Title: OrderBay Lite Author: Tillpress Published: October 20, 2026 Last modified: October 20, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/orderbay-lite/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3757157) ![](https://ps.w.org/orderbay-lite/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3757157) # OrderBay Lite By [Tillpress](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alextechgamer/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/orderbay-lite.1.3.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/orderbay-lite/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/orderbay-lite/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/orderbay-lite/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/orderbay-lite/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/orderbay-lite/) ## Description OrderBay Lite adds the invoicing tools a WooCommerce store legally needs — free forever, no license key, no account, no phone-home. * PDF invoice for every order, made on your own server: a Download PDF button on the order screen, the orders list, and the customer’s My Account, plus a printable view (browser Print Save as PDF) * PDF invoice attached to WooCommerce emails: Completed order and Customer invoice by default; Processing order, Refunded order (credit note PDF), and the admin New order email can be ticked too * Sequential, race-free invoice numbers with configurable prefix, format tokens({ PREFIX} {YYYY} {MM} {SEQ:5} …), and yearly/monthly counter reset * Credit note numbers and a printable credit note for refunded orders * Packing slips: a price-free print view with items, SKUs, quantities, variation details, ship-to address, and customer note * Customers can download the PDF or print their own invoice from My Account (owner- only, nonce-protected) * E-invoice XML export: UBL 2.1 (Peppol BIS Billing 3.0) and UN/CEFACT CII (Factur- X EN16931 profile), with a seller-details readiness checklist. The UBL carries the seller’s and buyer’s Peppol IDs, worked out from their VAT numbers or entered by hand * EU withdrawal button: a “Withdraw from contract here” link and page, a confirmation step, and emailed acknowledgements, as EU consumer law has required since 19 June 2026 (off until you turn it on) * Invoice numbers are immutable once assigned and survive plugin updates * Compatible with WooCommerce HPOS and block checkout * Help & demo page: one-click demo order with invoice, credit note, UBL, and CII, and a support ticket form Not tax advice: invoice layout, numbering, VAT lines, and e-invoice files are tools— confirm legal requirements with your accountant or tax adviser. The e-invoice XML is an EN16931 baseline export; validate it with an official validator before relying on it, and note that OrderBay Lite does not transmit anything to the Peppol network. #### Bundled libraries PDFs are made by Dompdf, bundled inside the plugin (lib/vendor/oblt-dompdf) so it works on any host with the PHP mbstring and dom extensions. Remote fetching and embedded PHP are turned off; a logo stored on your site is read from disk. Each library keeps its license file: * Dompdf 3.1.6 — LGPL-2.1 — https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf * php-font-lib 1.0.2 — LGPL-2.1-or-later — https://github.com/dompdf/php-font-lib * php-svg-lib 1.0.2 — LGPL-3.0-or-later — https://github.com/dompdf/php-svg-lib * masterminds/html5 2.9.0 — MIT — https://github.com/Masterminds/html5-php * sabberworm/php-css-parser 8.7.0 — MIT — https://github.com/MyIntervals/PHP-CSS- Parser * DejaVu Sans font (shipped with Dompdf) — Bitstream Vera / DejaVu license (free) A paid **OrderBay** plugin (delivery notes, shipping labels, proforma invoices, bulk printing, barcodes/QR, fulfillment desk, and more) is sold separately at https:// tillpress.com/orderbay/. It is a different plugin. This Lite plugin is complete and is never locked. ### External services OrderBay Lite has no license check, no telemetry, no account, and makes no outbound requests during normal use. All documents are generated on your own site. The one exception is a support ticket you choose to send. **Support tickets (only when you send one):** the Help & demo page has a support form. When an administrator fills it in, ticks the consent box, and presses **Send ticket**, the plugin sends the name, reply-to email, topic, subject, message, this site’s address, and (if ticked) a system report of WordPress/WooCommerce/PHP versions, theme, and active plugin names to the Tillpress support desk at `https://tillpress. com/wp-json/tp/v1/support`. Nothing is sent automatically, in the background, or on a schedule, and no passwords, keys, or customer/order data are included. Service provider: Tillpress (Alex Software Holdings LLC). Privacy policy: https://tillpress. com/privacy/ — Terms: https://tillpress.com/terms/ . “Email instead” opens the same ticket in your own email app and sends nothing from the site. ## Screenshots [⌊Invoice print view — browser Print / Save as PDF.⌉⌊Invoice print view — browser Print / Save as PDF.⌉[ Invoice print view — browser Print / Save as PDF. [⌊Settings: business details, logo, VAT / Tax ID, and invoice number format with tokens and yearly/monthly reset.⌉⌊Settings: business details, logo, VAT / Tax ID, and invoice number format with tokens and yearly/monthly reset.⌉[ Settings: business details, logo, VAT / Tax ID, and invoice number format with tokens and yearly/monthly reset. [⌊Order screen buttons: Invoice, E-invoice UBL, E-invoice CII (Factur-X).⌉⌊Order screen buttons: Invoice, E-invoice UBL, E-invoice CII (Factur-X).⌉[ Order screen buttons: Invoice, E-invoice UBL, E-invoice CII (Factur-X). [⌊Customer My Account invoice download.⌉⌊Customer My Account invoice download.⌉[ Customer My Account invoice download. ## Installation 1. Upload the `orderbay-lite` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` 2. Activate through the Plugins menu (WooCommerce must be active) 3. Open **WooCommerce OrderBay Lite** and enter your business name/address, VAT / Tax ID, logo URL, and invoice number format 4. Print an invoice or packing slip, or download the invoice PDF, from any order screen( Invoice / Packing slip / Download PDF buttons) or the orders list 5. Choose which WooCommerce emails carry the invoice PDF under **PDF invoices in emails**( Completed order and Customer invoice are ticked by default) ## FAQ ### Is there a license key or trial? No. Every feature listed above works without a key, trial, or phone-home to the author. ### How do invoice numbers work? The first time an invoice is printed, downloaded as a PDF, or attached to an email, the order is assigned the next sequential number. The counter increments atomically in the database, so two simultaneous prints can never receive the same number. Numbers are immutable once assigned. ### Can customers download their invoice? Yes. Logged-in customers get “Invoice” and “Invoice PDF” buttons on My Account Orders, and “Print invoice” and “Download PDF” on the order view page. Only the customer account that placed the order (or store staff) can open them; guest orders are not reachable from My Account. ### What e-invoice formats are supported? UBL 2.1 (Peppol BIS Billing 3.0) and UN/CEFACT CII (the XML a Factur-X PDF embeds), both EN16931-baseline. Export only — validate with an official EN16931/Peppol validator before production use. A Factur-X PDF button additionally appears if your host has the horstoeko/zugferd library installed; OrderBay Lite does not bundle it. ### Does it generate PDFs? Yes. OrderBay Lite bundles the Dompdf PDF engine, so the Download PDF buttons and email attachments work on any host with the PHP mbstring and dom extensions (standard on almost every host). Nothing else needs installing, and the PDF is made on your own server; nothing is sent to an outside service. The browser Print Save as PDF view is still there. ### Which emails get the invoice PDF? By default the customer’s Completed order and Customer invoice / Order details emails. Under **WooCommerce OrderBay Lite PDF invoices in emails** you can turn attachments off, or also tick Processing order, Refunded order, and the admin New order email. Admin emails never get a PDF unless you tick one. The Refunded order email carries the credit note PDF, and only when the order already has a credit note number (Lite never issues one just because an email is sent). If a PDF cannot be made, the email still goes out without it and the reason is logged under WooCommerce Status Logs( source: orderbay-lite). ### Where are the email PDFs stored? Only briefly, in wp-content/uploads/orderbay-lite-tmp/ (blocked from web access, random folder names). Each file is deleted as soon as the email is sent or fails, and an hourly clean-up removes anything older than an hour. ### How do I get support? Open **WooCommerce OrderBay Lite help**. The support form there sends your ticket straight to the Tillpress support desk at tillpress.com after you tick the consent box and press Send ticket; you get a ticket number on screen and the reply comes by email. It includes your name, email, message, this site’s address, and (optional) a system report of versions, theme, and active plugins; never passwords, keys, or customer data. Prefer email? “Email instead” opens the same ticket in your own email app. You can also use the WordPress.org support forum for this plugin or https:// tillpress.com/support/. Replies Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 Pacific Time; first reply within one business day. ### Is there a demo? Yes. On **WooCommerce OrderBay Lite help**, click **Create demo data**. It creates one completed order with a partial refund, numbered DEMO-INV-0001 and DEMO-CN-0001, so you can open the invoice, the credit note, and the UBL and CII e-invoice XML. Your real invoice and credit note counters are not touched. Everything is labelled“ Demo”, never emailed, and removed with one click (or when you uninstall the plugin). ### Does the plugin advertise anything? Only on its own Help & demo page: one box describing the paid OrderBay plugin with an optional 20% discount code. It can be hidden for good with “Hide this offer”. There are no dashboard-wide notices, no tracking, and no referral IDs. ### What if I also install OrderBay (the paid plugin)? Lite steps aside automatically so you do not get duplicate buttons or a second number sequence. You can deactivate Lite. ### What does the paid OrderBay add? Delivery notes, shipping labels, proforma invoices, bulk and multi-order packing slips, pick lists, bulk document printing, barcodes and QR codes, custom branding options, a fulfillment desk, and more — at https://tillpress.com/orderbay/. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “OrderBay Lite” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Tillpress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alextechgamer/) [Translate “OrderBay Lite” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/orderbay-lite) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/orderbay-lite/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/orderbay-lite/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/orderbay-lite/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/orderbay-lite/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.1 * New: after OrderBay Lite has invoiced at least 10 real orders and been installed for 14 days, administrators see one notice asking for a WordPress.org review, with a Get help button next to it. “Maybe later” hides it for 30 days, once; “ Dismiss” hides it for good. Demo orders are not counted, and nothing is sent anywhere. #### 1.3.0 * New: EU withdrawal button. Turn it on under WooCommerce OrderBay Lite to add a “Withdraw from contract here” link to your site footer and My Account, and a withdrawal page. Customers pick the order (and, if they want, the items), then press “Confirm withdrawal here”. Signed-in customers confirm straight away; guests confirm through a link sent to the order’s email. The customer and the store each get an email with what was submitted and when, and the order gets a note. * Fix: UBL e-invoices now pass the Peppol validator. They were missing the seller and buyer Peppol IDs and the buyer reference. The IDs are worked out from VAT numbers (Belgian VAT becomes the 0208 enterprise number) or can be set: a Peppol ID setting for your shop, and VAT number and Peppol ID fields in the order’s billing details. #### 1.2.0 * New: PDF invoices attached to WooCommerce emails, on by default for the customer’s Completed order and Customer invoice emails. Processing order, Refunded order( credit note PDF when the order has a credit note number), and the admin New order email can be ticked under WooCommerce OrderBay Lite. The invoice number is assigned when the first PDF goes out, once. If a PDF cannot be made, the email is sent without it and the reason is logged. * New: Download PDF buttons on the order screen, in the orders list, and in the customer’s My Account (owner only). * New: the Dompdf PDF engine is bundled, so PDFs no longer need Dompdf or TCPDF installed on the host. The “PDF engine” setting is gone. * Change: the My Account “Download / print invoice” button is now “Print invoice”, next to “Download PDF”. #### 1.1.1 * Security: the My Account invoice button opens only for the logged-in customer who placed the order. The billing-email match for guest orders is removed. * Fix: shop managers can save the settings page they can open. #### 1.1.0 * New: packing slips. A Packing slip button on the order screen and a Slip button in the Orders list open a price-free print view with items, SKUs, quantities ( net of refunds), variation details, the ship-to address, and the customer note. Printing a packing slip never assigns an invoice number. Theme override: yourtheme/ orderbay-lite/packing-slip.php. #### 1.0.9 * Dev: translator comments on the invoice-number and credit-note order notes. #### 1.0.8 * Fix: a fresh install whose WooCommerce order tables are not created yet no longer logs a database error when the first invoice number is issued. * Fix: an expired invoice lock is taken over in one step. A late worker cannot overwrite a newer invoice number or drop the newer worker’s lock. #### 1.0.7 * Fix: Lite and OrderBay Pro now share one invoice and credit-note sequence, so switching Lite to Pro and back never reissues a number. #### 1.0.6 * Fix: uninstalling no longer resets invoice or credit-note numbering; new numbers continue above Lite (and paid) history already on your orders. * Fix: if a number cannot be allocated, the invoice is not saved, printed or downloaded— never fall back to 1. * Fix: two requests for the same order share one identity; high-water recovery no longer loads every order on each allocation. #### 1.0.5 * Fix: invoice numbers are allocated atomically on SQLite installs, and the same order always keeps its number. #### 1.0.4 * Change: invoice and credit-note print styles and the Print button now load through registered WordPress styles/scripts instead of inline #### 1.0.3 * New: Send support tickets from inside the plugin (Help & demo page). You get a ticket number on screen; nothing is sent until you tick the consent box and press Send ticket. “Email instead” still opens your email app. #### 1.0.2 * New: Help & demo page (WooCommerce OrderBay Lite help, also linked from the Plugins screen). * New: one-click demo order with a refund, using separate DEMO- numbers so the real invoice and credit note sequences are untouched. Never emailed; removed with one click or on uninstall. * New: support ticket form that opens a pre-filled email in your own email app, with an optional system report (no passwords, keys, or customer data). Nothing is sent from your site. * New: optional, dismissible 20% offer for the paid OrderBay plugin, shown only on the Help & demo page. #### 1.0.1 * Fix: the printed credit note now lists each refund (reason and amount); it previously showed only the total. #### 1.0.0 * First public release: printable invoices, sequential invoice numbering with format tokens and counter reset, credit notes, customer My Account invoice download, UBL 2.1 + Factur-X CII e-invoice XML export. ## Meta * Version **1.3.1** * Last updated **11 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [credit note](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/credit-note/)[e-invoice](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/e-invoice/) [invoice](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/invoice/)[pdf](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pdf/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/orderbay-lite/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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