WooCommerce Getting Started
Show 3D configurators in your WooCommerce store. Learn how to install the plugin, add your API key, sync products and add the configurator to a page.
Mimeeq lets your customers customise a product in 3D — right on your product page — before adding it to their cart. Think of a chair where the shopper picks the fabric, the wood colour and the base style, and watches it change in real time. This plugin connects that 3D configurator to your WordPress site and your WooCommerce store.
What the plugin does
Shows the interactive 3D configurator on product pages (or any page you like)
Automatically creates a WooCommerce product for whatever the customer configured, with the right price
Carries the customer's choices, price and any extra fees through to the cart and the final order
Supports selling several configured items together as one bundle
Works with WPML for stores that sell in more than one language or currency
Keeps a log of technical problems customers run into (the Error Recovery Center)
Can email your team when something goes wrong
Adds ready-to-use blocks for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) and for Elementor
1. Installing the plugin
Recommended, once published.
Go to WP Admin → Plugins → Add New
Search for "Mimeeq"
Click Install, then Activate
Get the plugin ZIP file (from Mimeeq or your developer)
Go to WP Admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
Choose the ZIP file and click Install Now
Click Activate Plugin
Once it's active, you'll see a new Mimeeq entry in your WordPress admin menu (on the left-hand side).
2. Adding your API key
The API Key is what connects your WordPress site to your Mimeeq account — without it, nothing else in this plugin will work.
3. Key settings to check
You don't have to touch every setting — most stores work fine with the defaults. For the full list with explanations, see WooCommerce Admin Settings. The ones worth knowing about early on:
Cart Configuration (on the Primary Settings page): controls how a customer's configuration turns into a WooCommerce product
Dynamic Field Settings: controls the name, description and SKU given to those products
Currency mapping: only relevant if your store sells in more than one currency or language (see Multi-Currency (WPML))
4. Connecting your products to Mimeeq
Every product that should show a 3D configurator needs to know which configurator to load. There are two ways to set this up:
Open a WooCommerce product for editing
Find the Mimeeq tab in the Product Data section
Enter the Product shortcode and Template ID you got from your Mimeeq account
Save the product
Go to WP Admin → Mimeeq → Products Sync
Choose how to sync:
Add only new and active products (recommended): adds anything new, leaves what you've already set up alone
Override all (update existing): replaces everything, including any manual changes you made
Click Synchronize Products and wait for it to finish
Only products marked active/public in your Mimeeq account will be brought in this way.
5. Turning on email alerts
If you'd like your team to get an email when a customer runs into a technical problem (like the configurator failing to load), set that up under WP Admin → Mimeeq → Notifications. Full details in Error Notifications.
6. Adding the configurator to a page
Once your settings and products are ready, the last step is putting the configurator somewhere your customers can actually see it.
You can do this with:
Gutenberg blocks: the standard WordPress page/post editor, drag-and-drop
Elementor widgets: if your site uses the Elementor page builder
Shortcodes: a simple text snippet, useful on older pages that don't use the block editor
Full walkthrough in WooCommerce Storefront Setup. For plugin release notes, see Version Updates.
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