Brief Introduction #
Excited to get started with your own marketplace? Then what are you waiting for? Install our MultiVendorX plugin and start now!
Follow these instructions thoroughly to start your marketplace.
System Requirements #
The basic system requirements needed to install MultiVendorX:
- PHP 5.6 or later
- MySQL 5.5 or later
- WordPress 4.4 or higher
- WooCommerce 3.0 or higher
Installation and Activation #
Now that you have gotten your system requirement down pat let us get started with the installation process. Installing MultiVendorX is as easy as spelling ABC, all that needs to be done is to follow the given steps:
- Go to Admin Dashboard from there navigate to Plugins, on the plugin page click on Add New
- Then search for MultiVendorX in the Search Plugins section
- Upon a successful search, MultiVendorX appears in the search result and an “Install Now” button can be seen adjacent to it. Click on it, to install MultiVendorX on your website.
- After installation, click on “Activate”. MultiVendorX is now activated on your website!
Alternatively, you can also try this to install our plugin:
- Click here to download MultivendorX from the wordpress.org plugin directory
- Go to the “Add New” section as previously mentioned
- Click on the “Upload Plugin” button visible at the top. Browse to the download file location, and select the recently downloaded “dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor.zip” file. Then click on “Install Now”.
OR
- Extract the downloaded “dc-woocommerce-multi-vendor.zip” file to the WordPress plugins folder which you’ll find in a location similar to this: “yourhostname/wordpress/wp-content/plugin”. Remember, pushing the extracted file to your plugins folder will not activate the plugin.
- To activate MultiVendorX on your website go to the “Plugins” section in the admin dashboard and click on Activate under MultiVendorX .
Note : Remember MultiVendorX is an extension for WooCommerce. You need to have WooCommerce installed & activated on your WordPress site before using MultiVendorX.
Installed Pages #
The minute you install MultiVendorX in your site, it will create two pages with two shortcodes. These shortcodes create a vendor dashboard page and a vendor registration page. This will save you time and the trouble of creating one for yourself.
| Name | Shortcode | Description |
| Dashboard | [store_registration] | Display store dashboard and all the products, orders etc |
| Vendor Registration | [marketplace_store] | Displays the registration form, that the user will use to apply as a store |
Note: With the help of MultiVendorX endpoints found in MultiVendorX Settings you can modify and create your own pages but what you need to do after that, is align the pages with the endpoints, the process of which we will explain in the next section.
MultiVendorX Storefront base #
The Storefront base setting allows you to define the URL structure used for all store pages in your marketplace. Every store in the marketplace will use this base as part of its public web address.
By default, MultiVendorX uses store as the base slug. This means that each store page will appear under a URL similar to the following format: https://yourdomain.com/store/store-name/
Dashbaord Menu #
The Dashboard menu settings allow the marketplace admin to control how the store dashboard navigation appears for store owners and their team members. This section helps you manage the structure and visibility of the menu items that stores use to access different tools and features inside their dashboard.
Using these settings, the admin can customize the dashboard navigation to match the workflow and requirements of the marketplace.
From this section, you can:
- Show or hide dashboard menus – Decide which sections should be visible to stores and which ones should remain hidden. This helps remove unnecessary tools and keeps the dashboard focused.
- Arrange the order of menu items – Control the sequence in which menus appear in the dashboard navigation. Frequently used sections such as Orders or Products can be placed higher for easier access.
- Edit the slug of dashboard pages – Each dashboard page has a slug that defines its URL. You can customize these slugs to maintain a clear and organized dashboard URL structure.
For example, the Products page may use a URL like: https://yourdomain.com/store-dashboard/products
Changing the slug allows you to customize how this page appears in the dashboard URL.
This setting is particularly useful for marketplace owners who want to:
- simplify the dashboard interface for stores
- highlight important tools by placing them at the top of the menu
- hide features that are not relevant to their marketplace model
- maintain consistent and meaningful dashboard URLs
Overall, the Dashboard menu settings help you create a cleaner, more organized, and easier-to-navigate dashboard experience for store owners.
