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Withers Sports is a long-standing tennis equipment retailer in the UK, operating both in-store and online. As the business expanded, they needed a way to offer exclusive products to select customer groups while improving how shoppers browsed high-detail product information. Using two key Barn2 plugins – WooCommerce Protected Categories and WooCommerce Product Table – they achieved both goals.

Setting up private discounts with WooCommerce Protected Categories

One of the most exciting new opportunities for Withers came through a partnership with a major UK-wide tennis coaching company. The team wanted to offer exclusive, discounted products to over 100 affiliated coaches, but needed a secure and private solution that felt tailored to that group.

The solution was WooCommerce Protected Categories, which allowed Withers to set up a password-protected section of their online store just for the coaching company. This private store area was branded with the client’s identity and allowed coaches to browse and purchase with confidence.

Providing a range of discounted products to the 100+ coaches within the client company, in a secure environment branded specifically to their needs, was a significant step forward in the business to business relationship. A great step forward for a sports equipment retailer.

James Spence, Director of Withers Sports Ltd.

Encouraged by the results, Withers is now planning a second B2B project using the same plugin to create another private area for a different customer group.

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Rootlab, an online store specializing in organic seeds and fungus starters, needed a better way to present detailed product information on their WooCommerce site. By using custom product tabs for WooCommerce, they found a simple, structured way to display key details without clutter—improving both the look and usability of their product pages.

“Our product descriptions were getting too long and cluttered,” says Jae from Rootlab. “We wanted a more structured way to present key information. The Barn2 Product Tabs plugin made this easy—no conflicts, no issues, and it integrates perfectly. It just works seamlessly.”

Since implementing the plugin, Rootlab has added tabs for product certifications, global shipping details, and even embedded videos to guide customers through using their products.

“The plugin is incredibly easy to configure and has made our product pages so much more organized,”

The plugin is incredibly easy to configure and has made our product pages so much more organized.

Jae Patni

Jae adds. “Customers often compliment how clean and professional everything looks. It’s easier for them to find what they need, which improves the overall shopping experience.”

Rootlab also appreciates the broader experience of working with Barn2.

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When charter schools in New York needed an efficient way to manage public and private documents, Rodriguez Valle Creative turned to Barn2’s WordPress plugins - Posts Table Pro and Password Protected Categories - to get the job done.

“Our client needed a portal for their school’s board of directors to access board documents,” explained Ignacio Rodriguez, founder of Rodriguez Valle Creative. “By law, New York City charter schools must publish public documents like meeting agendas and minutes, but they also needed a secure area for private board materials. We found Barn2’s plugins offered the perfect combination of simplicity and functionality.” (See an example of this document management on the LION Charter School website).

Posts Table Pro made it easy to create a clean, searchable table layout to display over 100 public documents, while Password Protected Categories restricted access to sensitive files for board members. Each committee could access only the documents relevant to them.

We didn’t even look at alternatives. Barn2’s plugins work seamlessly and don’t get in the way of what we need to accomplish.

Ignacio Rodriguez

Rodriguez Valle Creative has since used these plugins on multiple school projects. “It’s always a solution for us when we have that amount of content to showcase,” Ignacio added. “If you need to manage public and private documents, these plugins make life a lot easier.”

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If your organization deals with a large volume of documents, having an efficient system to organize and present them is essential. This case study will help you understand how SKA, an organization that needed to transition from Joomla to WordPress, found the perfect file management solution with Barn2’s Document Library Pro plugin.

The challenge: finding a WordPress-compatible document management system

Since 2011, SKA had been using Joomla as their content management system, relying on DocMan to manage their extensive library of PDFs, including annual reports, financial statements, and newsletters. When the organization decided to migrate their website to WordPress, they faced a key challenge: finding a robust document management system that could handle their large volume of files efficiently.

Gurdip Singh, who led the website transition, initially considered using the WordPress version of DocMan due to his familiarity with the platform. However, after careful evaluation, he decided to explore other options. This led him to conduct an extensive review of various WordPress-based document management plugins, examining their features, user experience, and ease of setup.

After testing several options, Document Library Pro emerged as the best choice for SKA’s needs.

The solution: why SKA chose Document Library Pro

SKA selected Document Library Pro because it provided an intuitive, feature-rich, and professional way to organize and display their documents.

Key benefits that made Document Library Pro the ideal solution:

• Instantly professional appearance: “It looks great right out of the box.”
• User-friendly setup: “It’s easy to learn and set up.”
• Powerful filtering options: “The filters work seamlessly.”
• Featured image extraction: The ability to automatically extract the first page of a document as a thumbnail was also an exciting addition they hope to implement soon.

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Many merchants are searching for a way to integrate their retail and wholesale options into a single ecommerce shop. That's how Zoop, a Lithuanian apparel and homewares shop, came to find Barn2's WooCommerce Bulk Variations plugin.

How our plugins solved their problems

Zoop specializes in custom printing and bulk orders, but they needed a way to make the shopping experience quick and seamless for all of their different customers, no matter the size of their order. Using the Bulk Variations interface, their customers can order anything from a single t-shirt to hundreds of items in various sizes and colors. It also had an immediate positive impact on their order volumes:

With WooCommerce Bulk Variations we started receiving larger orders from our customers as it makes it very easy to order in bulk.

Zoop team

Zoop's wholesale customers can also benefit from bulk discounts that allow them to save more money on larger orders. These savings are powered by our WooCommerce Discount Manager plugin, and are displayed in a table format on product pages for everyone to see.

They also use WooCommerce Product Options to allow custom image uploads from clients who want a logo or design printed on their products.

It saves us a lot of time that we previously spent emailing our client back and forth until we finally got all the required information to proceed with the order.

Zoop team

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La Soufflerie is a family-owned and operated glass shop based in Paris, France. They sell a full range of glassware along with plaster, terracotta pieces, and candles. They’ve used our WooCommerce Fast Cart plugin to help customers complete their orders quickly without leaving the page.

How our plugin solved their problem

La Soufflerie were looking for a way to make it easier for customers to quickly complete their orders. They wanted a solution that would let them display upsells – like gift bags – that customers actually want.

They used the WooCommerce Fast Cart plugin to display a pop-up cart whenever a customer clicks the Add to Cart button. The pop-up cart appears on the right-hand side of the screen and shows the cart items, coupon code box, subtotal, shipping options, checkout button, and upsells.

La Soufflerie wanted to use the pop-up cart to display carefully chosen upsell offers based on the products customers add to their cart. For example, if a customer adds a Bordeaux Baby Transparent to their cart, they’ll see a You might be interested in… section in the pop-up cart with the Cotton Gift Bag Small product as an upsell.

This enables La Soufflerie to enhance the shopping experience, streamline the buying process, and boost their average order value.

Users can go to any product category page and add products to their cart without leaving the page. They can then view the cart in a pop-up and add a gift bag to their order, checkout, or keep shopping. Customers can also click the cart icon in the menu to view the pop-up cart.

La Soufflerie uses the WooCommerce Fast Cart plugin to enhance the customer’s shopping experience while boosting product visibility and increasing their average order value.

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Extrude-A-Trim is an aluminum extrusions store that sells thousands of products on its online store. They’ve used our WooCommerce Product Table plugin to create order forms for technical products including angles, tubes, slatwall, dividers, and others.

How our plugin solved their problem

Extrude-A-Trim needed a way to make it easier for customers to find the correct products quickly and add them to their shopping cart. They used WooCommerce Product Table to create order forms for each category page on their online store.

The order form layout allows them to list aluminum extrusions with extra data about each product such as its part #, width, height, thickness, and weight. This makes it easy for customers to find the correct product quickly.

In addition, the order forms let customers select the finish, length, and quantity of the aluminum extrusions they need and add multiple products to their quote from a single page.

WooCommerce Product Table also adds a search bar above the order form which allows customers to search for a specific product e.g. by entering its Part #. For example, let’s say a customer wants to buy a few different types of Aluminum Slatwall. They can simply go to the product category page and use the order form to:

• Select the exact type of aluminum slatwall they need
• Select finish, length, and quantity
• Request a quote for each item

WooCommerce Product Table is ideal for selling technical products like aluminum extrusions where customers make purchases based on the extra data about each product. Large images of the products aren’t needed for stores that sell technical products like these. Instead, store owners need to be able to display this extra data about each product on the shop page to make it easy for customers to buy from them.

Extrude-A-Trim enabled the product table layout globally through their shop and category pages. They use WooCommerce Product Table with YITH's Request a Quote plugin to replace the add to cart button with Add to Quote buttons in the order forms.

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Vancouver Custom Earplugs is a Canadian online store that sells audiologist-designed and doctor-recommended custom earplugs. They used our WooCommerce Product Options plugin to let buyers customize earplugs.

How our plugin solved their problem

Vancouver Custom Earplugs were looking for a way to let customers customize their earplugs before placing their order. To do this, they used WooCommerce Product Options to display a variety of earplug customization options on their product pages. Customers can…

• Pick a color
• Choose which ear they’d like the earplug for
• Pick a style
• Pick venting options
• Choose to add acoustic filters, curly tubes, and filtered earplugs to the other ear
• Choose to get their order delivered faster
• Add a special request

When a customer lands on the product page, they can choose as many customization options as they’d like and click the Add to cart button to place their order. Some options cost extra and the additional costs are displayed right next to the option. This way, customers know exactly how much the custom earplugs will cost them.

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gftd. jewelry is a Belgium-based online store that sells personalized jewelry. They’ve used our WooCommerce Product Options plugin to let customers personalize jewelry gift items in a variety of different ways.

How our plugin solved their problem

gftd. jewelry is an ecommerce store that sells personalized jewelry products such as earrings, chains, and bracelets. They were looking for a way to let customers personalize jewelry gift items before placing their order.

They used our WooCommerce Product Options plugin to display a text box that lets customers enter their personalized message when they select the This gem is a gift for someone special option on the product page.

When a customer lands on the product page, they must choose if they’re buying the jewelry for themselves or for someone special. Customers who select For someone special see a text box appear on the product page that lets them enter their personalized message.

Some products have additional options such as selecting a color, finish, length, charms, and style.

For example, if a customer wants to buy a charm bracelet, they can use the various image swatches and dropdowns on the product page to personalize their bracelet before placing their order. This is all possible with the WooCommerce Product Options plugin.

This way, customers can personalize their jewelry items directly from the product page and add the product to their shopping cart. It saves gftd. jewelry from having to go back and forth with each customer on the personalizations they want.

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