SantuCommerce
Add buy now buttons and links to your website and a beautiful shopping cart. Embed a list of products. Sell from image hotspots.
Consider an alternative
SantuCommerce shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where SantuCommerce stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| buy now button | >100 |
| ecommerce | >100 |
| ecommerce plugin | >100 |
| online store | >100 |
| santu | #1 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About SantuCommerce
From the official readme · v1.0Description
Add buy now buttons and links to your website and a beautiful shopping cart. Embed a list of products. Sell from image hotspots. Accept payments, manage orders, shipping, vouchers, discounts, stock levels, members, affiliate partners and more. Sell physical and digital products, create fundraisers, event tickets, subscriptions and more.
SantuCommerce is an amazing free WordPress eCommerce plugin with a huge list of features. Add the power of Santu eCommerce to your WordPress website now.
Ideal for individual sellers, micro and small business as well as sports clubs, universities, schools and charities.
Many product types supported
You can sell and set up
- Physical products
- Digital goods
- Gift vouchers
- Tickets for your own events
- Donation drives
- Fundraisers
- Subscription services
- Quote requests
Powerful eCommerce at the tip of your mouse
With SantuCommerce you don’t have to look at source code. You can achieve everything with your mouse. SantuCommerce makes adding buy now buttons, sales links and a shopping cart to your WordPress website super easy.
With just a few mouse clicks SantuCommerce allows you to add great looking buy buttons to any page of your site. Turn text or images into buy now links. Or convert your images into mini departments by adding buy now hotspots to them!
Best of all SantuCommerce integrates beautifully with your WordPress editor, to make creating your sales pages as easy as possible.
Huge feature list
Whether you need multiple product images, have to define product attributes such as sizes and colors or you want to add product options, you can do it With SantuCommerce.
Want to set up a product bundle? Easy.
Give buyers special instructions after the purchase? Done.
Need Stock control, or want to sell an item only once? No problem.
Do you want to import your product or order them by categories? Of course.
Print address labels? Yup.
Want special pricing for your resellers? No worries.
SantuCommerce has access to all the eCommerce features built into Santu – and makes them accessible to you.
Sell beyond WordPress
Santu isn’t limited to selling via your WordPress Website. You can sell and promote your products on any website as well as on Facebook, Twitter and any other social media. Sell via comments, online chats, emails campaigns and even through printed catalogs and newspaper ads.
Many additional services available
Of course SantuCommerce also helps you
- manage your products
- accept payments
- manage shipping
- print address labels and packing lists
- use stock control
- look after your customers
- organize marketing
- manage resellers
- reseller pricing
- set up affiliate partner programs
- turn on reward schemes
- and much more …
WordPress multisite is also supported.
Connect to hundreds of third party apps
SantuCommerce is connected to hundreds of third party apps and services ranging from Mailchimp and Hubspot to Google Sheets and Salesforce through its Zapier integration.
Santu also directly connects with a large number of payment gateways in many different countries, including PayPal, AmazonPay, iDeal and others.
A number of shipping providers including UPS, USPS, DHL, TNT, Dutch Post and others are also supported.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
e.g.
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/plugin-namedirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- You will now see the Santucommerce icon listed in your editing toolbar.
- Use the Settings->SantuCommerce screen to add the store URL of your Santu store. This will connect it to your Santu account
Screenshots
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SantuCommerce: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026
Is SantuCommerce free?
Yes. SantuCommerce is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is SantuCommerce safe to use in 2026?
SantuCommerce shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use SantuCommerce?
SantuCommerce is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,892 times since it launched in July 2018. It was downloaded 61 times in the last 30 days.
Does SantuCommerce work with WordPress 7.1?
SantuCommerce is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was SantuCommerce last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on July 5, 2018 (8 years ago).
Who makes SantuCommerce?
SantuCommerce is developed and maintained by Santu.
What are the best alternatives to SantuCommerce?
The most popular alternatives to SantuCommerce are Quick Buy Now Button for Wo… (50K+ installs), Buy Now Button for WooComme… (5K+ installs) and Buy Now Button for WooComme… (2K+ installs).
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