# Installation - Stockpool 1.x documentation

> Install Stockpool from WordPress.org, create your first shared stock pool and link the products that sell from it.

Stockpool is free and listed on WordPress.org, so you can install it straight from your dashboard.

## Install the plugin

1. Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active. Stockpool won't activate without it.
2. Go to **Plugins → Add New Plugin** and search for **Stockpool**.
3. Click **Install Now** on "Stockpool – Shared Stock for WooCommerce", then **Activate**.

If you have the zip file instead, use **Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin**, choose the file, then **Install Now** and **Activate**.

Nothing changes on your store yet: until a product is linked to a pool, it sells exactly as before.

## Create your first pool

A pool is one stock count that several products share: a roll of fabric, a box of mug blanks, a limited run.

1. Go to **Products → Shared stock** and click **Create your first pool**.
2. Give it a name, such as "Navy cotton jersey".
3. Under **Stock you have now**, enter what's on the shelf, and if you like a **Unit** such as `m`, `kg` or `pcs`. Decimals are fine: 12.5 m.
4. Click **Create pool**.

## Link the products that use it

1. Edit a product that's made from the pool and open its **Inventory** tab.
2. Under **Shared stock**, click **Add a pool**, choose the pool and enter how much one item uses, such as 2 for a hoodie that takes 2 m of fabric.
3. Click **Update**.

Do the same for every product that uses the pool. A variable product's pools apply to all its variations; a variation can have pools of its own instead (see **Linking products to pools**).

![Pools on a product's Inventory tab, with the amount one item uses](https://storage.extendiment.com/media/1063/screenshot-4.png)

Now open the product page on your store: the stock line shows how many the pool can still make, and the quantity field stops there.

> [!TIP]
> Back on the pool's page, **Used by** lists every product that sells from it, how many each can still sell, and which runs out first. It's the quickest way to check you linked everything.

## What's next

- **Shared stock pools** covers units, backorders and the low stock alert.
- **What shoppers see** explains the stock line, the cart and checkout.
- **Orders, cancellations and refunds** explains when stock is taken and given back.

Source: https://extendiment.com/plugins/stockpool/docs/1.x/installation