Ya it seems like there's zero focus on improving the plugin's capabilities.
Zero? Hardly. They're adding new addons all the time. But Rome was not built in a day. The plugin is only a bit over two years old. In comparison, Woocommerce has been around for years, that's why there's so many themes and plugins for it. But eventually the Original plugin will have more and more addons to enhance it's functionality. But I did not want to wait and changed to Woo. Twice.
Once you get into it, it's quite limited.
The Original is great for newbies and has all the basics. It does the job. If it was to be a lot more complicated it would confuse them, I reckon. Anyone who wants more just has to use the Woo version ... but there's a bit of a learning curve with it. Most people in this forum are incapable of even using the search function here, let alone reading docs and learning Woo. lol
So the Original is great for them.
I'm assuming you changed to Ali Dropship's Woocommerce version? If so, did you have to start the site from scratch? Did you have any problems?
Yes. And I had to rebuild from scratch. More than once. I've gone from Original to Woo, then back to Original and now finally back to Woo again. I haven't had any problems that couldn't be solved with a bit of Googling and research. But this time around I have put all I have learned over the past two years into the rebuilding of my sites. There has been a LOT of trial and error, trying different plugins, different theme designs with Flatsome, testing, tweaking and refining ... but I enjoy all of that anyway.
I'm worried about swapping the plugin and destroying the work I've already done lol.
Simple. Backup your site (In cPanel>File Manager zip all your files and leave the zip there. No need to download it just yet ... and in PHPMyAdmin download a zipped copy of the database.) Then delete everything except your zipped files (for use later if you change your mind) and any verification HTMLs from Google, Pinterest etc. And drop all the tables from the database as well
Then do a fresh install of Wordpress, Woocommerce and the Aliwooplugin and just try it.
If you don't like it ... drop all the tables from the data base and import your backup you downloaded, delete all the files except the backup zip and the HTMLs from Google, Pinterst etc, then unzip your zipped backup .... then you're back where you started.
OR ... find a backup plugin. But make sure it "restores" as well as backs up. There is one that only restores if you buy the premium version. Sneaky bastards. I forget the name of it now .... but it was a popular one. I don't trust any of them. It's easy enough to zip your files and download the database.
Can you recommend any good Woo add ons?
There's a couple of long threads on that already. Try the search above.
I wish Ali would at least try SOME improvements.
They do! It's an ongoing thing. e.g ... the latest shipping addon they are beta testing right now. And I'm pretty sure there will be more addons as time goes by.
