We’re proud that Peeps’ Software is still the only consignment software with WooCommerce integration, but knowing there will be other integration specialists out there who might run into this issue, I wanted to share this with those who need it!
Recently, I started getting reports of a 403 Response Code back from WooCommerce shopping carts, in Peeps’ Software:
It’s not actually a response from WooCommerce, at least not in regard to actual WooCommerce API error codes. It’s still a response from WooCommerce, but it points to an issue closer to the web server @ 403 Forbidden.
After finding this was only happening on either brand new WordPress installations, or brand new WooCommerce installations, I did some investigation and found PUT and DELETE requests, were being denied on those web servers out of the box.
To remedy this, I added directives to the web server’s .htaccess file as follows:
And voila! Now PUT and DELETE requests for WooCommerce’s REST API were being allowed and products were successfully able to update again from Peeps’ Software:
One of the great benefits of WooCommerce — i.e. that you can take your already-existing website and have an online shopping cart that integrates ith your consignment software — is also one of the issues that can come up — i.e. you can run WooCommerce and WordPress on your own web host, so a variety of host-specific issues can arise.
Dean
I am a Software Developer, System Administrator, and consignment software specialist. I currently manage hundreds of consignment workstations, point of sale systems, and database servers all across North America and I am the developer of Peeps' Software, Peeps2Go, and Peeps' Consignor Login for iOS and Android. I've been helping consignment & resale store-owners since 2003. I started The Computer Peeps in February of 2010. Peeps' Software launched in 2016 and is now on hundreds of systems all across North America. I have successfully converted dozens of stores from all of the major consignment software systems. After 20 years of working with consignment stores, I understand the unique challenges consignment & resale store-owners face. From electrical issues in old buildings or strip malls, to advocating for them when their old consignment software keeps crashing.