Description
NexVendor – Simple Multi-Vendor Marketplace converts an existing WooCommerce store into a lightweight multi-vendor marketplace. Vendors can register from the frontend, list simple products, view and fulfil only their own orders, track earnings, and request manual payouts. Admins moderate vendors and products, configure commission rules, and process payouts from a dedicated WooCommerce admin screen.
This plugin is intentionally a simple MVP: it does not add custom database tables (it uses WordPress user meta, post meta, and a lightweight internal post type for payout requests), does not modify any WooCommerce core files, and avoids advanced features like vendor subscriptions, vendor shipping zones, vendor coupons, or automated split payments — these are left for future versions.
Core features
- Frontend vendor registration (
[nexvendor_marketplace_vendor_registration]) with admin approval workflow - Frontend vendor dashboard (
[nexvendor_marketplace_vendor_dashboard]): overview, products, orders, earnings, store settings - Vendors can add/edit/delete their own simple WooCommerce products, with optional admin approval before products go live
- Orders automatically attributed to the correct vendor per line item, with vendor-only visibility into their own sales and limited shipping details
- Configurable global commission (percentage or fixed amount), calculated and frozen per order item at checkout time
- Vendor earnings tracking: gross sales, commission, pending vs. available balance, and paid totals
- Manual payout request system with admin-managed status (pending / processing / paid / rejected)
- Public vendor storefront pages at
/vendor/store-slug/ - A dedicated WooCommerce Marketplace admin area: dashboard, vendors, products, commission, payouts, settings
Security
- All state-changing requests are nonce-protected and capability-checked
- Vendors can only ever read, edit, or delete data they own — ownership is re-verified server-side on every request, never trusted from form fields
- Vendors are blocked from the wp-admin dashboard by default and redirected to their frontend dashboard
- All user input is sanitized on the way in and escaped on the way out
- No custom database tables, no direct unprepared SQL
Requirements
- WordPress 6.0+
- WooCommerce 7.0+ (must be installed and active)
- PHP 7.4+
Installation
- Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active.
- Upload the plugin files to
/wp-content/plugins/nexvendor-marketplace, or install the plugin through the WordPress Plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
- Create a page containing the
[nexvendor_marketplace_vendor_registration]shortcode, and another page containing the[nexvendor_marketplace_vendor_dashboard]shortcode. - Go to WooCommerce Marketplace Settings and select those two pages, set your commission rate, and review approval settings.
- Approve your first vendor under WooCommerce Marketplace Vendors.
If the dashboard/registration pages are not explicitly selected in Settings, the plugin will automatically try to detect a published page containing the matching shortcode, so vendors are not redirected to the homepage.
FAQ
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Does this modify WooCommerce core files?
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No. The plugin only hooks into WooCommerce and WordPress through standard, documented actions and filters.
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Does it create custom database tables?
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No. Vendor data is stored as WordPress user meta, product ownership as post meta, and payout requests as a lightweight internal (non-public) post type.
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Can vendors sell variable products?
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Not in version 1. Only simple WooCommerce products are supported for now.
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How are commissions calculated?
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Per order line item, at checkout time, using either a global percentage or fixed amount (with the ability to override per vendor via user meta). The calculated split is frozen onto the order item so it stays accurate even if you change the global rate later.
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How do vendors get paid?
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Version 1 ships with a manual payout system only. Vendors request a payout against their available balance, and the admin marks it as processing/paid/rejected from WooCommerce Marketplace Payouts. There is no automated payment gateway payout yet.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release: vendor registration/approval, product management, order attribution, commission engine, manual payouts, vendor storefronts, and the WooCommerce Marketplace admin area.