The best free plugin to display the Royal Mail live rates in your WooCommerce store Use this free Royal Mail Live Rates plugin for WooCommerce to offer your customers the Royal Mail shipping methods for domestic and international shipping. Save time and set everything up effortlessly in your shop in
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 6.4 and PHP 7.4.
SourceWordPress plugins · Oct 22, 2026
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The best free plugin to display the Royal Mail live rates in your WooCommerce store
Use this free Royal Mail Live Rates plugin for WooCommerce to offer your customers the Royal Mail shipping methods for domestic and international shipping.
Save time and set everything up effortlessly in your shop in just 5 minutes!
A connection with the Australia Post API allows you to display real-time prices based on the products’ weight, shop location, and delivery destination.
Features
Automatic shipping cost calculation and displaying the Royal Mail live rates in cart and checkout
Domestic and international Royal Mail services
Royal Mail services’ shipping cost calculation based on the cart weight and the shipping destination
Limiting services only to those available for the customer’s address
Manual Royal Mail services limiting and possibility to choose which services should be displayed
Possibility to set fixed fallback amount in case no Royal Mail rates were returned
Free shipping over the amount threshold
Package default dimensions and weight
Possibility to include optional compensation/insurance
Optional exclusion of tax from Royal Mail shipping rates
Dedicated debug mode for easy troubleshooting
PRO Features
Automatic multiple products box packing algorithm based on their weight and volume
Possibility to define custom boxes used for shipping and specify their size, weight and padding
Fixed and percentage handling fees or discounts for Royal Mail rates
Multi-currency support
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Royal Mail Shipping Services supported by our plugin
STL1 – 1st Class Service
STL2 – 2nd Class Service
STL1S – Signed For 1st Class
STL2S – Signed For 2nd Class
SD9 – Guaranteed by 9am
SD9S – Guaranteed by 9am with Saturday
SD1 – Guaranteed by 1pm
SD1S – Guaranteed by 1pm with Saturday
OLA – International Standard
OLS – International Economy
OSA – International Signed
OTA – International Tracked
OTC – International Tracked and Signed
T24 – Tracked 24
T48 – Tracked 48
T24S – Tracked 24 with Signature
T48S – Tracked 48 with Signature
Actively developed and supported
Over 250.000 WooCommerce stores worldwide use our plugins. We constantly develop them, earning the reputation of authors of stable and high-quality solutions. We are also praised for providing excellent technical support. Join the community of our satisfied plugin users: bet on quality, and let our plugins do the rest.
The power of Table Rate
The Royal Mail Live Rates plugin for WooCommerce is now compatible with Flexible Shipping – the most powerful Table Rate shipping plugin for WooCommerce. This provides greater control over delivery costs and allows you to take advantage of both live rates and condition-based shipping costs.
You can now combine the prices from the Royal Mail Live Rates plugin with costs calculated based on price and weight. Moreover, when using Flexible Shipping PRO , you get access to 15+ conditions , such as shipping class or product categories. Try for free with Flexible Shipping !
Conditional Shipping Methods
Extend the default functionalities and conditionally display or hide the Royal Mail shipping methods in your WooCommerce store with the Conditional Shipping Methods plugin. Define the rules when the specific shipping methods should be available to pick by your customers and when they should remain hidden.
Hide the Royal Mail shipping methods based on numerous conditions:
Destination & Time (Day of the week, Time of the day, Location)
Other shipping methods and shipping methods with zero cost.
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Docs
View the dedicated Royal Mail WooCommerce Live Rates Documentation
Why should you choose our Royal Mail WooCommerce Live Rates plugin as a shipping integration in your shop?
Our Royal Mail for WooCommerce plugin is a free Royal Mail integration that allows you to display live rates for Royal Mail services in your shop. It combines the powerful and useful features with Royal Mail quality and reliability as a world-renowned trademark. Trust our experience and move your business forward with our latest plugin!
Interested in plugin translations?
We are actively looking for contributors to translate this and other Octolize plugins . Each supported language tremendously helps store owners to conveniently manage shipping operations.
Your translations contribute to the WordPress community at large. Moreover, we’re glad to offer you discounts for our PRO plugins and establish long-term collaboration. If you have any translation-related questions, please email us at translations@octolize.com.
Head over here and help us translate this plugin: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/octolize-royal-mail-shipping/
See it in action
Screenshots & previews.
Royal Mail general settingsRoyal Mail shipping method settingsRoyal Mail custom services' settingsRoyal Mail shipping methods in the cart
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Gettingstarted.
This plugin can be easily installed like any other WordPress integration by following the steps below:
01Download and unzip the latest zip file release.
02Upload the entire plugin directory to your /wp-content/plugins/ path.
03Activate the plugin using the Plugins menu in WordPress sidebar menu.
Optionally you can also try to upload the plugin zip file using Plugins -> Add New -> Upload Plugin option from the WordPress sidebar menu. Then go directly to point 3.
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Frequently asked questions.
How can I configure Royal Mail services?
To determine which Royal Mail services should be available for the customers to choose, use the Services: Enable the services’ custom settings option and select from the Services Table the ones you want to be displayed.
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