There are three ways to add the Nextsale plugin to your WooCommerce store:
from Nextsale website
from "WP-admin" panel
from WordPress Plugin Directory
Find how to fix if WordPress returns an error at the end of the article.
To connect Nextsale to your WooCommerce store, follow the steps below:
Log in to your Nextsale account > click the "Add your website" button on the top left of the screen.
2. From the opened window, select the WooCommerce platform, then click the "Next" button.
3. Write down your site URL and click the "Connect website" button.
4. You'll be redirected to the WordPress plugin authorization page to confirm authorization of access for the Nextsale plugin. Push the "Authorize" button.
Please note that it may take seconds to show the installation process depending on the heaviness of your store’s order data. You will see the success page after the process finishes.
5. After the process finish, you'll be redirected back to the Nextsale dashboard. Here you should see the green light on the website name on the left top of the dashboard page that indicates the success of the connection.
Add Nextsale from the WordPress admin dashboard
Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard: yourdomain/wp-admin.
On the left admin panel, select Plugins > "Add new".
3. Search for "Nextsale" and click "Install Now".
4. Activate the plugin by clicking on the "Activate" button.
Once you activated the plugin, you'll be redirected to the Plugins page. Here you should see that Nextsale installed.
5. On the Plugins page you should authorize access to the plugin by clicking to "Authorize" button.
6. Push the "Authorize" button:
Once you authorized access to the Nextsale plugin, you'll be directed back to the Nextsale dashboard. Here you should see the green light on the website name on the left top of the dashboard page that indicates the success of the connection.
Install Nextsale manually from WordPress Plugins Directory
Go to the WordPress Plugins Directory and search for "Nextsale" by typing in the search field.
Download the zip file of the Nextsale plugin.
3. Log in to your WordPress admin panel and navigate to Plugins > Add New.
4. Press the "Upload Plugin" button at the top of the page.
5. Click "Browse" and select the plugin file from your computer. Then, press the "Install Now" button.
6. Once the installation is finished, press the "Activate Plugin" button.
Note that, the installation process may take seconds.
After you connect the plugin, follow the below steps to authorize the Nextsale plugin access.
7. On the Plugins page you should authorize access to the plugin by clicking to "Authorize" button.
8. You'll be redirected to the WordPress plugin authorization page to confirm authorization of access for the Nextsale plugin. Push the "Authorize" button.
Once you authorized access to the Nextsale plugin, you'll be directed back to the Nextsale dashboard. Here you should see the green light on the website name on the left top of the dashboard page that indicates the success of the connection.
Congratulations, now you can create your first campaign.
In case WordPress returns an error
Destination folder already exists. /www/wp-content/plugins/nextsale-for-woocommerce/
Plugin installation failed.
It means the plugin (could be a previous version) is already installed. In this case, you need to click on the "Replace current with uploaded" button.
After replacing the plugin, you should see the following message indicating the plugin updated successfully.
If the error still keeps showing up, go to the "Installed Plugins" page and delete the current version of the plugin by pressing the "Delete" button. If the plugin is activated, press "Deactivate" > "Delete". Then, upload the zip file again.
