Algolia WooCommerce Indexer

• Used in production at https://flora-di-berna.ch

Description

This plugin transfers products from WooCommerce to Algolia. You can choose if it only sends products that are in stock.

You need to add the Application ID, the Admin API Key from the API keys section in Algolia as well as the Index Name.

Note that this plugin is designed for developers developing headless Ecommerce solutions.

This plugin will NOT submit products without a category

Basic Features

• Manually or automatically submit WooCommerce products to Algolia
• Default options are added upon plugin activation
• Options are deleted from database upon plugin uninstallation (not on deactivation)

Advanced Features

• POT file for translations is included
• All code scanned and verified with PHPCS
• Code follows modern coding standards
• All variables are properly sanitized to ensure that no security issues are present
• AI Repository documentation located in /DOCS/repository_context.txt
• PHPCS Autofix with Github actions
• AI Assistant guidance files (AGENTS.md and .roo/rules-*/AGENTS.md) for immediate productivity with AI coding tools

Requirements

• An account at <www.algolia.com> (either free or premium)
• Access to install and activate plugins (usually administrator rights)
• WordPress 6.1.1 or newer
• WooCommerce 7.4.0 or newer
• PHP 8.1 or newer
• PHP extensions/functions enabled: mbstring, mbregex and cURL
• All products MUST have a category assigned (Uncategorized is not a category), or they will not be submitted

Installation

• Login to WordPress as Admin
• Upload Algolia Woo Indexer to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory of your application
• Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
• Login to Algolia and go to API keys and copy or write down the Application ID and the Admin API Key
• Go back to WordPress and access plugin settings under Settings->Algolia Woo Indexer
• Add the Application ID to the plugin settings page
• Add the Admin API Key to the plugin settings page
• Add the name of the index that should be used to index WooCommerce products
• Click on the Send products with Algolia button to send the products to Algolia

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any errors, first of all make sure that your hosting environment meets the requirements listed under Requirements.

Feel free to open an issue and I will do my best to troubleshoot and assist.

TODO

• Upgrade Algolia package and check that it works correctly