Author: Ian Misner
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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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Setting up Cloudflare R2 product downloads with the Amazon S3 for WooCommerce extension
As of v3.0.5, the Amazon S3 for WooCommerce extension supports Cloudflare R2 and other S3-compatible platforms using the AWS SDK. That means you can now serve digital downloads from R2 and other AWS-compatible services, without being locked into AWS S3 specifically. ⚠️ Important: Alternative storage services (like R2) are currently only supported via shortcodes. Automatic…
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Connect S3‑compatible providers (Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Wasabi) to Amazon S3 Storage for WooCommerce
If your store’s downloadable products or product media live outside AWS, you can still keep them fast, secure, and scalable. Amazon S3 Storage for WooCommerce v3.0.5+ introduces experimental support for S3 compatible providers implementing the AWS S3 API—including Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, DigitalOcean Spaces, and more. If you are seeking documentation on setting up Amazon S3 specifically, click here.…
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Create an Amazon S3 bucket for manually managing file storage
The Amazon S3 for WooCommerce extension recommends the use of automatic file sync from your WooCommerce store to Amazon S3. However, if you prefer to manage buckets manually, including tasks like creating an Amazon S3 bucket yourself, you can. This guide is intended to get you started with configuring your own Amazon S3 buckets manually…
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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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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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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.
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Create a WooCommerce sticky add to cart header
Create a WooCommerce sticky add-to-cart header to keep the add-to-cart button visible! Great for product pages with a lot of text or images.