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SoftSquare Shipping Gateway for WooCommerce is a TCS Pakistan shipping plugin that connects your WooCommerce store to TCS for shipment booking, shipment tracking, shipping label generation, COD delivery, and day-to-day shipment management, without anyone retyping an address into a courier portal.<\/p>\n\n
This is an independent third-party integration developed and maintained by SoftSquare. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially supported by TCS.<\/strong> TCS is a trademark of its respective owner and is used here only to describe the courier this plugin connects WooCommerce to.<\/p>\n\n This plugin does not talk to TCS directly; it works through the SoftSquare service, which is required for booking, printing or tracking. See External Services<\/strong> below for exactly what is sent and when.<\/p>\n\n Everything listed here is implemented in the plugin. Nothing is planned or partial.<\/p>\n\n All settings for connecting WooCommerce to TCS Pakistan live under SoftSquare Shipping \u2192 Settings<\/strong> in the WordPress admin.<\/p>\n\n Press Test connection<\/strong> after saving. It asks the service to authenticate against TCS there and then, and reports what TCS said.<\/p>\n\n Open any WooCommerce order. The TCS shipment<\/strong> panel on the right will book the parcel, and from then on shows the consignment number, the current status and a button to print the consignment note.<\/p>\n\n To book several at once, tick them in the orders list and choose Book with TCS<\/strong> from the bulk actions menu.<\/p>\n\n For customers, put the This plugin relies on one external service and cannot work without it.<\/p>\n\n Service:<\/strong> SoftSquare Shipping Gateway\nOperated by:<\/strong> SoftSquare\nEndpoint:<\/strong> https:\/\/app.softsquare.io<\/p>\n\n Why it is used.<\/strong> The service holds your TCS credentials and performs the courier API calls. Your WordPress site never contacts TCS directly. This exists so that one set of courier credentials can serve a store without those credentials being used from the store's own server.<\/p>\n\n What is sent, and when.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n When you press \"Connect this site\" under SoftSquare Shipping \u2192 Settings:<\/em> the site URL and its domain, so the service can register the site and issue a signing secret. The service then fetches a one-time random token back from this site to prove the domain is yours. Nothing is sent to SoftSquare before you press this button.<\/p>\n\n When you save the settings screen:<\/em> the TCS credentials you entered (API username, password, bearer token), your TCS account number, customer number and cost centre code, your collection address (name, street address, postcode, city, country, mobile number), and your booking defaults. This is the only time credentials are transmitted, and only because you pressed Save.<\/p>\n\n When an order is booked \u2014 either by pressing Book, by a bulk action, or automatically when an order reaches a status you configured:<\/em> the order number and reference, and for the recipient: first and last name, full shipping address including city, postcode and country, phone number, and email address. Also the COD amount, order total, currency, parcel weight and piece count, service code, cost centre, and a description of the contents. If \"Include SKUs\" is on, each line item's description, quantity, unit price and SKU are included.<\/p>\n\n When you print a label:<\/em> the consignment number.<\/p>\n\n When you track a parcel, and hourly for parcels still in transit:<\/em> the consignment number.<\/p>\n\n When a visitor uses the tracking shortcode:<\/em> only the consignment number they typed. No customer or order data is sent for a public tracking lookup.<\/p>\n\n When you cancel, re-book or book a reverse pickup:<\/em> the consignment number, and for a re-booking the same order data as the original booking.<\/p>\n\n No analytics, usage statistics or telemetry are sent. No data is sent on a schedule except the hourly status check described above, which carries consignment numbers only.<\/p>\n\n Terms of service:<\/strong> https:\/\/softsquare.io\/wp-term\nPrivacy policy:<\/strong> https:\/\/softsquare.io\/wp-privacy<\/p>\n\n The customer data this sends, and when, is listed in full under External Services<\/strong> above; this section covers what that means for your own privacy obligations.<\/p>\n\n Data is only ever sent as a result of an action you or your configuration initiated: pressing Book, running a bulk action, saving settings, or an order reaching a status you chose to auto-book on. Nothing is sent when a customer simply places an order unless you turned automatic booking on.<\/p>\n\n If you are subject to GDPR or a similar regime, you should name SoftSquare as a processor in your privacy policy, alongside TCS as the carrier.<\/p>\n\n Stored on your own site: an activity log of every call made to the service, with credentials redacted but the rest of the request and response kept as sent \u2014 so a booking call's log entry includes the same recipient name, address, phone number and order details that went to the gateway. This log is only visible to users who can manage WooCommerce, is kept for 30 days by default (configurable), and can be cleared at any time from SoftSquare Shipping \u2192 Activity log<\/strong>. Also stored: consignment numbers and courier status against each order; and label PDFs in TCS credentials are entered by the merchant and stored in the WordPress options table with the plugin's other settings. They are sent to the SoftSquare service over HTTPS when you save the settings screen, and are held there \u2014 the plugin does not need them again to book a parcel.<\/p>\n\n Credentials are never printed in full in the admin. A saved value shows only its length, and for the bearer token the first and last few characters, which is enough to tell a wrong credential from one that was truncated on the way in. Credentials are stripped from the activity log before it is written, and never appear in an error message shown to a customer.<\/p>\n\n Requests from this site to the service are signed with HMAC-SHA256. The webhook the service calls back on is signed the same way and verified with No credentials are hard-coded anywhere in this plugin.<\/p>\n\n Developed and maintained by SoftSquare \u2014 https:\/\/softsquare.io\/<\/p>\n\n TCS is a trademark of its respective owner. SoftSquare Shipping Gateway for WooCommerce is an independent third-party integration and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially supported by TCS.<\/p>\n\n\n No. SoftSquare Shipping Gateway for WooCommerce is an independent third-party integration developed and maintained by SoftSquare. TCS is a trademark of its respective owner, and this plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially supported by TCS.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. It connects your WooCommerce store to TCS Pakistan through the SoftSquare service, so orders can be booked, tracked and managed as TCS shipments without leaving WordPress.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Book a TCS shipment from the order screen, in bulk from the orders list, or automatically when an order reaches a status you choose.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Track a TCS consignment from the WooCommerce order screen, from a public tracking page via the Yes. Cash-on-delivery orders are booked with the amount to collect taken from the order total, or you can set a different amount per order.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. A TCS shipping label (consignment note) can be printed as a PDF as soon as a shipment is booked, individually or in bulk, and is stored locally so reprints are instant.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Choose the WooCommerce order statuses that should trigger a TCS booking automatically \u2014 for example, as soon as an order becomes Processing \u2014 and the plugin books it without anyone opening the order.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. You need your own TCS COD API credentials \u2014 an API username, password and bearer token, plus an account number and cost centre. TCS issues these. Neither this plugin nor SoftSquare can create them for you.<\/p><\/dd>\n You do not create one by hand. Press \"Connect this site\" under SoftSquare Shipping \u2192 Settings and the plugin registers your site with the SoftSquare service and proves it owns the domain. There is no sign-up form, no key to paste, and no account to pay for before the plugin will work \u2014 and nothing is sent to SoftSquare until you press that button.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Booking a parcel sends the recipient's name, address, phone number and email to the SoftSquare service, which passes what TCS needs to TCS. This is what makes a delivery possible. The External Services<\/strong> section above lists everything that is sent and when.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. The service is what talks to TCS. Without it the plugin can store settings but cannot book, print or track. If you run your own copy of the service, point the plugin at it with the Yes. The plugin reads and writes order data through the WooCommerce CRUD API and declares compatibility with both HPOS and the block-based cart and checkout.<\/p><\/dd>\n Settings, the activity log and stored label PDFs are deleted. Consignment numbers and courier statuses on your orders are kept, so you can still answer a customer asking where their parcel went. Nothing is deleted from the SoftSquare service.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\nFeatures<\/h3>\n\n
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[tcs_tracking]<\/code> shortcode<\/li>\nConfiguration<\/h3>\n\n
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Usage<\/h3>\n\n
[tcs_tracking]<\/code> shortcode on a page. Activating the plugin creates a draft page called Track your order<\/strong> containing it; publish that page to turn it on. The shortcode accepts [tcs_tracking accent=\"#7b2d52\" width=\"900px\"]<\/code> if you want it to match your theme more closely than it manages on its own.<\/p>\n\nExternal Services<\/h3>\n\n
Privacy<\/h3>\n\n
wp-content\/uploads\/ssg-labels\/<\/code>, protected by a random filename and served only to users who can already view the order. Uninstalling deletes the settings, the activity log and the stored labels. Consignment numbers on orders are kept, because they are the record of a real shipment.<\/p>\n\nSecurity<\/h3>\n\n
hash_equals<\/code> before anything is acted on.<\/p>\n\nCredits<\/h3>\n\n
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Is this an official TCS plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does this plugin integrate WooCommerce with TCS Pakistan?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I book TCS shipments from WooCommerce?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I track TCS shipments?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
[tcs_tracking]<\/code> shortcode, or let the plugin check hourly on its own for shipments still in transit.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes it support TCS COD shipments?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I generate TCS shipping labels?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can TCS shipment booking be automated?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Do I need a TCS account?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Do I need a SoftSquare account?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does the plugin send customer information to an external service?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I use it without the SoftSquare service?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
SSGW_SERVICE_URL<\/code> constant in wp-config.php<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\nDoes it work with High-Performance Order Storage?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What happens to my data if I uninstall?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
1.2.4<\/h4>\n\n
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softsquare-shipping-gateway-for-woocommerce<\/code>), as WordPress.org requires.<\/li>\n1.2.3<\/h4>\n\n
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wp_add_inline_style()<\/code> instead of an inline <style><\/code> tag, internal PHP class\/function\/constant names now use the SSGW_<\/code>\/ssgw_<\/code> prefix instead of the collision-prone SSG_<\/code>\/ssg_<\/code>, and the plugin now declares compatibility up to WordPress 7.1. No functional changes, and no stored setting, order metadata, database table, hook, AJAX action or REST route was renamed \u2014 existing installations are unaffected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n1.2.2<\/h4>\n\n
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