[Billy]

What is the fastest way to support WooCommerce in a WP theme I’m developing, will it just use the index.php if no Woo templates exist?

[Stephanie]

Technically you can get away with only adding a snippet to functions.php if you want that defines your main content wrapper:

https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-theme-developer-handbook/

remove_action( 'woocommerce_before_main_content', 'woocommerce_output_content_wrapper', 10);
remove_action( 'woocommerce_after_main_content', 'woocommerce_output_content_wrapper_end', 10);

Then:

add_action('woocommerce_before_main_content', 'my_theme_wrapper_start', 10);
add_action('woocommerce_after_main_content', 'my_theme_wrapper_end', 10);

function my_theme_wrapper_start() {
    echo '<section id="main">';
}

function my_theme_wrapper_end() {
    echo '</section>';
}

[James]

If you prefer adding a theme file you can add woocommerce.php which is a catch-all file for Woo. Copy over your page template into a new file with that name and then replace the WordPress loop with the Woo loop which is:

<?php woocommerce_content(); ?>

And save.

[Lawrence]

What are the exact PHP theme files that WooCommerce uses?

[Jeffrey]

If you’re going to use the “shortcut” methods mentioned on this thread it’s g
fine and actually recommended, however be sure to learn how to customize WooCommerce CSS.

Mastering the CSS can be more useful than generating dozens of theme files.

[Janice]

Mastering the CSS

ah yes that is chapter 3 in Mastering los Interwebz

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