• This isn’t really what I expected when Shopify releases their WP plugin. Rather than embedding products via shortcode, perhaps a better idea would have a build in interface that automatically sets product pages? ??

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  • Plugin Author Shopify

    (@shopify)

    Thank you for the feedback. Many merchants already create their own product pages in WordPress with the buy button only.

    For example
    https://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.

    Thread Starter Leo Koo

    (@leokoo)

    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 ??

    Plugin Author Shopify

    (@shopify)

    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.

    Thread Starter Leo Koo

    (@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.

    https://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.

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