Description
Blenda AR connects your WooCommerce store to your gallery on blenda.art and adds a “View on your wall” button to product pages. When a customer taps it on their phone, the camera opens and the artwork appears on their wall at its real-world size.
How it works
- Upload your artwork on blenda.art (the dimensions you set there are used for AR scale).
- Open a WooCommerce product, click Link Blenda artwork in the Blenda AR metabox, and pick the matching artwork from the picker — visual, no slug typing.
- Products linked to a Blenda artwork show the AR button automatically. Links are by stable artwork ID, so renaming the artwork in Blenda never breaks them.
Features
- Daily auto-sync verifies all products against your Blenda gallery.
- Manual “Sync All Products” button on the settings page.
- Per-product status badge in the WooCommerce products list.
- Per-product metabox with status, custom slug, and a one-click “Check Now” verify.
- Four button styles (default dark, outline, minimal, match-theme).
- Configurable button placement (before/after add-to-cart, after meta, after summary).
- WooCommerce HPOS compatible.
- No app download required for buyers — AR runs in the mobile browser.
Privacy
The plugin sends product slugs to the Blenda API to check whether each product has a matching artwork. No customer data is transmitted.
External Services
This plugin connects to two external services:
Blenda Art API (blenda.art)
Used to fetch your artwork catalog and verify product links. The plugin sends your gallery subdomain and API key to authenticate. This service is provided by Blenda Art — see their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Screenshots
Settings page with gallery connection and sync controls. 
Per-product Blenda AR metabox with verification status. 
Frontend “View on your wall” button on a product page.
Installation
- Upload the
blenda-ar-woocommercefolder to/wp-content/plugins/(or install via the plugin directory). - Activate the plugin via the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Go to Settings Blenda AR and enter your subdomain (e.g.
studio-rosaforstudio-rosa.blenda.art) and an API key from your Blenda dashboard. - Click Sync All Products Now to verify your existing products.
FAQ
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Do I need a Blenda account?
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Yes. Sign up free at blenda.art and upload your artworks there.
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No. It opens directly in the buyer’s mobile browser using the device camera.
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The plugin only shows the AR button on products that have been verified against the Blenda API. Check the Blenda AR metabox on the product edit page — it shows whether the product is verified, not found, or errored.
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Can I override the artwork slug per product?
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Yes — every product has an “Artwork Slug” field in the Blenda AR metabox. Leave it empty to use the WooCommerce product slug.
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Contributors & Developers
“Blenda Art — View Artwork on Your Wall” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.8.0
- AR image picker — when a product has multiple images, a thumbnail strip appears in the metabox. Click the clean artwork shot to use it for AR instead of the featured image (which may be a lifestyle or scene photo). Selection is respected by both single-push and bulk sync.
1.7.0
- Faster bulk sync — “Sync All Products” now uses a bulk API endpoint, sending up to 250 products per request instead of one at a time. Per-item errors are still written back to each product so failures are visible in the admin.
1.6.0
- Auto-sync on save — products in selected categories are pushed to Blenda automatically when saved in WooCommerce. Choose which categories trigger auto-sync in the plugin settings.
- Push products to Blenda — new bulk action button on the settings page to push all eligible products in one click.
- Delete on trash — trashing or deleting a WooCommerce product removes the corresponding artwork from Blenda automatically.
- Manual picker links are never overwritten by auto-sync.
1.5.0
- Desktop QR modal — on desktop browsers, clicking “View on your wall” now shows an inline QR code modal instead of opening a new tab. Customers scan the QR with their phone to launch the AR experience. Mobile clicks still go directly to the AR viewer.
- Base URL moved to Advanced — the “Blenda Base URL” field is now collapsed under an Advanced section so it doesn’t clutter the main settings for regular users.
1.4.0
- API key required — the gallery list now requires authentication, so a competitor with just your subdomain can’t enumerate your full catalog. Generate a key at Blenda Settings API Keys.
- Picker fix — picking an artwork now works reliably (the previous version used nested forms which are not allowed in HTML and broke clicks in some browsers).
- Renamed “Gallery Slug” to “Subdomain” in the UI for clarity (e.g.
studio-rosa.blenda.artenterstudio-rosa).
1.3.0
- Visual artwork picker — link products to Blenda artworks by clicking a thumbnail instead of typing slugs. No more slug-mismatch errors.
- Stable ID linking — products are now linked to artworks by their permanent ID, so renaming an artwork in Blenda no longer breaks the link.
- Auto-migration — existing slug-based links are migrated automatically on first sync.
- Orphan detection — if a linked artwork is deleted from Blenda, the product is flagged as orphaned with a one-click way to relink or unlink.
- Removed the typed Artwork Slug field from the metabox (now handled invisibly via the picker).
1.2.0
- Distinguish “Gallery not found” vs “Artwork not found” vs “Artwork still processing” — the metabox and status column now show exactly what failed.
- Added “Test Gallery Connection” button on the settings page — verifies the gallery slug independently of any product.
- Added “Resolve API ” debug link in each product’s metabox — opens the raw API URL in a new tab.
- Added an unmatched-products list on the settings page after sync — shows the WC slugs that didn’t match anything in Blenda, with one-click test links.
1.1.0
- Added daily cron-based bulk sync.
- Added per-product status indicator in the products list.
- Added “Check Now” action in the metabox.
- WooCommerce HPOS compatibility declared.
1.0.0
- Initial release.