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WooCommerce to Xero Setup Guide

Connect your WooCommerce store to Xero and start syncing orders automatically. The whole process takes minutes.

1

Sign up at syncible.co.uk

You have two install paths depending on the plan you want:

  • Free plan — install our official WordPress.org plugin: in WordPress admin go to Plugins → Add New and search for “Syncible Sync for Xero”, or visit wordpress.org/plugins/syncible-sync-for-xero directly. No signup or licence key required. WooCommerce + Xero only.
  • Paid plans (Starter, Growth, Pro) — visit syncible.co.uk/woocommerce-xero/, choose your tier, and click Start 14-day trial. Enter your email and complete checkout via Stripe. You will receive your licence key by email within a few seconds, then download the full plugin from your account portal.
2

Download the plugin

Download the Syncible WooCommerce plugin from the link in your welcome email or from your account portal. The file is a standard WordPress .zip plugin — do not unzip it.

3

Install in WordPress

In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New, search for Syncible and install Syncible Sync for Xero, then click Activate. If you downloaded the plugin zip from your account page instead, choose Upload Plugin, pick that file, then Install Now and Activate.

After activation, the Syncible setup screen opens, and a Syncible menu item appears in your admin sidebar.

4

Enter your license key

Go to WooCommerce → Syncible in your WordPress admin. Paste the license key from your welcome email and click Activate. The plugin will verify your key and confirm your plan.

5

Generate WooCommerce API keys

Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Advanced → REST API. Click Add key, give it a description (e.g. "Syncible"), set permissions to Read/Write, and click Generate API key.

Copy both the Consumer key and Consumer secret and paste them into the Syncible plugin settings page. These keys allow Syncible to read your orders and update stock levels.

Apache/Plesk servers: If you see "HTTP Authorization is being blocked" when connecting, add this line to the top of your WordPress .htaccess file (before the WordPress rewrite rules):
SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1 This is required on Apache + PHP-FPM setups (including Plesk) to pass API credentials through to WordPress.
6

Connect Xero

In your Syncible dashboard, click Connect Xero. You will be redirected to Xero to authorise the connection. Sign in with your Xero credentials, choose the organisation you want to sync to, and click Allow access.

Once authorised, you will be returned to your Syncible dashboard with a green "Connected" status next to Xero. Your setup is complete.

Your first order

Once connected, the next order placed on your WooCommerce store will automatically appear as an invoice in Xero in seconds. Refunds will create credit notes, and cancelled orders will void the corresponding invoice. You can monitor everything from your Syncible dashboard under the Orders and Activity tabs.

If you need to bring across historical orders, use the Order Backfill feature in your dashboard Settings tab. You can choose a date range and which order statuses to include.

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