How do I disconnect or revoke API access?

Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > REST API in your WordPress admin, find the PixelPanda API key, and click Revoke. This immediately removes PixelPanda access to your store. You can also disconnect from within the PixelPanda dashboard.

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AI Photo Enhancement for WooCommerce Stores

Connect your WooCommerce store to enhance product photos with AI-powered background removal, upscaling, and product shots. Generate REST API keys in your WordPress admin, paste them into PixelPanda, and start enhancing — no plugin install required.

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Enhancement Types

1 credit

Per Enhancement

Products Per Batch

The WooCommerce Product Photo Problem

You built your store on WooCommerce for the flexibility. But nobody told you the photos would be the hardest part.

WooCommerce gives you full control over your store -- that's the appeal. But unlike Shopify, there are no built-in photo editing tools. You're on your own. Most WooCommerce store owners end up cobbling together a stack of WordPress plugins for image optimization, compression, and resizing. Each plugin adds server load, potential conflicts, and another thing to maintain. And none of them actually make your photos look professional.

Here's the math nobody wants to face. A typical WooCommerce store has 300 products. Properly editing each product photo -- removing the background, adjusting levels, cropping, and exporting -- takes about 15 minutes if you know what you're doing in Photoshop. That's 75 hours of manual photo editing. For most store owners who aren't professional photographers, it takes even longer.

What Bad Product Photos Actually Cost You

Lost sales -- shoppers make snap judgments based on photos. An amateur-looking product image on a cluttered kitchen table background signals "unreliable" to buyers.
Higher return rates -- when product photos don't accurately represent the item, customers return more frequently. Clean, well-lit photos set proper expectations.
Competitive disadvantage -- Shopify stores have access to better tooling out of the box. Your WooCommerce store is competing against stores with polished, consistent product imagery.
Plugin bloat -- image optimizer plugins, lazy loading plugins, compression plugins -- each one slows your WordPress site down while still not solving the core problem of photo quality.
No scalability -- manually editing photos works for 10 products. It does not work for 300. Your catalog growth is bottlenecked by photo editing capacity.

Most WooCommerce store owners know their photos need work. They just don't have Photoshop skills, can't afford a product photographer, and don't want to install yet another WordPress plugin that slows down their site. PixelPanda solves this by processing everything off-site -- your server never touches the heavy lifting.

What You Can Do

Professional-quality product photos that help your WooCommerce store convert more visitors into buyers.

Background Removal

Remove cluttered backgrounds and replace with clean white or transparent backgrounds that make your WooCommerce products pop.

Image Upscaling

Upscale low-resolution product photos to crisp, high-quality images that look great on any device and zoom level.

AI Product Shots

Generate professional-looking product photos with lifestyle scenes, white backgrounds, and creative angles using AI.

Bulk Processing

Select multiple products at once and enhance all their photos in a single batch — perfect for large catalogs.

Push Back to Store

Push enhanced images directly back to your WooCommerce products with one click. No manual downloading or re-uploading.

Simple API Key Setup

No app store install needed. Just generate REST API keys in your WordPress admin and paste them here. Connected in 30 seconds.

Enhance Your Entire Catalog in Minutes

Connect your WooCommerce store with API keys and let AI remove backgrounds, upscale images, and generate product shots for every product.

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How It Works

From API keys to enhanced product photos in minutes.

Generate API Keys

In your WordPress admin, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > REST API and create a new key with Read/Write permissions.

Connect Your Store

Paste your store URL, Consumer Key, and Consumer Secret into PixelPanda. We'll verify the connection instantly.

Select Products

Browse your WooCommerce products and select which ones need better photos.

Enhance & Push

Choose enhancements, preview results, then push enhanced images directly back to your store.

Who Benefits from WooCommerce + PixelPanda

Whether you're selling handmade crafts or running a wholesale catalog, AI photo enhancement saves you serious time and money.

Small Business Owners

You're running your WooCommerce store on a budget and can't justify hiring a product photographer. Your products are shot at home with a phone camera, and it shows. PixelPanda gives you studio-quality backgrounds and crisp images for 1 credit each -- a fraction of what professional photo editing costs.

WordPress Developers

You're building WooCommerce stores for clients who hand over a folder of phone photos and expect a polished storefront. Instead of spending hours in Photoshop or outsourcing to a retoucher, run the catalog through PixelPanda. Client-ready product images in minutes, not days.

Craft and Handmade Sellers

You moved from Etsy to your own WooCommerce store for lower fees and more control. But now your product photos look inconsistent -- different backgrounds, varying lighting, mixed quality. PixelPanda creates a consistent, professional look across your entire catalog so your store feels cohesive.

B2B Wholesale

Your catalog has hundreds of industrial or wholesale products that were photographed in a warehouse with fluorescent lighting. B2B buyers still judge quality by photos. Clean white backgrounds and sharp images signal professionalism and make your digital catalog look as good as your printed one.

Food and Beverage

Restaurants, bakeries, and food brands selling online know that food photography is expensive -- a professional food shoot runs thousands of dollars. PixelPanda can remove cluttered backgrounds from your food photos and generate clean product shots that make your items look appetizing without the studio price tag.

Subscription Box Sellers

Monthly product shoots mean monthly photo editing headaches. Every box has new items, and each one needs clean product images for your store. PixelPanda's batch processing handles the volume -- upload this month's product photos, enhance them all at once, and push them to your WooCommerce store in one session.

PixelPanda vs Manual Photo Editing

Here's what the numbers look like side by side.

Factor	Manual Editing	PixelPanda AI
Speed per image	10-20 minutes in Photoshop	5-30 seconds
Cost per image	$3-10 (freelancer) or your own time	1 credit (~$0.10)
Software needed	Photoshop ($22/mo), Canva, GIMP, etc.	None -- runs in your browser
Background removal	Manual selection tools, often imperfect edges	AI-powered, clean edges in seconds
Upscaling	Limited -- enlarging creates blur	AI upscaling preserves detail at 2-4x
Batch support	Edit one image at a time	Up to 50 products per batch
Push to store	Manual upload per product	Direct push to WooCommerce gallery
Learning curve	Weeks to learn Photoshop properly	None -- select and enhance

For the vast majority of WooCommerce store owners, AI photo enhancement delivers better results than DIY editing at a fraction of the cost and time. It won't replace a professional product photographer for luxury brand campaigns, but for the other 95% of product images? It's genuinely better than what most people can achieve in Photoshop.

100 Free Credits to Start

Every new PixelPanda account gets 100 free credits -- enough to enhance 100 product images with background removal, upscaling, or AI product shots.

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Why PixelPanda for WooCommerce

There are WordPress plugins for image optimization. Here's why WooCommerce store owners choose PixelPanda instead.

No Plugin Install Required

PixelPanda connects to your WooCommerce store via its built-in REST API. You generate API keys in your WordPress admin -- the same way you'd connect any external service. No plugin to install, no PHP conflicts, no update notifications to manage. Your WordPress installation stays clean.

No Server Load on Your WordPress Host

Image optimization plugins process images on your server, which means CPU spikes, memory usage, and slower page loads during processing. PixelPanda does all the heavy lifting on our servers. Your WordPress host only handles the final image upload -- the same load as manually adding an image to a product.

Direct Push to WooCommerce

Enhanced images are pushed directly into your product's image gallery via the WooCommerce API. You don't download files, re-upload them, or switch between tabs. Preview the enhancement, click push, and it appears in your product listing. For batch operations, you can push all enhanced images at once.

Works with Any Hosting Provider

Because PixelPanda connects via API, it works with any WooCommerce hosting setup -- shared hosting, VPS, managed WordPress hosts like WP Engine or Kinsta, or your own server. There are no server requirements beyond what WooCommerce itself needs. If your store runs WooCommerce 3.5 or above with HTTPS, you're set.

WooCommerce Product Photo Tips

Get the most out of AI photo enhancement with these practical tips for WooCommerce sellers.

Optimize File Names for SEO Before Uploading

WordPress uses your image file name as the default for the URL slug and alt text. Before uploading product photos, rename them descriptively -- "blue-cotton-crew-neck-tshirt.jpg" is far better than "IMG_4827.jpg" for search engines. This small step compounds across your entire catalog and helps Google Image Search drive traffic to your store.

Use WebP Format for Faster Page Loads

WebP images are 25-35% smaller than equivalent JPEG files with no visible quality loss. PixelPanda can output enhanced images in WebP format, which WooCommerce supports natively since WordPress 5.8. Faster page loads mean better Core Web Vitals scores, which Google uses as a ranking factor.

Set Proper Alt Text on Product Images

After pushing enhanced images to your WooCommerce store, add descriptive alt text that includes your product name and key attributes. This helps with accessibility, SEO, and gives Google context about what the image shows. "Women's leather crossbody bag in cognac brown" tells search engines much more than "product image 3."

Use Gallery Images Strategically

WooCommerce supports a main product image plus a gallery of additional images. Use this strategically: set your clean, white-background enhanced image as the main product image, then add detail shots, lifestyle images, and scale-reference photos to the gallery. Listings with 4-6 images convert significantly better than those with just one.

Compress Images to Keep Page Speed High

Even after AI enhancement, run a final compression pass to keep file sizes reasonable. WooCommerce product pages with many images can get heavy fast. Aim for product images under 200KB each. PixelPanda's enhancements are already optimized, but if you're adding images from other sources, compression matters for page speed and hosting storage.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does WooCommerce photo enhancement cost?

Each enhancement costs 1 credit -- whether it is background removal, upscaling, or an AI product shot. New accounts start with 100 free credits, so you can enhance 100 product images at no cost to see the quality before subscribing. Paid plans start at the Starter tier with monthly credits that roll over.

Will PixelPanda overwrite my existing WooCommerce product images?

No. Enhanced images are added to your product gallery alongside your existing images. You preview every enhancement before pushing it to your store, and you choose exactly which images to update. Nothing is modified until you explicitly approve it. Your original images remain untouched unless you choose to replace them.

How do I connect my WooCommerce store with API keys?

Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > REST API in your WordPress admin. Click "Add key," give it a description like "PixelPanda," set permissions to Read/Write, and click Generate API Key. Copy the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret, then paste them along with your store URL into PixelPanda's integrations settings. The connection is verified instantly.

Can I enhance WooCommerce products in bulk?

Yes. Select up to 50 products per batch and enhance all their photos at once. Processing happens in the background so you can continue working while PixelPanda enhances your images. For larger catalogs, you can run multiple batches sequentially.

What WooCommerce version do I need?

PixelPanda works with WooCommerce 3.5 and above, which includes REST API v3 support. This version was released in late 2018, so any reasonably up-to-date WooCommerce installation will work. We recommend keeping WooCommerce updated to the latest stable version for the best experience and security.

Does my store need HTTPS?

Yes. The WooCommerce REST API requires HTTPS for secure authentication of API requests. Most modern hosting providers include free SSL certificates via Let's Encrypt. If your store already processes payments -- which any WooCommerce store should -- you almost certainly have HTTPS enabled already.

Will PixelPanda conflict with my other WordPress plugins?

No. PixelPanda connects via the WooCommerce REST API, which is a standard interface built into WooCommerce itself. It does not install any code on your WordPress site, does not modify any files, and does not run any processes on your server. It works alongside any theme, page builder, or plugin without conflicts.

How long does it take to enhance a product image?

Background removal takes about 5 seconds per image. Upscaling takes 10-15 seconds depending on the target resolution. AI product shots take 15-30 seconds per image. For a batch of 50 products, expect the full processing to complete in 10-20 minutes depending on the enhancement type selected.

What image formats does PixelPanda support?

PixelPanda supports JPEG, PNG, and WebP input formats. Enhanced images can be returned in the same format as the original, or you can choose PNG for transparent backgrounds after background removal. WebP output is also available for optimal file sizes and page speed performance.

How do I disconnect or revoke PixelPanda's access?

Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > REST API in your WordPress admin, find the API key you created for PixelPanda, and click Revoke API Key. This immediately removes all access. You can also disconnect from within the PixelPanda dashboard under integrations settings. Your product data and images remain untouched after disconnecting.

Does PixelPanda work with WooCommerce variable products?

Yes. PixelPanda works with all WooCommerce product types including simple, variable, grouped, and external/affiliate products. For variable products, you can enhance images at both the parent product level and individual variation level. This is especially useful when variations have different colors or styles that each need their own enhanced photos.

Does PixelPanda support WordPress multisite?

Yes. Each WooCommerce store on a WordPress multisite network can connect independently to PixelPanda using its own set of REST API keys. Each store is treated as a separate connection, and they can share the same PixelPanda account and credit balance or use separate accounts.

Do unused credits roll over?

Yes. Credits never expire and roll over month to month. If you subscribe to a plan and don't use all your monthly credits, they accumulate in your balance for future use. This is especially useful for seasonal businesses that may do heavy product shoots in some months and none in others.

Is my store data secure?

Yes. PixelPanda only accesses product images and basic product metadata (name, ID) needed for enhancement. We do not access customer data, order data, payment information, or any other sensitive store data. All API communication is encrypted over HTTPS. Your API keys are stored encrypted on our servers, and you can revoke access at any time from your WordPress admin.

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