Title: Product Category Shipping for WooCommerce Author: techtankholdings Published: October 7, 2026 Last modified: October 7, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/assets/banner-772x250. png?rev=3733142) ![](https://ps.w.org/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/assets/icon.svg?rev =3733142) # Product Category Shipping for WooCommerce By [techtankholdings](https://profiles.wordpress.org/techtankholdings/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce.1.4.5.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/) ## Description Product Category Shipping lets WooCommerce store owners define shipping rules ** per product category** instead of per order or per product. Two rule types are available: * **Flat Rate** — a base charge for the first item, plus an optional per-additional- item charge. * **Tiered Quantity** — unlimited min/max quantity brackets, each with its own price or a “free” flag. The plugin splits the cart into one WooCommerce shipping package per managed category, so charges are additive and customers see one shipping line per category. **Selected roles** (e.g. distributors, wholesale accounts) can additionally be offered a cart-wide choice between **Free Local Pickup** and the configured shipping charge. When this mode is active the cart is not split — the customer sees a single combined shipping total alongside the free pickup option. #### Features * Per-category shipping rules (flat rate or tiered quantity) * Tiered rules support free-shipping thresholds (e.g. “free when quantity ≥ 6”) * Split-cart mode: one shipping line per category, additive charges * Combined-cart mode for selected roles: Shipping + Free Local Pickup as two cart- wide choices * Role diagnostics table in wp-admin showing exact role keys and user counts * Rate guard prevents third-party “hide other methods when free shipping applies” filters from accidentally removing the Local Pickup option * No server round-trips; all calculations run locally on checkout #### Requirements * WordPress 6.4+ * PHP 7.4+ * WooCommerce 8.0+ (plugin must be active) ## Screenshots [⌊Default Shipping Rules — green cards, one per managed category.⌉⌊Default Shipping Rules — green cards, one per managed category.⌉[ Default Shipping Rules — green cards, one per managed category. [⌊Selected-Role Override Rules — red cards, inert until roles are configured.⌉⌊Selected- Role Override Rules — red cards, inert until roles are configured.⌉[ Selected-Role Override Rules — red cards, inert until roles are configured. [⌊Local Pickup & User Roles — role picker, labels, diagnostics table.⌉⌊Local Pickup& User Roles — role picker, labels, diagnostics table.⌉[ Local Pickup & User Roles — role picker, labels, diagnostics table. ## Installation 1. Upload the `product-category-shipping` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` or install via the WordPress Plugins screen. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress. 3. Go to **WooCommerce Settings Shipping Product Category Shipping** and add rules for each category you manage. 4. Optionally, go to **WooCommerce Category Shipping** to configure Local Pickup roles and labels. ## FAQ ### Can I use different rule types for different categories? Yes. Each category is configured independently and may use Flat Rate or Tiered Quantity rules. ### How does the tiered quantity mode work? You define quantity brackets such as 1–5 = $8, 6–11 = $5, 12+ = free. Quantities are counted **per category**, not per order. Exact-match tiers (e.g. “exactly 6”) take priority over range tiers. ### What happens if a customer’s cart quantity falls outside all defined tiers? Split mode (default): that category package will have no applicable rate and **checkout will be blocked** until the customer adjusts quantity or the admin extends the top tier. Combined mode: that category contributes $0 to the total. ### How do I enable Free Local Pickup for specific roles? Go to **WooCommerce Category Shipping Local Pickup & User Roles** and add the desired role keys to the **Pickup Roles** field. Role keys are case-sensitive (e. g. `Distributor`, not `distributor`). ### Does the plugin work with WPML / Polylang? The plugin loads its own text domain. Translation files (.po/.mo) can be placed in `wp-content/languages/plugins/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce-{locale}. mo`. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Product Category Shipping for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ techtankholdings ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/techtankholdings/) [Translate “Product Category Shipping for WooCommerce” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.4.2 * Fixed: duplicate “Category Shipping” submenu entry appearing under WooCommerce. Root cause: the admin class was instantiated on `plugins_loaded`, which fires on every request and could run twice during WooCommerce’s own boot sequence. Changed to add_action(‘admin_menu’) at priority 20 so it registers exactly once. * Fixed: admin settings page rendering raw HTML markup as plain text. Root cause: render_page() passed its buffered output through `esc_html()` before echoing it, converting `<`/`>` to `<`/`>`. Removed the stray `esc_html()` call. #### 1.4.1 * Post-review fixes: changed text domain to product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce; replaced inline CSS/JS with wp_enqueue_style/script + external admin.css/admin. js; removed Tested up to from PHP header; added Requires Plugins header; removed WordPress.org assets from plugin zip #### 1.4.0 * Rebranded: changed text domain to product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce; replaced inline CSS/JS with wp_enqueue_style/script + external admin.css/admin. js; removed Tested up to from PHP header; added Requires Plugins header; removed WordPress.org assets from plugin zip * Rebranded to “Product Category Shipping for WooCommerce” * Updated header fields for WordPress.org compatibility (Tested up to 7.1, WC 9.3) * Added `Requires at least`, `Requires PHP`, `WC requires at least`, `WC tested up to` header fields * Added translation infrastructure (`load_plugin_textdomain`, languages directory) * Internal: renamed main plugin file; no functional changes #### 1.3.0 * Added Selected-Role Override Rules — a second, independent rule set that fully replaces the default rules for a category when the customer’s role is in `pickup_roles`. #### 1.2.1 * Fixed role keys being lowercased by `sanitize_key()`, which silently dropped custom roles on every save. * Added role diagnostics table to the admin screen. * Added rate guard at priority 99999 to re-insert both combined-mode rates so a third-party “hide other methods when free shipping exists” filter cannot remove one. #### 1.2.0 * Role-gated free Local Pickup with combined cart-wide rate for selected roles. * Fixed double-counting for products assigned to two managed categories. * Made shipping rate IDs unique across all categories. #### 1.0.4 * Per-category rules, cart split, admin settings page. ## Meta * Version **1.4.5** * Last updated **3 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[flat rate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/flat-rate/) [shipping](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shipping/)[tiered shipping](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tiered-shipping/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-category-shipping-for-woocommerce/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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