Installation
  1. Download the ZIP file from your account.
  2. Deactivate the free version.
  3. Go to your wordpress dashboard -> Plugins -> Add new plugin
  4. Upload downloaded file & activate the plugin.
Translation

It is recommended to use plugin loco translate for easy translations, below is the manual way.

  1. Download PoEdit.
  2. Open the side-cart-woocommerce.pot file in PoEdit. (/plugins/side-cart-woocommerce/languages/side-cart-woocommerce.pot )
  3. Create new translation & translate the text.
  4. Save the translated file with name “side-cart-woocommerce-Language_code”. For eg: German(side-cart-woocommerce-de_DE) , French(side-cart-woocommerce-fr_FR). — Language code list
  5. Save Location: Your wordpress directory/wp-content/languages/
WPML
Side Cart Woocommerce is fully compatible with WPML.

In order to translate the plugin with WPML, you will need to install WPML Multilingual CMS or Agency as well as the String Translation module.

How to translate plugin using WPML?

  1. Go to WPML -> Theme & Plugin Localizations.
  2. Check "Side Cart woocommerce/ Woocommerce side cart premium" plugin and click on "Scan for strings"
  3. Go to WPML -> String Translation
  4. Under "in domains", select "admin_texts_xoo-wsc-gl-options".
    This domain is responsible for showing the texts which comes from settings page.
  5. To translate other texts, select domain "side-cart-woocommerce". This domain will show all other texts from the plugin.
Shortcode (PRO)
Use
[xoo_wsc_cart]
to include it anywhere on your website.
To include it in menu , use this simple plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-in-menus/

CSS to adjust shortcode /* Hide count */ span.xoo-wsc-sc-count { display: none; }
/* Hide subtotal */ span.xoo-wsc-sc-subt { display: none; }
/* Icon font Size */ span.xoo-wsc-sc-bki { font-size: 20px; }

Shipping Bar
Shipping bar depends on your WC settings, make sure :-
  • -Shipping zone is available for the customer location
  • -Shipping zone has a free shipping method with “Minimum amount” criteria.
  • -Go to shipping zone -> shipping options & uncheck hide shipping costs until customer puts his address.
Payment Buttons
The following steps explain how to display payment buttons in the side cart. A separate setup is required for the payment buttons to function correctly. Please refer to the documentation of the respective payment plugins for detailed instructions.
If the payment buttons do not appear in the side cart after following the steps below, ensure that they are visible on your WooCommerce cart page. If they are not visible there either, the payment button settings might not be configured properly.


  • Google Pay & Apple Pay - Install Plugin
    1. Go to Payment plugin settings page and connect your stripe account
    2. Turn on Google Pay from the Woocommerce payments page
    3. Click on Manage and enable google pay option from its settings.
    4. Add "mini cart" option under "Payment Sections"
    5. Follow the same steps for "Apple Pay"
      Apple Pay button is only visible on IOS devices
Override Templates
Plugin template files are under templates folder.
Copy the template to your theme/templates/side-cart-woocommerce folder
If the template file is under sub directory, say in /globals folder then the copy directory will be
theme/templates/side-cart-woocommerce/globals/ For more info, check template header description
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