How to Configure Conditional Shipping and Payments Plugin on your WooCommerce Store
Creating a custom condition using the plugin can be done with a couple of clicks and usually doesn’t require any documentation or specialized knowledge; however, below, I will break down the entire process for you into a step-by-step.
1. Install and activate the plugin
You can download the plugin right after purchasing it from the “Thank you” page or anytime from the “Downloads” page in the “Members’ area”.
Once you’ve done that, in the WooCommerce admin dashboard, you need to navigate to the “Plugins > Add New” page and upload the plugin. Then activate it. If you’re using a WooCommerce multisite network, and you need the plugin on every store, then I would recommend network-activating it.
2. Create a conditional rule (for payments or shipping)
To create a conditional rule, please go to WooCommerce > Settings > Conditions, and then, depending on the type of condition you want to create, you need to select either the “Payment conditions” or “Shipping conditions” tab.
Let’s say that I decided to choose conditional shipping for now:
Now, we just need to click the “Add shipping condition” button:
The following actions are currently available in the plugin:
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Disable methods (payment and shipping methods) | You can deactivate one or multiple shipping methods or payment gateways when a condition is satisfied. |
| Enable methods (payment and shipping methods) | This option allows only selected methods from all available on your store for customers when a condition is satisfied. It also means that if you have some payment gateways not enabled and not configured in the WooCommerce settings, the plugin will not affect them. The same applies for shipping methods. |
| Set “No methods available” message | This option allows only selected methods from all available on your store for customers when a condition is satisfied. It also means that if you have some payment gateways not enabled and not configured in the WooCommerce settings, the plugin will not affect them. The same applies to shipping methods. |
Once we have decided which action we are going to use, it is time to configure conditions.
Below is the list of all available shipping and payment conditions:
| Condition | Description |
|---|---|
| Product | If the cart (or a WooCommerce order) contains a selected product. |
| Product category, Product tag, Product brand | If there are products from a selected category (tag or brand) in the cart (or in an order). |
| Product types | If there are products of selected types in the cart, for example, a variable product or a subscription product. |
| User | If it is a specific selected customer. |
| User roles | If a customer is logged in and has one of the selected user roles. |
| Country (billing and shipping) | If the customer’s country matches the selected one (you can choose between billing or shipping country, or both). |
| Postcode (billing and shipping) | If the customer’s postcode matches the selected one |
| Coupons | If the selected coupon codes were used. |
| Shipping class | If there are products with this specific shipping class in the cart (or in a WooCommerce order). |
| Number of items | If there is a selected number of items in the cart/order. You can also choose the comparison operators: =, <, <=, >, => |
| Total weight | Satisfied if total cart weight is lower <, lower or equal <=, greater >, or greater or equal >= than a defined value. |
| Cart subtotal | Satisfied if cart subtotal is lower <, lower or equal <=, greater >, or greater or equal >= than a defined value. |
| Day of the week | If an order is placed on a specific day (or days) of the week. |
| Date | Allows you to set a specific date as a condition, or a date interval. You can also choose the comparison operators: =, <, <=, >, => |
| Time of day | Allows you to set a specific time of day as a condition, or a time interval. |
3. Create multiple conditions within a single conditional rule
Since version 2.0, the plugin allows you to create multiple “AND” conditions within a single rule, which means that, for this rule to be applied, all its conditions should be met.
For example, let’s say you would like to disable payment methods when the total cart weight is less than 5kg (for example), but you don’t want this rule to be applied for all products, but only for products in a specific category! In that case, you will need multiple conditions, and it would probably be great to notify customers that they need to order more.
Below is an example of these conditions:
4. Configure the WooCommerce conditional shipping and payments plugin
Last but not least, we can also take a look at the plugin settings, which you can find under the “General” tab.
