Install & activate: the half-hour setup

Getting started

Install & activate, the half‑hour setup

My T Maker works out of the box, install it, drop one shortcode on a page, and the designer is live.

Out of the box you get the standard tee, the full text tools, and the art library. Everything after that is personalization, not setup.

1. Install

  1. In WordPress admin, go to Plugins ▸ Add New ▸ Upload Plugin.
  2. Choose my-t-maker.zip, click Install Now, then Activate.
  3. Enter your license key. Open the My T Maker menu and paste the key from your purchase email into the activation screen. Until the license is activated, the designer shows a friendly “not switched on yet” card to visitors instead of the designer. Activation makes it appear instantly, no other steps.
WordPress Plugins page with My T Maker active
The Plugins page after activation. That is the whole install.

2. Put the designer on a page

Create or open any page and add the shortcode:

tshirt_designer

Publish. That’s it, the designer is live. Full width pages look best; the designer fits any container down to phone width.

3. Make it yours

Open My T Maker ▸ Settings and set the three things every shop wants first:

  • Quote email, where customer quote requests land. Set it to the inbox you actually watch.
  • Buy button text: “Buy Your Shirt”, “Get a Quote”, whatever fits how you sell.
  • Print area width, the real printed width of your standard platen (default 12″). This drives the 📏 print-size readout your customers see.

Then open My T Maker ▸ Appearance if you want the designer wearing your colors on day one, six color pickers, light/dark look, and ready-made theme presets. Details in Match your brand.

Emails not arriving? Most hosts block PHP’s default mail. Install an SMTP plugin (e.g. WP Mail SMTP), two minutes, fixes it permanently.
Running a firewall? It can block the first Add to Cart. The fix is one click, covered in Checkout setup.

You’re done, what’s next

Need a hand?

Use the contact form, answered by a working print shop within 1–2 business days.

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