Can I promote my WooCommerce plugin or service in a post?
No, promotional posts are never allowed, including advertisements, self-promotion, or any content intended to market or sell a product, service, or website.
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r/woocommerce rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/woocommerce: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 51,261
- Verified
- September 18, 2026
- Category
- Ecommerce founders and operators
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Absolutely no promotional material in posts: POSTS — Promotional posts are NEVER ALLOWED. This includes advertisements, self-promotion, or any content intended to market or sell a product, service, or website. Affiliate, referral, or monetized links are never allowed. COMMENTS — Recommendations, references, and links are ALLOWED when they directly help answer the original post. However, overly promotional comments may be removed at our discretion. Affiliate, referral, or monetized links are never allowed.
- No off-topic posts: This subreddit is focused on WooCommerce, its features, integrations, and best practices. Please ensure that all POSTS and COMMENTS are related to WooCommerce. Off-topic content, including posts about unrelated platforms or general ecommerce topics, may be removed to keep the community focused and helpful. Discussions about WooCommerce and how it compares to other platforms are permitted and encouraged, as long as WooCommerce remains the focus.
- Be friendly: This is a place for friendly discussions. Please be kind to each other and to the open source ecosystem that makes WooCommerce possible. Discussions that are unhelpful, unconstructive, or detrimental to the community or ecosystem aren’t welcome here. Being friendly means being respectful and helpful to community members, supporting the developers and maintainers who keep the ecosystem alive, and sharing advice that’s accurate, thoughtful, and useful.
- No solicitation or hiring requests: We do not allow posts requesting paid services, offering payment for work, or soliciting developers for hire. This includes but is not limited to job postings, freelance requests, bounties, or any form of monetary exchange. This rule helps protect our community from potential scams and keeps the focus on helpful, educational discussions about WooCommerce.For hiring developers, consider platforms like r/forhire, r/WordPressDev, Upwork, Fiverr, or Codeable.
- Relevant recommendations (comments only): We encourage sharing helpful plugins, services, or solutions that extend WooCommerce’s functionality — including your own if they are genuinely relevant. Recommendations must be made in response to a specific question or discussion in the comments and must directly address the user’s needs. Promotional content in posts is not permitted. Links are allowed but may be held for moderation. Affiliate links and links to low-quality or untrustworthy websites are not permitted.
- Lead Gen / Data Harvesting or Engagement Farming: Absolutely no posts on lead gen, data harvesting, surveys, research, or engagement farming unless they are directly tied to Woo with clear Woo-specific data or use cases. Any attempt to harvest data or farm engagement from users will be removed.
Works well
- Ask a specific question about configuring a WooCommerce store feature or integration.
- Start a discussion comparing WooCommerce to another platform, keeping WooCommerce as the focus.
- Share a genuinely relevant plugin or service recommendation in a comment that directly answers another user's question.
- Post a question about WooCommerce best practices for your store setup.
Avoid
- Do not create a post to market or sell a product, service, or website.
- Do not include affiliate, referral, or monetized links anywhere, even in comments.
- Do not post job listings, freelance requests, bounties, or any form of paid work solicitation.
- Do not post surveys, research, or engagement farming unless directly tied to WooCommerce with clear WooCommerce specific data or use cases.
- Do not post about unrelated platforms or general ecommerce topics that are not focused on WooCommerce.
What r/woocommerce Is For
This community is for discussion of WooCommerce, its features, integrations, and best practices. People who use WooCommerce on WordPress to sell products post here to ask questions and share advice. The public description calls WooCommerce an open source, enterprise-level ecommerce plugin available for WordPress that lets you freely sell products from your WordPress site. The rules say off-topic content, including posts about unrelated platforms or general ecommerce topics, may be removed to keep the community focused and helpful, though comparisons to other platforms are permitted and encouraged as long as WooCommerce remains the focus.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule called "Absolutely no promotional material in posts" is the one that decides whether your marketing survives. It says promotional posts are never allowed, and that includes advertisements, self-promotion, or any content intended to market or sell a product, service, or website. The rule called "Relevant recommendations (comments only)" is your only opening, because it says you can share helpful plugins, services, or solutions that extend WooCommerce functionality, including your own, when they are genuinely relevant and made in response to a specific question or discussion in the comments. The rule called "No off-topic posts" keeps the room focused on WooCommerce, its features, integrations, and best practices, though comparisons to other platforms are allowed as long as WooCommerce remains the focus. The rule called "No solicitation or hiring requests" blocks any post requesting paid services, offering payment for work, or soliciting developers for hire. The rule called "Lead Gen / Data Harvesting or Engagement Farming" blocks posts about lead gen, data harvesting, surveys, research, or engagement farming unless directly tied to WooCommerce with clear WooCommerce specific data or use cases.
What To Post
A good post here is a question or discussion about WooCommerce itself, its features, integrations, or best practices. You might ask how to handle a specific WooCommerce setup problem or how WooCommerce compares to another platform, since the rules say those comparisons are permitted and encouraged as long as WooCommerce remains the focus. You should not try to market your product in the post itself. The only place you can mention your own plugin, service, or solution is in the comments, and only when someone asks a specific question that your product directly answers. The rule called "Relevant recommendations (comments only)" says those recommendations must be genuinely relevant and must directly address the user's needs, and links are allowed but may be held for moderation. Keep the tone friendly and constructive, as the rule called "Be friendly" asks for kind discussions and accurate, thoughtful, useful advice.
What To Avoid
Do not create a post to promote your product, service, or website. The rule called "Absolutely no promotional material in posts" says promotional posts are never allowed, and that includes advertisements, self-promotion, affiliate links, referral links, or monetized links. Do not post job listings, freelance requests, bounties, or any form of monetary exchange, because the rule called "No solicitation or hiring requests" blocks all of that. Do not post surveys, research, or engagement farming unless directly tied to WooCommerce with clear WooCommerce specific data or use cases, per the rule called "Lead Gen / Data Harvesting or Engagement Farming". Do not post about unrelated platforms or general ecommerce topics that lose focus on WooCommerce, because the rule called "No off-topic posts" says that content may be removed. Do not leave overly promotional comments, because the first rule says those may be removed at the moderators' discretion.
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Common questions about r/woocommerce
Can I share my product link in the comments?
Yes, recommendations and links are allowed in comments when they directly help answer the original post and are genuinely relevant, but affiliate, referral, or monetized links are never allowed.
Can I hire a developer or offer paid work here?
No, the subreddit does not allow posts requesting paid services, offering payment for work, or soliciting developers for hire.
Can I compare WooCommerce to another platform?
Yes, discussions about WooCommerce and how it compares to other platforms are permitted and encouraged, as long as WooCommerce remains the focus.
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