Install Euqin from Plugins → Add New in your WordPress admin, or by uploading the plugin ZIP, then activate it. WooCommerce must be installed and active first. Once Euqin is active a Euqin menu appears in your admin sidebar, and the next step is building your first menu group.
Before you start
Euqin needs:
- WordPress 6.5 or newer
- WooCommerce, installed and active, works with High Performance Order Storage
- PHP 8.0 or newer
- A terms page and a privacy policy page, which you nominate in Settings, because customers must accept your terms before sending a request.
Any theme works. Euqin inherits your theme’s fonts and respects your page width. No page builder is required, and any page builder works.
Take a backup first. Installing anything on a live site without a backup is the actual risk, not Euqin.
Install from the WordPress plugin directory
In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New.
Search for Euqin.
Click Install Now, then Activate.
Install from a ZIP file
Use this method if you have downloaded the plugin file rather than installing from the directory.
Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
Choose the plugin ZIP file and click Install Now.
Click Activate Plugin.
What you should see
After activation, a Euqin item appears in your admin sidebar with these screens.
| Screen | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Where every screen is listed, with its status |
| Menu Builder | Choose which dishes appear in the ordering wizard. Group them into sections like Starters or Desserts. |
| Order Setup | Set up your event types and serving styles |
| Delivery & Pickup | Set what delivery and pickup cost. Limit your delivery area by postcode. |
| Kitchen Printout | Choose what the kitchen ticket shows |
| Lead Time | Set how much time you need before an event. Flag urgent requests so you can act fast. |
| Design | Set the colors and corner radius customers see in the ordering wizard. |
| Settings | Your business details, shop page, and data tools |
| Add-ons | What Euqin Pro adds |
If the Euqin menu is not there, WooCommerce is almost certainly not active. Check Plugins → Installed Plugins first.
Installing Euqin Pro
Euqin Pro is a separate plugin, not an unlock. The free plugin does not contain the paid modules at all, so nothing switches on when a license key is entered. The Pro plugin has to be installed alongside the free one.
Download Euqin Pro from the email you received after purchase.
Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin and upload it.
Activate it, and enter your license key when prompted.
Keep the free plugin installed and active. Euqin Pro extends it rather than replacing it.
What to do next
Set up your first menu group
Turn your WooCommerce products into groups the customer can order from.
The 15-minute quick start
Go from a fresh install to a test order in one pass.
Troubleshooting
The Euqin menu does not appear.
WooCommerce is not active. Activate WooCommerce, then reload the admin.
Installation fails with a PHP version error.
Your host is running PHP older than 8.0. Most hosts let you change the PHP version from the hosting control panel. If yours does not, ask their support to move you to 8.0 or newer.
The plugin activates but the ordering wizard does not show on the page.
The shortcode is missing or misspelled. The guide on where to put the ordering wizard covers every placement.
Something else happens.
Open a support ticket with your WordPress version, your PHP version and what you saw on screen. A reply arrives within 24 hours.
Cannot find what you need?
Open a support ticket and a reply arrives within 24 hours. Support is free on every plan, including the free plugin. Every question that arrives twice becomes a page in these documents.