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Getting started

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Versus is ready as soon as WooCommerce is active, and it ships enabled with sensible defaults, the compare button appears on loops and single product pages out of the box.

Before you start

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  • WordPress 6.5 or newer
  • WooCommerce 8.0 or newer (HPOS and Cart/Checkout Blocks supported)
  • PHP 8.1 or newer

Versus shows an admin notice and stays inactive if WooCommerce is not active.

Install

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  1. Install WooCommerce and make sure it is active.
  2. Install Versus from the plugin directory (when live on WordPress.org) or upload the versus folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  3. Activate the plugin. Versus creates its {prefix}versus_compare_items table and seeds default settings on first boot.

Enable the Compare tab in My Account

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The Account menu setting adds a Compare tab to My Account, which registers the versus-compare rewrite endpoint. WordPress only flushes rewrite rules when permalinks are saved, so after you first enable this setting, or on a fresh install, visit Settings → Permalinks and click Save Changes once. Until you do, the Compare tab link can 404. This is the one bit of setup that is not automatic.

Review the settings

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Open the Versus menu in wp-admin (it needs the WooCommerce manager capability, manage_woocommerce, so shop managers can save it). Each option carries a ”?” help tooltip. The groups are:

  • General, the master Enable comparison switch and the Maximum products cap (2-6, default 4).
  • Placement & access, show on loops, show on the single product page, allow guests, and the Account menu tab.
  • Comparison table, which standard fields become rows (price, SKU, availability, short description), whether product attributes are included, difference highlighting, and the per-column image / add-to-cart / remove controls.
  • Labels & text, reword the front-end strings, or leave them blank for the translated defaults.

Changes save immediately; you do not need to rebuild templates or clear caches for label updates.

Verify on the storefront

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  1. Open the shop or a category page. Each product shows a Compare button.
  2. Click it on two or three products, the button switches to its pressed (active) state and the count badge on the compare link updates without a reload.
  3. Open the comparison: the Compare tab in My Account if you are logged in, or the versus-compare URL the compare link points to as a guest.
  4. Confirm the products line up as columns, the chosen rows appear, and rows that differ are highlighted.

Free and PRO boundary

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The free edition is full side-by-side comparison: configurable rows and attributes, difference highlighting, guest and customer lists with account merge, the per-list cap, editable labels and clean uninstall.

Versus Pro is planned and not yet shipped, Pro companions hook the versus/booted action to extend the storefront. There is no Pro feature set to enable today; check plogins.com/versus for the roadmap.

Need help?

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