Exclude Backorder and Virtual Items from Packing Slip

At times, store owners might opt to leave out products that are out of stock or virtual from the packing slip. Using WebToffee’s WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, and Credit Notes plugin, store owners can easily exclude backorder and virtual items from packing slips. Follow the below steps to achieve this:

1. Navigate to Invoice/Packing > Packing slip > General.
2. In the Product display section, head to the Skip displaying option and mark the check box next to backorder and virtual items to exclude them from packing slips.
3. Click on Update Settings and save the changes.

To exclude backorder and virtual items from the packing slip, follow these detailed steps:

1. Navigate to Invoice/Packing > Packing slip > General.
2. Under the Product display section, head to the Skip displaying option.

3. Tick the checkbox next to Backorder items and Virtual items to exclude them from the packing slip. To exclude any one of them, mark the checkbox next to that specific item. The checkboxes are initially unchecked.

4. Finally, click on Update Settings to save the changes.

The Admin generates the packing slip for an order #6122 which consist of three products. One product is on backorder, another is virtual, and there is also a regular shippable product in the order. The admin decides to exclude both backorder and virtual items from the packing slip and does that by following the above steps. The packing slip will now contain only the regular shippable product in it.

The images below shows the WooCommerce packing slip for the order #6122 before and after excluding backorder and virtual items.