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WooCommerce supports a number of built-in order statuses, however, if you intend on using order statuses to manage your order fulfillment processes<\/a>, you will need to create custom order statuses. In this article, we will take a look at a number of popular free and premium WooCommerce custom order status plugins<\/strong>. We will also take a look at using code snippets<\/strong> to implement a custom order status without the help of a plugin.<\/p>\n When a customer makes a purchase on a WooCommerce<\/a> store, an order is created in the WooCommerce back-end. Each order is assigned an order status that is used to determine the progress of an order. Order statuses are updated automatically when certain events take place (e.g Payments, Refunds) or they can be updated in WooCommerce when editing an order. Order statuses can also be managed using order fulfillment management tools<\/a> like FooSales WooCommerce POS<\/a>.<\/p>\n WooCommerce supports the following default order statuses:<\/p>\n As illustrated in the diagram above, once payment has been received, WooCommerce changes the order status to Processing<\/strong>. This status is meant to represent the fulfillment process and is typically changed to Completed<\/strong> once the order has been successfully delivered or collected by the customer. The problem is that the term ‘Processing’ is a broad term and does not convey much meaning to the customer or team handling the fulfillment of orders. In order to accurately convey the status of an order, you will need to add additional order statuses that reflect your store’s fulfillment workflow. The following graph illustrates how custom order statuses can be used to track the various stages in the fulfillment of an order.<\/p>\n Using custom order statuses in such a manner will provide you with a basic framework to manage each step of an order’s lifespan. For example, using order filters, you can easily view a list of orders that still require packing or that are waiting to be collected for delivery. Granular control of your order fulfillment process will improve collaboration amongst your team and ensure that your customers receive their orders quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n If all you require is the ability to create WooCommerce order statuses, then the following free plugins are great options. Creating and managing custom order statuses is straightforward and all three plugins offer the ability to set a label color for each order status. In addition to creating and managing custom order statuses, two of the plugins offer the ability to send email notifications to customers when an order status is changed. The third plugin only offers this ability in its pro offering. The email notification functionality included in these plugins is very basic so we recommend using a reputable WordPress SMTP plugin<\/a> to ensure reliable delivery, as well as an email logger plugin<\/a> to track any potential delivery issues.<\/p>\n This plugin is one of the simplest and easiest to use. It is ideal if all you require is the ability to add custom order statuses, without all the bells and whistles. It has been around for many years and has a fair number of installs and seems well-supported by the plugin author, but we recommend that you do your own due diligence just to be safe.<\/p>\n This option is similar to the previous free plugin, however, it includes additional settings such as support for icons, admin notifications, and the ability to set order statuses based on payment methods. It is also supported by a larger team and has a greater number of active installs.<\/p>\n This option offers similar functionality to the other free options, however, they also offer a pro version<\/a> with more advanced features. You can take the pro version for a test drive using their free admin demo<\/a>. The free version includes the following features:<\/p>\n The following features are only available in the pro version:<\/p>\n In addition to making it possible to create custom order statuses, the following premium plugins include various advanced features to help streamline your processes and automate manual tasks. These features are not required in order to implement a workflow such as the one outlined in this article, however, they can add value in other areas. Both these plugins are developed by reputable plugin development companies and are sold via the official WooCommerce Marketplace<\/a>. This means that you are assured a level of quality<\/a> and access to support and documentation.<\/p>\n This plugin was released in 2015 and is by far the most advanced and popular custom order status plugin (10k+ installs). It may be overkill if you simply need to add custom order statuses, however, many of the features can be used to further enhance and automate your order fulfillment process.<\/p>\n This is a newer plugin and was released at the end of 2022. For the most part, it offers similar features to the other plugins listed in this article, however, it also offers a number of unique conditions that can be used to update the order status.<\/p>\n Alternatively, you can create custom order statuses by adding a code snippet to your Functions.php<\/em> file. The following code is adapted from this tutorial by Cloudways<\/a> and adds a Ready for Collection<\/strong> custom order status after the default Processing<\/strong>\u00a0order status.<\/p>\n Cloudways do a great job explaining the code so be sure to have a close look at their tutorial.<\/p>\n WooCommerce custom order statuses are a simple and effective way to track the progress of an order and provide meaningful information to your customers. 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are order statuses?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nFree custom order status plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Ni WooCommerce Custom Order Status<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Custom Order Status Manager for WooCommerce<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n
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Custom Order Status for WooCommerce<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Premium custom order status plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n
WooCommerce Order Status Manager<\/a><\/strong> by SkyVerge<\/h4>\n
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Custom Order Status<\/a><\/strong> by Addify<\/h4>\n
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Add custom order statuses using a code snippet<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nfunction foo_ready_for_collection_order_status() {\r\n register_post_status( 'wc-ready-for-collection', array(\r\n 'label' => 'Ready for Collection',\r\n 'public' => true,\r\n 'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,\r\n 'show_in_admin_all_list' => true,\r\n 'exclude_from_search' => false,\r\n 'label_count' => _n_noop( 'Ready for Collection (%s)<\/span>', 'Ready for Collection (%s)<\/span>' )\r\n ) );\r\n}\r\nadd_action( 'init', 'foo_ready_for_collection_order_status' );\r\n\r\n\r\nfunction add_foo_ready_for_collection_order_statuses( $order_statuses ) {\r\n $new_order_statuses = array();\r\n foreach ( $order_statuses as $key => $status ) {\r\n $new_order_statuses[ $key ] = $status;\r\n if ( 'wc-processing' === $key ) {\r\n $new_order_statuses['wc-ready-for-collection'] = 'Ready for Collection';\r\n }\r\n }\r\n return $new_order_statuses;\r\n}\r\nadd_filter( 'wc_order_statuses', 'add_foo_ready_for_collection_order_statuses' );\r\n<\/pre>\nVerdict<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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