@carbootstudio
In fact I've now tried to add an image to the homepage, and its still blank after publishing. So definitely not a woocommerce issue.
I do have this message on my account but I don't know what to do with it? When I follow the link its not clear what I'm to do.
"Your theme (Lay Theme) contains outdated copies of some WooCommerce template files. These files may need updating to ensure they are compatible with the current version of WooCommerce. Suggestions to fix this:
Update your theme to the latest version. If no update is available contact your theme author asking about compatibility with the current WooCommerce version.
If you copied over a template file to change something, then you will need to copy the new version of the template and apply your changes again."
And also this is showing in my system report:
SoapClient: Your server does not have the SoapClient class enabled - some gateway plugins which use SOAP may not work as expected.
Best wishes,
Katie