Store Operations
WooCommerce Stock Levels Wrong: 9 Causes and How to Reconcile Them
Stock says 12, the shelf says 9. What makes WooCommerce stock levels wrong, how to confirm which cause is yours, and how to reconcile the gap.
More from the journal
More from the journal
Store Operations
Blind Stock Counts: Why a Stock Audit Has to Be Blind
A stock audit proves nothing if the counter can see the expected quantity. What a blind count changes, when to insist on one, and how to run one.
Store Operations
Cycle Counting: How Often, How Many, and Which Items First
A cycle count replaces the annual shutdown with a rotation you run all year. How to pick the rhythm, size each session, and act on the variance.
Store Operations
Inventory Shrinkage Formula: Turning a WooCommerce Stocktake Into a Rate
Expected minus counted, priced at cost. The shrinkage formula, a worked example, both rate conventions, and how to get the two numbers out of WooCommerce.
Store Operations
Barcode Inventory in WooCommerce: Phone Camera or Scanner Gun
Barcode inventory in WooCommerce: what a scanned code matches against, when a phone camera is enough, when to buy a scanner, and stock with no code.
Store Operations
WooCommerce Stocktake: How to Run a Physical Stock Count
Run a physical stock count in WooCommerce without closing the shop: snapshot, scan or type, read the variance, then apply it with a restore point.
Engineering
How we leak-test every WooCommerce plugin before it ships
A plugin that hides the price on the product page but leaks through the Store API hides nothing. The surfaces we test before shipping, and four we cannot.