Special Pages & Store Routes

Overview

WooCommerce relies on dedicated core pages to manage catalog archives, shopping carts, checkout forms, and user accounts. WooNooW wraps these functional routes into a fast Single Page Application (SPA) while giving merchants the freedom to design custom landing pages or sales funnels.

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The Shop Page vs Sales Funnel Landing Pages

A common misconception when deploying WooNooW is that enabling Full SPA Mode forces your store to display a traditional /shop catalog grid.

Full SPA Mode Does Not Force a Catalog

• No Mandatory Shop: You can run your entire site in Full SPA Mode without ever exposing a public catalog or /shop link to visitors.
• Direct Sales Funnels: Stores with 1 or 2 core products can designate a custom builder page as their homepage and use the native Purchase Offer section to direct buyers straight to checkout.
• Preserving Catalog Option: If you do want a standard product catalog, WooCommerce manages the product query while WooNooW renders it inside your global theme layout with instant client-side filtering.

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Funnel Bypass UX vs The WooCommerce Cart Engine

Direct buy now buttons and purchase-offer sections bypass the customer-facing /cart screen, routing visitors directly to the reactive /checkout screen for maximum conversion.

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SPA Modes & Route Execution

Configured under WooNooW → Appearance → General:

Full SPA Mode (Recommended)

• All customer-facing routes (landing pages, product pages, cart, checkout, account) operate inside the single-page application.
• Navigation between your sales page and the checkout screen is instantaneous, eliminating multi-second page reloads.
• Allows designating any builder page as the SPA Landing Page.

checkout_only Mode

• The storefront, landing pages, and blog run using standard WordPress PHP theme templates.
• Only the /checkout route mounts the React single-page application.
• Note: checkout_only does not mean "automatic buy". Customers must still add items to their cart or trigger a Buy Now intent to be routed to /checkout.

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Related Documentation

• Two-Product Sales Funnel — High-converting direct checkout architecture.
• SPA Mode Configuration — Mode switching, URL structures, and SEO considerations.
• Checkout Feature Guide — End-to-end checkout lifecycle and payment gateway contracts.