Connect your store

MerQio connects to WooCommerce through a small WordPress plugin, MerQio Connector. There are no API keys to copy and paste. You approve the connection on your own store, on WooCommerce’s own permission screen.

Before you start

• WordPress 6.0 or newer, with WooCommerce 7.0 or newer active
• PHP 7.4 or newer
• An administrator (or shop manager) account on your store

Download the plugin

Download MerQio Connector (.zip)

This is always the latest version. Keep the file as it is: do not unzip it. WordPress installs it straight from the zip. You can also download it from the connect wizard in MerQio, which shows a Download the plugin button while the plugin is not yet installed.

Install the plugin

1. In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
2. Press Upload Plugin at the top of the page.
3. Press Choose File, pick merqio-connector.zip, then press Install Now.
4. When it finishes, press Activate Plugin. MerQio now appears in the WordPress admin menu.

Upload not allowed?

Some hosts turn off plugin uploads. Then unzip the file on your computer and upload the storeboost-connector folder to wp-content/plugins/ with your host’s file manager or FTP. Activate it under Plugins.

Connect in four steps

1. Install the plugin. Download and install MerQio Connector, then activate it.
2. Press Connect Store. Open MerQio in the WordPress admin menu (just below WooCommerce and Products) and press Connect Store.
3. Sign in and approve. MerQio opens in a new tab. Sign in, or create an account, and choose your plan. WooCommerce then asks you to approve MerQio’s access to your store. Press Approve.
4. Done. Go back to the plugin screen. It shows Store Connected by itself. Your data starts arriving in MerQio within seconds, and a progress bar shows each step: products, customers, orders, then classification.

Why no keys?

WooCommerce creates the access keys when you press Approve and sends them straight to MerQio, server to server. You never see or copy them, so they cannot leak from an email or a chat message.

Check the connection

Open the store menu at the top right of the app (it shows your store’s name) and choose Integrations. A healthy store shows a green Connected badge and Syncing normally.

See Integrations for how to disconnect or remove a store.

Update the plugin

The plugin does not update itself yet. When a new version is out:

1. Download the latest zip again.
2. In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin and upload it.
3. WordPress says the plugin is already installed. Press Replace current with uploaded.

Your connection and settings are kept: the store stays connected through the update.

What the plugin does, and does not do

• It sends signed signals when products, orders or customers change. MerQio then re-reads the real record from WooCommerce.
• It tracks abandoned carts (after 60 minutes of no activity) and product views, which WooCommerce does not track itself.
• It stores no business data on your site, runs no analysis, and never edits your store by itself.
• If a signal fails to send, the plugin retries it. MerQio’s hourly check is the final safety net.

Troubleshooting the plugin

If the connection does not finish, add define( 'SB_CONNECTOR_DEBUG', true ); to wp-config.php. The plugin then writes a diagnostic log under wp-content/uploads/storeboost-logs/. The log never contains secrets. See also the FAQ.