Bond is a custom Shopify app that connects a WordPress blog with a Shopify Store.
The app makes it easy to display your existing WordPress blog posts right on your Shopify store. Once connected, all WordPress posts are instantly available within your store, new posts will be available as soon as you publish.
Content type
The app is able to display posts, categories, tags, comments, related, popular and recent posts, and much more. Discover all the available features below.
Note! Shopify development stores are password protected by default, in order to preview the blog on Shopify you can use the following password: 123
Shopify permalinks example
- List posts: shopifydomain.com/community/blog
- Post single: shopifydomain.com/community/blog/{post-slug}
- List posts from category: shopifydomain.com/community/blog/category/{category-slug}
- List posts from tag: shopifydomain.com/community/blog/tag/{tag-slug}
Note! {community/blog} can be changed, as well the {/tag/} and {/category/}.
What problem does it solve?
- When it comes to blogging, Shopify’s built-in blog is missing some key features
- The existing solutions from Shopify’s app market can cost up to $49+/month
- Own the content. As soon an app from the market is uninstalled there is a good chance one could lose all articles.
- Improving the look and feel of article pages can boost conversion rates and unlock potential opportunities
Features
- Two layouts for the posts page template ( Grid and Classic )
- Two sidebars are available ( one for single post page and one for posts page )
- Native WordPress support for embeds inside post single like YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, Facebook, Audio, and other elements supported via WP Blocks or Elementor
- Categories page template
- Tags page template
- List comments support
- Recent posts widget
- Popular posts widget
- Categories widget
- Tags widget
- Advertisement banner widget
- Previous/Next Post navigation
- Post excerpt/custom excerpt support
- Yoast SEO meta description support for post single
- Settings & custom CSS style support
- Supports liquid template language
- Possibility to extend the plugin via hooks and create additional templates
- Documentation
Look & Feel
Your Shopify blog will inherit the styles from the shop’s theme, however, in order to make sure everything looks good with any theme, the app adds some CSS styles based on layout. Custom CSS is also available within the app’s admin area.
Requirements
- SSL All Shopify stores are being securely served over HTTPS protocol, therefore your WordPress website should also be served over HTTPS protocol otherwise images from blog posts won’t be displayed within your Shopify blog
- PHP 7.4+
- WordPress 5.9+
Credits
Images used for preview can be found at pixabay.com and unsplash.com
Changelog
Changelog is also available within the docs.
Version 1.0.0 – March 30, 2022
* first release
