Building Fast and Flexible E-commerce with WooCommerce and Gatsby
Over 40% of websites worldwide use WordPress, making it the world's most popular content management system. WooCommerce has emerged as the leading e-commerce solution within this ecosystem, powering millions of online stores from startups to enterprise businesses.WooCommerce's success comes from its accessibility and WordPress integration. Business owners can launch stores without extensive technical knowledge, while developers benefit from the extensive plugin ecosystem. The platform handles product catalogs, inventory, and payments as an integrated solution.However, traditional WordPress/WooCommerce setups face growing challenges. The monolithic architecture that once provided simplicity now creates constraints around performance, design flexibility, and development speed. Businesses find themselves limited by theme boundaries and WordPress's performance overhead.