Title: Central do Frete Author: centraldofrete Published: August 27, 2026 Last modified: August 27, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/central-do-frete/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3669526) ![](https://ps.w.org/central-do-frete/assets/icon.svg?rev=3669526) # Central do Frete By [centraldofrete](https://profiles.wordpress.org/centraldofrete/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/central-do-frete.3.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/central-do-frete/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/central-do-frete/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/central-do-frete/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/central-do-frete/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/central-do-frete/) ## Description Central do Frete sits between your store and the carriers. We select carriers on real performance – delivery time, damage rate and support – not on who pays to be listed, and we stay on the shipment after it leaves: the carrier moves your cargo, we are the ones who follow it and chase the carrier when something goes wrong. This plugin brings that into the WooCommerce checkout. The shopper sees prices and delivery estimates from the carriers your account already has, in a single request, and you do not set up carrier by carrier. **A Central do Frete account is required.** The plugin does not calculate freight on its own. It queries the service using your account access token. #### Features * Offer freight in the cart and at checkout, from carriers rated on real performance * Shipping calculator on the product page, before the item is added to the cart * Cargo type per product, or a single default for the whole store * Shipping class restriction, so you choose which classes Central do Frete serves * Display control: all carriers, the three cheapest, or only the cheapest and the fastest * Extra handling days and a handling fee added on top of the quoted price * Default dimensions for products with no weight or measurements * Quote caching to reduce calls to the service * Compatible with HPOS, the classic checkout and the block checkout #### External service This plugin depends on the Central do Frete service and sends data to the API at` https://api.centraldofrete.com` every time a quote is calculated. The plugin does not work without it. Data sent on each quote: * The destination postcode entered by the shopper, and the store postcode as the origin. A store with no postcode of its own sends no origin, and the quote then leaves from the pickup address registered in your Central do Frete account * Weight, height, width, length and quantity of the cart volumes * Total value of the products, used as the invoice amount * Cargo type configured on the products * Recipient name and CPF or CNPJ (Brazilian tax IDs), **only when** those fields exist in the store checkout (for example through Brazilian extra checkout field plugins) and are filled in. They are used for more accurate quotes and can be avoided, see the FAQ. Your account access token is sent with every request, for authentication. Terms of use: https://centraldofrete.com/termos Privacy policy: https://centraldofrete. com/privacidade By installing and configuring the plugin you agree to send this data to Central do Frete. No quote is requested before the token is configured and the shipping method is added to a shipping zone. ## Screenshots [⌊Connect the store to your Central do Frete account with the access token, and choose how the rates are displayed at checkout.⌉⌊Connect the store to your Central do Frete account with the access token, and choose how the rates are displayed at checkout.⌉[ Connect the store to your Central do Frete account with the access token, and choose how the rates are displayed at checkout. [⌊Shipping class restriction: pick which classes Central do Frete serves, and how a mixed cart behaves.⌉⌊Shipping class restriction: pick which classes Central do Frete serves, and how a mixed cart behaves.⌉[ Shipping class restriction: pick which classes Central do Frete serves, and how a mixed cart behaves. [⌊Carrier options at the cart, with logo, delivery estimate and price.⌉⌊Carrier options at the cart, with logo, delivery estimate and price.⌉[ Carrier options at the cart, with logo, delivery estimate and price. [⌊Shipping calculator on the product page, so the shopper checks the freight before adding the item to the cart.⌉⌊Shipping calculator on the product page, so the shopper checks the freight before adding the item to the cart.⌉[ Shipping calculator on the product page, so the shopper checks the freight before adding the item to the cart. ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin under **Plugins › Add New** 2. Go to **WooCommerce › Settings › Shipping** and open (or create) a shipping zone for Brazil 3. Click **Add shipping method** and choose **Central do Frete** 4. Edit the method and paste your **access token**, available at app.centraldofrete. com under Integrações › API 5. Save, then click **Atualizar Tipos de Carga** to load the cargo types available in your account 6. Make sure the store postcode is set under **WooCommerce › Settings › General**, and that your products have weight and dimensions ## FAQ ### Do I need a Central do Frete account? Yes. The plugin is the interface to your account inside WooCommerce. Without the access token it cannot quote anything. ### What does Central do Frete do that a carrier plugin does not? We choose which carriers you get to compare, and we keep following the shipment. Carriers are selected on measured performance and reviewed every quarter on delivery time, damage rate and support. When a shipment goes wrong, chasing the carrier is our job, not yours. ### Does the plugin charge anything? The plugin is free. You pay for the freight you contract through Central do Frete, according to the terms of your account. ### How do I stop Central do Frete from quoting some products? Use shipping classes. Create the class under **WooCommerce › Settings › Shipping› Shipping classes**, assign your products in the Shipping tab, and in the method settings choose between serving only the selected classes or every class except them. If a cart ends up with no shipping method available the shopper cannot complete the order, so keep another method in the same zone for the products you leave out. ### Is my customer’s CPF or CNPJ sent to the service? Only when those checkout fields exist and are filled in. If you would rather not send them, remove or leave the `billing_cpf` and `billing_cnpj` fields empty, or filter the value in your theme. Quoting works without them. ### Can I decide in code when Central do Frete shows up? Yes. The `woocommerce_shipping_centraldofrete_is_available` filter receives the plugin decision and has the final say. ### Quotes are wrong or do not show up Turn on **Modo debug** in the method settings and check the logs under **WooCommerce› Status › Logs**, in the `central-do-frete-*` file. The most common causes are products without weight and dimensions, an invalid token, and an origin that is not where the freight actually leaves from – the method settings screen states which postcode the quotes are using. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Central do Frete” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ centraldofrete ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/centraldofrete/) [Translate “Central do Frete” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/central-do-frete) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/central-do-frete/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/central-do-frete/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/central-do-frete/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/central-do-frete/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.2.0 * A store with no postcode of its own now gets quotes: the request goes out with no origin and Central do Frete uses the pickup address registered in your account. Until now the plugin gave up and offered no freight at all * The method settings screen states which postcode the quotes leave from, and says so as a warning when that is the account’s pickup address instead of the store address, because a different origin changes both the price and the list of carriers * Stores that use Central do Frete in more than one shipping zone no longer read another zone’s settings: the product page calculator answers with the zone the shopper’s postcode falls into, and applies that zone’s shipping class restriction * Debug mode now writes logs whenever any shipping zone has it turned on, instead of depending on which zone the database returned first * Cached quotes are now separated per Central do Frete account, so two shipping zones with different tokens cannot read each other’s prices. Every cached quote is discarded once on update * `Cdfrete_Shipping_Method::get_settings()` was removed. It answered with an arbitrary shipping zone; use `get_settings_for_destination()`, `get_instance_settings()` or `get_all_settings()` #### 3.1.1 * The cargo type button on the settings screen now loads its script through the WordPress script queue instead of printing it inline * Every class, constant, hook, handle and style name carries the longer cdfrete prefix, so the plugin cannot collide with another one * The per-product cargo type moved to a prefixed meta key; the previous key is still read, so saved products keep their setting * The access token and the shopper’s name and tax id are no longer written to the WooCommerce log * Carrier names containing “&” are no longer shown escaped twice in the product page calculator * The product page calculator’s own messages are now translatable * A quote is no longer returned for a product the shop has not published * Cart and checkout quotes now share the versioned cache key, so a cache format change clears them too * The postcode field has a proper label, results are announced to screen readers, and the decorative icon is hidden from them * Settings, shipping zones, saved cargo types and the data recorded on existing orders are untouched by this update #### 3.1.0 * Shipping class restriction, configured per shipping zone * The product page calculator follows the same restriction * Saving the settings now invalidates the WooCommerce shipping rate cache * Automated tests for the shipping class rule #### 3.0.0 * Full rewrite of the plugin * Quote caching with transients * Shipping calculator on the product page * Carrier logos in the rate label * HPOS compatibility * Reorganized settings screen * Structured logs #### 2.0.x * Previous version ## Meta * Version **3.2.0** * Last updated **4 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [brazil](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/brazil/)[carriers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/carriers/) [freight](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/freight/)[shipping](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shipping/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/central-do-frete/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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