Title: Brightfern E-Invoicing for WooCommerce Author: ombel Published: August 14, 2026 Last modified: August 14, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce. svg) # Brightfern E-Invoicing for WooCommerce By [ombel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ombel/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce.0.1.5.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/) ## Description Brightfern turns your WooCommerce orders into compliant **EN 16931** structured e-invoices (Peppol BIS Billing 3.0), with three core capabilities: * **It also receives.** Not just sending — Brightfern receives inbound e-invoices into a WooCommerce inbox and matches them to your orders. Being able to receive is mandatory for all French businesses from September 2026, even before they must issue. * **It doesn’t lock you to one network.** Brightfern is **provider-agnostic**: bring your own certified Access Point. No per-document markup, no lock-in. * **It validates before it sends.** A pre-flight gate checks your invoice against the Peppol rules, confirms the buyer is actually reachable on the network (SMP lookup), and validates their VAT number and name (VIES) — so “it will arrive and be accepted”, instead of finding out days later. Correct on the hard cases: mixed VAT rates, discounts, reverse charge, intra-community supply, exempt small businesses, and cent-accurate rounding. #### Free vs Pro * **Free:** generate the e-invoice (and credit notes) from an order, run the full validation + recipient - VAT checks, download the XML, and **receive** inbound e-invoices into the WooCommerce inbox. * **Pro:** transmit outbound over Peppol, delivery/status tracking, and national formats. #### Compliance notes EN 16931 is the semantic model; Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 is the UBL syntax used for transmission. National systems such as Poland’s KSeF are separate from Peppol and are on the roadmap — Brightfern is architected for them from day one. Brightfern integrates a certified Access Point provider’s API; it is not itself a certified Access Point. ### External services This plugin’s free pre-flight validation and inbound-receiving features connect to the following third-party and public infrastructure services. No invoice line items, prices, or customer personal data beyond what is listed below are ever sent. * **VIES (VAT Information Exchange System)**, operated by the European Commission. Used to confirm that the buyer’s VAT number is valid and to check the registered business name, as part of the free pre-flight validation shown before you download an invoice. Only the buyer’s VAT number is sent, and only when you trigger validation for that order. [Terms of use](https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/#/disclaimer), [Privacy Policy](https://ec.europa.eu/info/privacy-policy_en). * **Peppol SML/SMP network**, the DNS- and HTTP-based lookup infrastructure of the Peppol e-delivery network, governed by OpenPeppol and built on the European Commission’s eDelivery building block. Used to confirm the buyer’s Peppol participant identifier (VAT/company id + electronic address scheme) is registered and can receive documents. Only that identifier is sent, as part of the free pre-flight validation; no invoice content is transmitted. [OpenPeppol](https://peppol.org/). * **Storecove**, one of several certified Peppol Access Points you can configure under WooCommerce E-Invoicing. Brightfern is provider-agnostic and ships Storecove’s API base URL only as a pre-filled example — you may point it at any certified Access Point, or leave the bundled offline **Mock** provider selected to use the plugin without any external service. When Storecove (or any configured provider) is selected, the plugin polls it for inbound e-invoices addressed to you (free tier) and, on the Pro tier, transmits outbound invoices through it. [Storecove](https://www.storecove.com/), [Privacy Policy](https://www.storecove.com/fileadmin/editors-filemount/documents/Data_Privacy_Policy_Storecove_final_website.pdf). ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin (WooCommerce required). 2. Go to **WooCommerce E-Invoicing** and fill in your seller identity (legal name, VAT number, Peppol electronic address, address, IBAN). 3. Choose your Access Point provider and enter its credentials (or keep **Mock** to try it offline). 4. Pick the order status that should generate an invoice (default: Completed). 5. (Receiving) Set a webhook secret and paste the shown webhook URL into your provider, or enable polling. ## FAQ ### Do I need to be a certified Peppol Access Point? No. You connect your own certified provider; Brightfern speaks to it through a provider- agnostic interface. ### Which countries are supported? Belgium (Peppol BIS UBL) is fully supported. France works over Peppol today; the domestic Factur-X PDF hybrid is on the roadmap. Germany (XRechnung) and Poland ( KSeF) are planned. ### Can it receive invoices, not just send? Yes — that’s a core feature. Received documents appear in a WooCommerce inbox and are matched to orders. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Brightfern E-Invoicing for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ ombel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ombel/) * [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/) [Translate “Brightfern E-Invoicing for WooCommerce” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.1.5 * Added Dutch, French and German translations (in addition to English). Set the site or user language under Settings General (or your user profile) to switch. #### 0.1.4 * Text domain now matches the assigned WordPress.org slug, brightfern-e-invoicing- for-woocommerce. * Reworded the description to drop comparative language about other plugins. * Documented the third-party/public services this plugin calls (VIES, the Peppol SML/SMP network, and the configurable Access Point provider) in a new “External services” section below. #### 0.1.3 * Fixed the settings form: a naming mismatch introduced during the rename made every save silently discard the submitted values (and clear stored ones). * Added a Payment means (BT-81) setting: credit transfer or SEPA credit transfer. * Fixed the licensing menu wiring so account/opt-in screens render on the settings page instead of a permissions error. * Inbound XML is now parsed with network access disabled (LIBXML_NONET). * Corrected the Contributors header to the actual WordPress.org account. * Removed the Plugin URI header: it duplicated the Author URI, which WordPress. org rejects. There is no separate product page yet. #### 0.1.2 * Providers reference the premium send types by fully-qualified name, so the free build carries no imports pointing at the stripped directory. #### 0.1.1 * Outbound Peppol transmission is now excluded from the WordPress.org build rather than disabled at runtime, per plugin directory guideline 5. * Receiving inbound e-invoices moved from Pro to free. * Uninstall cleanup now also clears the polling cron on a normal uninstall. #### 0.1.0 * Initial MVP: EN 16931 mapping, Peppol BIS UBL serialization, three-layer pre- flight validation (business rules + optional XSD + optional schematron), SMP recipient lookup, VIES VAT check, provider-agnostic send + receive (Storecove reference provider + offline mock), admin inbox, order metabox, settings. ## Meta * Version **0.1.5** * Last updated **6 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.4** * PHP version ** 8.1 or higher ** * Tags * [e-invoicing](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/e-invoicing/)[factur-x](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/factur-x/) [peppol](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/peppol/)[woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ ombel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ombel/) * [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/brightfern-e-invoicing-for-woocommerce/)