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title: Install and Activate WooCommerce
description: "The first step is to install and activate WooCommerce on your dashboard. So, click on the **Add New** option in the **Plugins** menu. Then, on the right side of this Add New page, you’ll see a search box. There, you…"
url: "https://books-gallery.com/docs/install-and-activate-woocommerce/"
updated: "2026-05-24"
category: Sell eBooks Using WooCommerce
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# Install and Activate WooCommerce

The first step is to install and activate WooCommerce on your dashboard. So, click on the **Add New** option in the **Plugins** menu.

Then, on the right side of this Add New page, you’ll see a search box. There, you can type the keyword ‘**WooCommerce**’ and press enter to search it.

 

![woocommerce install](https://books-gallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/woocommerce-install.webp)

 

Now, you may see the ‘**WooCommerce**’ plugin on the search result. Here, click on the **Install Now** button. By doing that the plugin will be installed on your site.

 

![Activating WooCommerce](https://books-gallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/woocommerce-activate.webp)

 

Right after that, you need to click on the **Activate** button. Now, WooCommerce is completely activated and running on your site.

As soon as WooCommerce is installed on your dashboard, you can see a few menus are added there.