Transferring your online store from one e-commerce platform, like Shopify or BigCommerce, to a WooCommerce platform is called WooCommerce migration. Whether you are looking for a feature-rich platform to provide you with more flexibility, security, and scalability, or to enhance customer service, an efficient WooCommerce migration can help you fulfill your requirements.
WooCommerce migration is not as easy as it may seem. You need to transfer databases, file systems, configure new servers, and integrate third-party apps and plugins.
Regardless of your purpose of WooCommerce migration, several issues or errors may sabotage your efforts at successful migration. Our experts at Digicorns will make the WooCommerce migration seamless and ensure it helps you realize your business objectives.
Continue reading this blog that helps you walk through the common WooCommerce migration errors and guides you to fix them successfully.
Plugins help a WooCommerce site by adding features to it. They are used to display products, accept payments, and automate specific processes. But third-party plugins, outdated plugins, and poorly coded plugins cause very slow page loading, non-working, and mashed-up layouts.
To fix the problem, you need to disable the plugins one-by-one other than WooCommerce and then re-enable every plugin one-at-a-time to check on the plugin that causes the problem. Keep record of the plugin versions used at the source site. You must make sure that plugins are updated and compatible with WooCommerce.
Have you ever found that your product images are not being shown in your new WooCommerce site when you have transferred data from the old Shopify platform? This might cause plugin conflicts, broken links, image URLs that are not transferred correctly, or server timeouts.
Fix them by deactivating unnecessary plugins, regenerating thumbnails using a plugin, and verifying media library integrity. If images are missing, you might need to upload them manually.
Are you encountering blank screens or any other specific error message after migrating your web store onto WooCommerce? That would mean that your new site is not able to connect to the database. It can be caused by improper transfer of your database credentials, like username and password, or the inability of your server to support WooCommerce effectively.
You can fix it by following this process:
(DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_HOST, table_prefix)
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If your page loads successfully without any formatting issues, it means this error has been resolved.
Few things can feel worse than losing your traffic or seeing a drop in sales due to SEO issues after migration. If you lose your site ranking or face any SEO issues due to a change in URL structures, you need to fix it immediately.
If you want to fix it, export SEO metadata prior to migration, and reimport once the primary data migration has completed. You can apply 301 redirects from old URLs to new ones using a plugin like Redirection. Don’t forget to update your sitemap in Google Search Console.
Payment gateway issues are a common problem during migration. You may see that your orders are coming in, but no one is being charged. It is often due to plugin conflicts, missed API keys, or duplicate transfers.
To fix this, you need to check your WooCommerce settings and reconfigure all your payment credentials with the new domain URL. You need webhook endpoints to get PayPal, Stripe, and other payment gateways updated to your WooCommerce site URL. You can conduct some test transactions before going live to ensure everything works well.
Your new site may occasionally feel sluggish or crash under stress, even after a successful migration. That frequently indicates that your hosting environment isn’t WooCommerce-optimized. Specifically, shared hosting plans often lack sufficient CPU power and memory to meet the demands of an eCommerce website. Besides, PHP memory constraints or script execution timeouts may occur.
To fix it, consider switching to a host that is optimized for WooCommerce. We partner with premium hosting service providers and ensure your server configuration supports seamless operation, particularly during occasions like sales or launches.
Besides these, you may encounter an SSL certificate problem that comes as a security warning on checkout pages, leading to declining trust in clients and preventing sales. This issue arises when SSL certificates don’t transfer automatically to the new server.
To fix this, you have to verify SSL installation on your new hosting platform. You can easily get an SSL certificate for free from your hosting service provider by using their Let’s Encrypt or similar services. Ensure that you use the SSL lab’s SSL test to verify proper certificate installation.
You may not see warning or error messages in all the issues. At times, you will notice that something is off. Your website page may be loading slowly, the cart may not function well, or emails may stop sending.
You should follow these steps to clear all the mess:
Rely on a premium digital marketing agency for smooth and seamless WooCommerce migration. At Digicorns, we follow a detailed post-migration checklist that includes UX testing, order processing, and even email notification flows—so you’re covered end to end.
WooCommerce migration is more than a technical task—it’s a business-critical transition. And when done right, it sets the stage for better performance, higher sales, and stronger SEO.
Our expert web developers specialize in flawless WooCommerce migrations. They will thoroughly review all issues and aspects to ensure you receive the best and most scalable solutions at a cost-effective price.
Let’s help you migrate your e-store with confidence—and make your store stronger than ever.
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