{"id":35,"date":"2018-02-16T16:42:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T16:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/?p=35"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:40:19","slug":"general-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/free-version-settings\/general-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"General settings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>General settings<\/strong>\u00a0section is where you can find all the compare-related and button-related options that will be globally applied.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2018\/02\/general-settings-free-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1742\" height=\"1008\" 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class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Compare style<\/b>: use this option to choose whether to use a button, a link or a checkbox to let users add a product to the comparison table;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/button-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/button-1.jpg\" alt=\"Compare button\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/button-1.jpg 516w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/button-1-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Button<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/link-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/link-1.jpg\" alt=\"Compare link\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/link-1.jpg 514w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/link-1-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Link<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/checkbox-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/checkbox-2.jpg\" alt=\"Compare checkbox\" class=\"wp-image-558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-compare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/366\/2025\/04\/checkbox-2.jpg 520w, 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