Description
PODSync is a Printful integration for WooCommerce. It copies your Printful products into
WooCommerce and keeps them up to date — the sync part of running print on demand, done so
you can trust it.
It is built around one idea: a sync tool is only useful if you can trust it. So PODSync
never fails quietly, never deletes anything in your shop, and checks its own surroundings
before it runs.
What it does
- Copies products, prices and availability from Printful into WooCommerce
- Runs automatically every hour, or on demand
- Adds new products as drafts, so you decide when they go live
- Skips anything Printful sends incompletely, and says so, instead of writing half a product
- Removes repeated variants, so the same item is never added twice
- Shows a plain-language activity log of every run
What it will never do
- Delete or overwrite products it did not create
- Change your shop silently
- Take over your dashboard with notices and adverts
Built to keep working
Most print-on-demand sync trouble is not exotic: a WordPress update breaks the plugin, a
proxy in front of the site blocks outgoing requests, or a request fails and nobody is told.
PODSync checks for all three and reports what it finds in one place.
External services
This plugin connects to Printful, the print-on-demand service, to read the
products in your Printful store so they can be copied into WooCommerce.
- What is sent: the access token you enter, and nothing else. No shop data,
customer data or order data is sent anywhere. - When: only after you save an access token — once an hour, and whenever you
press “Sync now”. The plugin makes no outside requests before that, apart from
a single connection test on its own settings screen. - Where: api.printful.com only. Nothing is sent to the plugin author or to
any third party.
Printful terms of service: https://www.printful.com/policies/terms-of-service
Printful privacy policy: https://www.printful.com/policies/privacy
This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by Printful. “Printful” is a
trademark of Printful Inc. and is used here only to say what the plugin works
with.
Screenshots
Installation
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Go to WooCommerce -> PODSync.
- Paste your Printful access token and press Save.
- Press Sync now, or wait for the hourly sync.
FAQ
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Where do I get an access token?
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In your Printful dashboard, under Developers. The token is stored on your own site and is
never sent anywhere except to Printful. -
Will it change products I already have?
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Only products PODSync created are updated. Everything else is left alone, and nothing is
ever deleted. -
Why do new products arrive as drafts?
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So that nothing appears in your shop before you have looked at it.
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Does it place orders with Printful?
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Not in this plugin. Product, price and availability sync only — the parts that cannot cost
you a sale if something goes wrong. Order routing lives in the paid add-on described below. -
I need every size and colour, not just one variant
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This plugin creates simple products from the first variant. A separate paid add-on,
PODSync Pro, turns every size and colour into a real WooCommerce variation and can send
paid orders to Printful. It is an add-on: it never switches anything off here, and this
plugin stays complete on its own. Details and price:
https://podsync.lifeinsight-365.com/podsync-pro
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Contributors & Developers
“PODSync for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
0.1.1
- Fixed: syncing twice in the same request could fail if a product had been deleted in between.
- Added a FAQ entry explaining which parts are handled by the separate paid add-on.
- Added a plain comparison of what this plugin does and what the paid add-on adds, with
the steps to install it. Nothing here is switched off or held back.
0.1.0
- First release: product, price and availability sync, self-check, activity log.