How to Enable WooCommerce API (Older Versions)
Ablestar WooCommerce Importer allows you to migrate your WooCommerce products, orders and customers to Shopify quite easily.
If you are using WooCommerce versions 2.3.x or 2.2.x (released before July 15, 2015), there is a different procedure to enable the API.
Make sure permalinks are enabled on your Wordpress installation before activating the API
Step 1: Configure the API
From your WordPress administration dashboard:
- Click on the 'WooCommerce' → 'Settings' menus
4. Confirm the Enable the REST API checkbox is checked
5. Click on the Save Changes button
Step 2: Copy your API Credentials
In older versions of WooCommerce API, credentials are tied to a specific user. From the Wordpress administrative dashboard:
- Click the 'Users' menu
2. Select your username
3. Scroll through all the settings, to the bottom of the page and check Generate API Key:
4. Click the Update Profile button and make sure the page refreshes
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page again and your new API credentials should now be visible to copy
Copy these values and store them in a safe place; once you leave the page, they will disappear and you will have to revoke and regenerate them again.
The Consumer Key will always start with 'ck_,' and the consumer secret will always begin with 'cs_.'
Save these credentials safely for the next steps in the migration.
✅ Tips and Troubleshooting
- Make sure to save these keys in a local file or you might have to revoke and regenerate again for the next migration steps
- Learn how to connect your API using newer versions of WooCommerce
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