Thank you for the feedback. Many merchants already create their own product pages in WordPress with the buy button only.
For example
http://contour.com/cameras/contour2
We likely won’t automatically “set” product pages, we received a lot of feedback from merchants that it creates more complexity than just managing it yourself.
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Leokoo
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Thanks, but what happens if and when the user decides to switch from Shopify to something else or if the plugin stops working or have a fatal error? He would be left with a lot of shortcode 🙁
Your storefront is not dependent on the plugin, it is plugged into Shopify. I don’t want to say we never have issues but our uptime is something we take pride in 🙂
It is just a single snippet that wouldn’t render, I wouldn’t really say it would be a lot of code left over. And if you choose to built your product pages yourself it would be easy to remove.
Either way, I hope you choose the right solution for you and give us a chance in the future.
– Daniel
You’re left with lot’s of shortcodes even when you just change WordPress theme. I think short-code idea is much better.
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Leokoo
(@leokoo)
That’s called, shortcode hell 🙂
Read the article by Chris Lema and you’ll understand why shortcodes are bad. Rather, perhaps a better integration is called for. Otherwise, if you have tons of products, you’ll need to delete all these shortcodes if you’re switching to another ecommerce provider.
http://chrislema.com/drag-and-drop-page-builders/
I wrote about the Divi shortcode problem here:
https://www.webmatros.com/divi-elegant-themes-review
– so yes, I agree it’s a huge problem.
However, there’s a large span between the severe shortcode mess a theme like Divi leaves behind upon deactivation vs a few shortcodes from a plugin like this one from Shopify.
That said, in general, I don’t find shortcodes very elegant. They were cool back in the days – but nowadays most people prefer a GUI. Much user-friendlier.
Shortcodes are stable and reliable though.
Just wanted to chime in, while I was researching this plugin.
