Incorporating efficient packaging methods provides a lot of benefits to a WooCommerce store. Efficient packaging saves costs, reduces waste, protects products better, and is kinder to the environment. The WebToffee’s WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, and Credit Notes plugin and WooCommerce Shipping Labels, Dispatch Labels, and Delivery Notes plugin provide a feature for efficient packaging of products. Follow the below steps to efficiently choose a packaging type for your WooCommerce store:
Step 1: Navigate to the packaging type option.
Step 2: Select the preferred packaging type.
Step 3: Update the Settings.
Prerequisites (Step 1)
- First, install and activate the free WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, Delivery Notes, and Shipping Labels plugin.
- As this is a premium feature, install and activate the WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, and Credit Notes pro add-on.
- Installing and activating the WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, and Credit Notes plugin enables the packaging type option for packing slips alone.
- Installing and activating the WebToffee’s WooCommerce Shipping Labels, Dispatch Labels, and Delivery Notes plugin enables the packaging type option for shipping labels and delivery notes alone.
Step 1: Head to the packaging type option
To navigate to the packaging types option, follow the below steps:
- Navigate to Invoices/Packing > General Settings > Advanced from the WordPress dashboard.
- Under the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Packaging type option.
Step 2: Select the preferred packaging type
There are three packaging types present in the dropdown.
- Pack items individually
- Box packing
- Single package per order.
Pack items individually
Select Pack items individually to pack all items/products in an order in separate individual packages. Each product in the order will have a separate packing slip, delivery note, and shipping label.
The following images show packing slips, delivery notes, and shipping labels generated for an order with two products.
Box packing
Box packing is useful for packing every item in an order into designated boxes based on the product’s configuration. It’s a feature that helps ensure efficient and cost-effective shipping. In this packaging type, the box configurations has to be specified and products that fit into the box configuration will be packed together. Each box will have a packing slip, delivery note, and shipping label.
- On selecting Box packing, Specify the Box sizes.
- To add a new box, click on Add Box and key in the box properties in the space given.
Then, enable it to use it for packaging. (To disable a particular box, uncheck the checkbox under the Enabled column).
The images below show packing slips, delivery notes and shipping labels for three products packed into two boxes: Small 1 and Small 2.
Single package per order
Select Single package per order to pack all the products in an order as a single package. Selecting this will generate a single packing slip, shipping label, and delivery note for a particular order.
The following images show the packing slip, delivery note, and shipping label with all three products listed together.
Step 3: Update the settings
- Click on Update Settings to save changes.
Comments (2)
Joost
November 27, 2024
This is a really useful feature. We use this plugin with customized designs for Invoices and packing slips. However if I turn this on the boxes are not shown. What field or custom field do I need to put on the design to show the boxes.
On the invoice we want to show a list of boxes for the order. Is this even possible?
Thanks in advance,
Joost
Sanjai Valsan
December 2, 2024
Hi Joost,
Thank you for reaching out!
It appears this might be a site-specific issue. When tested on our end, the functionality seems to be working as expected. However, please note that this functionality is not available for invoices.
To ensure accurate packing, make sure the product dimensions are correctly marked in your store and that the box sizes are configured properly. Only products that fit within these specified dimensions will be packed into the boxes.
If you have further questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out to our customer support team.