Kind of a dumb question but, I'm working on a site in which there will be a phase one, phase two, and phase three roll out.
Phase one: users register to the site
Phase two: simple Woocommerce shop with a few products
Phase three: introducing a full catalog of products with ~100 SKUs
Just wondering if there is any way to still work locally and push changes live without losing any user and/or order information? Or, will I have to make changes on the hosted site after I launch in phase one?
Is there a way to continue working locally but have it connected to the remote database?
I'd really appreciate any advice you have to offer. I've never done a phased launch like this before.
Not really.
Installing Woocommerce is as simple as installing any other plugins.
There are tools like [https://wordpress.org/plugins/migratestore/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/migratestore/) to migrate the WC settings.
Adding products is the same as adding pages – add them as Draft, then hit publish when ready.