Title: Order status is changed automatically
Last modified: June 25, 2018

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# Order status is changed automatically

 *  Resolved [sagar1990](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagar1990/)
 * (@sagar1990)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-status-is-changed-automatically/)
 * Hi Team,
 * I have updated woocommerce plugin today.I can see that when customer buys and
   pays for the product via paypal, order is seen to be in Pending for Payment.But
   when I click on the order to see it, it is automatically set to Completed. Please
   let me know if this is expected?
 * Previously, this was not the case.Order used to be in pending payment until I
   manually change it to processing->compelted or directly completed
 * Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [sagar1990](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagar1990/)
 * (@sagar1990)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-status-is-changed-automatically/#post-10433028)
 * Just one correction.Order does go in pending payment but as soon as paypal payment
   is completed, it changes to completed.I am expecting it to be at same status,
   pending payment so I can manually update the status to processing and then completed.
 * Thanks!
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by [sagar1990](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagar1990/).
 *  Plugin Support [Ryan Ray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanr14/)
 * (@ryanr14)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-status-is-changed-automatically/#post-10434956)
 * Hi [@sagar1990](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagar1990/),
 * Would the order in question have been for a digital and virtual product? If so
   I believe WooCommerce will mark an order completed for you if it’s a digital/
   virtual product since there’s nothing left to be done once it knows payment has
   been made.
 *  Thread Starter [sagar1990](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagar1990/)
 * (@sagar1990)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-status-is-changed-automatically/#post-10435823)
 * Hi [@ryanr14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanr14/),
 * My product is virtual and Downloadable.It seems to have been changed after I 
   have updated the plugin.I had same product tested before plugin update and I 
   could manually update the status of the orders from Pending payment to processing
   and then to completed.So, I am not sure why this is happening now. It was behaving
   as expected before update.
 * Please let me know if I am missing anything.
 * Thanks!
 *  [Kenin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbassart/)
 * (@kbassart)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-status-is-changed-automatically/#post-10436150)
 * Hi there,
 * A virtual and downloadable order will always auto complete in WooCommerce. You
   can learn more about this here: [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/digital-downloadable-product-handling/#section-5](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/digital-downloadable-product-handling/#section-5)
 *  [Kenin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbassart/)
 * (@kbassart)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-status-is-changed-automatically/#post-10458732)
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved–
   if you have any further questions, you can start a new thread.

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 * Last reply from: [Kenin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbassart/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-status-is-changed-automatically/#post-10458732)
 * Status: resolved