From install to first order in 15 minutes

Open Plugins → Installed Plugins and confirm that WooCommerce and Euqin are both active. A Euqin item in your admin sidebar is the proof. If the item is missing, the installation guide explains why.

Go to Euqin → Menu Builder and build a single group from a WooCommerce category you already have. Name the group the way a customer would say it, for example Starters or Platters. One group is enough for a first pass, and the rest of your menu can wait.

Go to Euqin → Order Setup, open the Serving Style tab, and read the three serving options that ship by default. Rename anything your kitchen calls by another name, and delete anything you do not offer. Each option carries its own fee and its own tax class.

Go to Euqin → Delivery & Pickup, set one delivery fee, and enter the postcodes you serve. Turning delivery off is fine if you only do pickup. Then decide whether a request from outside your postcodes is stopped or allowed through. Either way, the customer sees your own message instead of a failed order.

Go to Euqin → Lead Time and enter your normal notice and the minimum notice you will accept, both in hours. When a customer picks a date that is urgent or too soon to place, they see your urgent-contact number rather than a silent rejection.

Go to Euqin → Settings and choose your terms page and your privacy policy page. A customer must accept your terms before a request is sent, so both pages have to exist first.

Create a new page, add the Euqin ordering wizard shortcode, and publish it. Any theme and any page builder will render it. Name the page something a customer would click, for example Order catering.

Open your new page in a private browser window and order the way a customer would. Choose a date, a guest count, one dish and a serving option, then send the request. Use your own email address so the confirmation arrives somewhere you can read it.