Do you find it difficult to set flexible shipping rates on your WooCommerce store? The Flat Rate Shipping Plugin For WooCommerce is the solution to your problem. This plugin not only allows you to offer per item, order, or weight-based shipping fees, but it also improves customer satisfaction by spe
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 5.0 and PHP 7.2.
SourceWordPress plugins · Oct 20, 2026
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About this tool.
Do you find it difficult to set flexible shipping rates on your WooCommerce store? The Flat Rate Shipping Plugin For WooCommerce is the solution to your problem.
This plugin not only allows you to offer per item, order, or weight-based shipping fees, but it also improves customer satisfaction by speeding up the checkout process, thereby improving your sales.
With Flat Rate Shipping plugin , you can:
Set up complicated shipping rates easily
Define shipping fees based on item, order, or weight
[NEW] Advanced shipping rule cost based on total cart weight or subtotal
Pagination setting for shipping method list
🚀 PLUGIN USE CASES
01Customized Shipping Fees: Easily tailor your shipping rates to match your business needs, be it per item, order, or weight-based.
02Automated Shipping Process: No more manual calculations or hassle. Automate your shipping process and ensure accuracy.
03Efficient Checkout Process: Quicken the checkout process, thereby positively impacting customer satisfaction and overall sales.
04Increased Control: Gain more control over your business by deciding when and what shipping rates to apply.
⭐ REVIEWS (5-star by 100+ users)
“A great tool to set up complicated shipping rates in an easy way!” – David John
“Very useful plugin and the support is fast and helpful.” – Nathan, Tech Lead
“Happy with the plugin. It allows us to manage tracking orders easier.” – Verified Buyer
“Fantastic support. Hitendra was always available on short notice to help me rectify issues.” – Verified Buyer
“Highly recommend this plugin and their fantastic support. Thanks DotStore, Hitendra & team! – Daniel, Technical Manager
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✅ NEED EVEN MORE FEATURES?
Upgrade to Flat Rate Shipping Plugin For WooCommerce to get all the advanced features.
1️⃣ Shipping Settings
All free plugin features.
Unlimited shipping methods and costs calculation rules
Multiple Conditional rules-based shipping
Set Percentage / Fix based shipping method
Create multiple custom flat-rate shipping method
Per-quantity on the cart-based flat rate shipping method
Per-quantity on product base flat rate shipping method
Multiple-way to create free shipping
Schedule shipping method based on start/end date
Schedule shipping method based on day of week and time
Set Mandatory Apply All Shipping Method – Force all option
Import & Export Shipping Zone
Import & Export Shipping Method
Enable Logging
Manage Multiple shipping methods in the cart by Apply Smallest, Apply Highest
2️⃣ Different Types of Flat Rate Shipping Conditions
1. Location-based shipping method
Country-based flat rate shipping method
State-based flat rate shipping method
Postcode-based flat rate shipping method
Zone-based flat rate shipping method
Set shipping on seven continents of the world Africa Country, Antarctica Country, Asia Country, EU States, North America, Oceania, South America
2. Product-based flat rate shipping method
Simple product based flat rate shipping
Variable product based flat rate shipping
Category based flat rate shipping
Product Tag’s based flat rate shipping
Product SKU based flat rate shipping
3. Attribute-based flat rate shipping method
All Product Attributes like Color, size, type, etc.
4. User Specific flat rate shipping method
User-based flat rate shipping method
User-role-based flat rate shipping method Like Guest, contributor, customer
5. Cart-based flat rate shipping Method – Help Doc
Cart-total (before discount) based flat rate shipping method
Cart-total (After discount) based flat rate shipping method
Total-cart-quantity based flat rate shipping method
Total-cart-weight based flat rate shipping method
Coupon-based flat rate shipping method
Shipping-class-based flat rate shipping method
6. Payment-method based flat rate shipping method
Set shipping method on Paypal
Set shipping method Stripe payment method
7. Advanced Shipping Pricing options – Help Doc
In addition, for each flat rate shipping method, you can optionally set these advanced pricing options
Set Min and Max on Product Quantity
Set Min and Max on Product Subtotal
Set Min and Max on Product Weight
Set Min and Max on Category Quantity
Set Min and Max on Category Subtotal
Set Min and Max on Category Weight
Set Min and Max on Total-cart Quantity
Set Min and Max on Total-cart Weight
Set Min and Max on Total-cart Subtotal
Set Min and Max on shipping class subtotal
Adding a minus sign (-) will deduct the cost of shipping (e.g. 5 / -5)
Adding a percentage sign (%) will use a percentage of the cart subtotal for that cost (e.g. 5% / -5%)
Percentage and the minus amount will apply based on the cart subtotal
➡️ Learn More ⬅️
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🚚 Set Multiple-way Shipping Cost
Set Fixed amount based table rate shipping method (e.g. $10, $50 )
Set Percentage based shipping method (e.g.10%, 20% )
Dynamic Parameter based shipping
💰 Shipping Cost Dynamic Parameters as per below:
1) [QTY] Total number of items in cart
E.g: Shipping charge: $10 * [ QTY ]
To charge $10 Per Quantity in the cart. If the cart has 5 Quantity then shipping charge $50
2) [ Fee Percentage = 10% min_fee = $20] – Percentage based fee + Set Min shipping
This means charge 10% of cart subtotal, a minimum of $ 20 charges will be applicable.
3) [ Fee Percentage = 10% max_fee = $20] – Percentage based fee + Set Max shipping
This means charge 10% of cart-subtotal greater than max_fee then a maximum $20 charge will be applicable.
➡️ Learn More ⬅️
📺 How to set up the country, state, and postcode based flat rate shipping method in WooCommerce?
📺 How to set up a Custom flat rate shipping method based on the WooCommerce shipping zone?
📺 How to set State-based flat rate shipping based on shipping zone?
📺 How to set Zip-Code based flat rate shipping in WooCommerce?
📺 How to set up a Product based flat rate shipping method in WooCommerce?
💁 How to’s Plugin Guide
🔖 Standard Vs Flat Rate Shipping Fee In WooCommerce 🔖 How to set up flat rate shipping In WooCommerce? 🔖 How to set up a product-based flat rate shipping method in Woo? 🔖 How to set up a variable product based flat rate shipping in Woo? 🔖 How to set up a category-based flat rate shipping in Woo Store? 🔖 How to charge WooCommerce shipping By Product Item? 🔖 How to set up product tags based on flat rate shipping in Woo Store? 🔖 How to set up Product SKU based flat rate shipping method? 🔖 WooCommerce Shipping Calculated Before & After Coupon 🔖 How to charge WooCommerce flat rate shipping based on cart-total? 🔖 How to set up multiple flat rate shipping on WooCommerce? 🔖 How to charge quantity and weight-based shipping in Woo Store? 🔖 How To Manage Multiple Shipping Methods On Cart Page? 🔖 How to calculate shipping cost per-quantity in WooCommerce? 🔖 How to set up quantity-based flat rate shipping on WooCommerce? 🔖 How Do I Set Table Rates Shipping In WooCommerce?
🔖 How to set up a WooCommerce shipping method based on a zone? 🔖 How to set up a WooCommerce shipping method based on a state? 🔖 How to set up a shipping on postcode / zip-code / postal-code?
💁 Benefit of Flat Rate Shipping Method
🔖 How To Make Free Shipping Profitable? 🔖 10 Shipping Options To Consider For Your ECommerce Store 🔖 Top 20 WooCommerce Shipping Plugins For A Robust E – Store 🔖 How Customer Expectations Should Impact Your Shipping Options? 🔖 Guide To Choosing The Best Shipping Strategy For Your Online Store 🔖 The Sooner The Better. Because Free Shipping Can Save 28% Off Your Shoppers
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☎️ CONTACT US
Free plugin: Need Technical Help? – Click here
Pro Plugin: PRE-SALE Questions – Click here or Review Help Document
👀 WHAT MAKES US STAND OUT
At Dotstore, we take pride in crafting WooCommerce plugins that solve real-world problems for our customers.
Niche Expertise: We specialize in developing WooCommerce plugins, which means we understand the ecosystem better than anyone.
Remarkable Customer Support: We are renowned for our top-notch support. Be it resolving issues or answering queries, we’re always at your service.
Quality Plugins: Our plugins, such as the Flat Rate Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce, are designed, taking into consideration high usability and functionality.
Continuous Improvement: We believe in the power of constant evolution. And so, we continuously update our plugins, add new features and ensure compatibility with the latest version of WooCommerce.
Upgrade to our Flat Rate Shipping Plugin and take control of your WooCommerce Store’s shipping like never before.
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Getting started.
Minimum Requirements
01WordPress 3.7 or greater
02PHP version 5.3.2 or greater
03MySQL version 5.0 or greater
Automatic installation
Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t even need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of Advanced Flat Rate Shipping Method, log in to your WordPress admin panel, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
In the search field type “Advanced Flat Rate Shipping Method WooCommerce” and click Search Plugins. Once you have found our plugin you can install it by simply clicking Install Now. After clicking that link you will be asked if you are sure you want to install the plugin. Click yes and WordPress will automatically complete the installation.
Manual installation
The manual installation method involves downloading our plugin and uploading it to your web server via your favorite FTP application.
04Download the plugin file to your computer and unzip it
05Using an FTP program, or your hosting control panel, upload the unzipped plugin folder to your WordPress installation’s wp-content/plugins/ directory.
06Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu within the WordPress admin.
Getting started
When the title of the plugin has appeared on your dashboard, you may start the setup. The following steps are required to make it possible for customers use your newly installed plugin:
07Create multiple flat rate shipping method rules as per your needs from here – Add New Shipping Method
08Basic configuration: Enter Shipping Method Name and Amount to Charge.
09You can create shipping method for Specific Product/ Category / Countries.(eg. you want to create product base shipping method then select a specific product and save changes)
10Now, you can see all shipping method list- Manage Shipping Methods tab.
Questions?
If you have any questions please feel free to post them to the support forum .
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Frequently asked questions.
How do I set a product-based shipping method, for instance, a $10 fee if the cart contains a specific product?
To apply a $10 shipping fee for a specific product, such as “Happy Ninja,” set up a rule as follows: Choose the condition where a cart contains the product “Happy Ninja” and set the shipping cost to $10.
How can I set shipping fees based on both product category and country, such as a $10 charge for poster category products shipped to the UK?
To set shipping charges for products in the “poster” category shipped to the UK, you’ll need to create a rule where the cart contains a product from the “poster” category, then specify the country as the UK, and set the shipping cost at $10.
What options do I have for displaying shipping methods on the checkout page?
Shipping methods can be displayed as radio buttons or a dropdown. Adjust this setting in the Master Settings according to your preference.
What should I do when multiple shipping methods apply to a cart?
In the Pro version, the Master Settings provide several options:
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Allow customer to choose: Lets the customer select from available shipping methods. Apply Highest: Only the most expensive shipping method is displayed. Apply smallest: Only the least expensive shipping option is shown. Force all: Charges the customer with the sum of all applicable shipping methods.
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If the cart contains products from multiple categories with different shipping methods, how can the total shipping charge be calculated?
For the Pro version, you can sum all applicable shipping charges by selecting “Force all shipping methods” in the Master Settings.
How do I charge a shipping cost based on the total quantity of products in the cart?
To charge a shipping fee based on the total quantity, use a formula like $10*[qty], where $10 is charged for each item in the cart.
How can I set shipping methods for specific countries, states, and postcodes?
In the Pro version, select the location-based shipping method rule, then specify the country, state, and postcode—for example, USA, Alabama, Postcode 35801.
How do I create a special shipping method for a specific user, such as “John”?
For creating a special $10 shipping method for “John,” select “User equal to ‘John’” in the shipping rules.
How can I apply a shipping charge based on the cart subtotal? For example, a $49 charge for orders under $99.
Set a condition where if the cart subtotal is less than $99, the shipping charge will be $49.
Can I display only the most expensive shipping method when multiple classes are involved?
Yes, choose the calculation type as “Per order: charge shipping for the most expensive shipping class” to show only the most expensive option.
Can this plugin accommodate weight-based flat rate shipping?
Yes, the Flat Rate Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce supports weight-based shipping, allowing you to set flat rates based on the total weight of the cart.
Are there options for per item and per order shipping rates?
Absolutely, you can configure shipping rates on a per item or per order basis, giving you greater flexibility in how you apply shipping fees to your orders.
How does the plugin enhance checkout speed and accuracy?
By providing tailored shipping options based on your specific settings, the plugin simplifies the checkout process, leading to a smoother user experience and increased customer satisfaction.
How does this plugin contribute to higher customer satisfaction?
With strategic flat rate shipping options that match your business needs, the plugin ensures accurate shipping charges and efficient checkout, enhancing the overall shopping experience for your customers.
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