specific day
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Amazon S3 Storage for WooCommerce: Overhaul and a Fresh Start
When Kestrel acquired the Amazon S3 Storage for WooCommerce plugin, we saw real potential in a niche but essential tool: enabling WooCommerce merchants to serve large digital products with speed, scale, and confidence. We inherited a plugin with great bones but an aging codebase, a long feature backlog, and some stubborn bugs. Over the past
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We’re now shipping AI-powered translations in our plugins
Here’s the short version: Kestrel’s WooCommerce extensions will be bundled with AI-powered translations going forward. Conventionally, most WooCommerce extensions are served in English, as the primary language and, in the majority of cases, the sole language. This is also true for many plugins downloaded from the WordPress plugins directory. While the WordPress.org directory allows anybody
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Another acquisition announcement from the team at Kestrel
Last year we welcomed extensions from acquisitions from Barn2, KoiLab, CheckoutWC, and a few more into our suite of products, each one enhancing areas like product organization, inventory management, and checkout. We’re kicking off 2025 with yet another acquisition: 99w’s set of 11 extensions have been added to the Kestrel suite. The 99w acquisition Rental
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Offer a WooCommerce membership program to drive holiday sales
The Black Friday and Cyber Monday rush may be over, but the next few weeks in December are still a prime sales opportunity to close out the year strong! A neat way to drive more holiday sales is to offer memberships on your WooCommerce store, especially as an alternative to coupon codes. Let’s take an
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Black Friday 2024: Get Constellation at the lowest price ever
This is Kestrel’s first holiday season and we’re celebrating by running our first ever discounts on our set of WooCommerce extensions for Black Friday 2024. Get any of our plugins at 40% off for any new license, including: Use code BF24 at checkout for 40% off your first year of any new license purchase through
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Building extensions for fun and profit, at WCUS 2024
Kestrel attended WCUS 2024 in Portland, and we’re excited to share what we learned as attendees and sponsors.
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Remove the WooCommerce site visibility badge from the admin toolbar
Have a “Live” badge stuck next to your site title? Here’s how to remove the WooCommerce site visibility badge from your WP admin toolbar.
