Estimated delivery date per product for WooCommerce

FAQ

How it calculates the estimated time

It adds one extra field in the shipping method as Minimum Days,
1 Go to WooCommerce Settings > Shipping tab
2 Open Shipping zone
3 Open Shipping method
4 Insert “Minimum Days” as the number of days it will take to ship using this method for that shipping zone

Based on these minimum days, it calculates shipping days for the particular product

Plugin is not showing any estimate

1. Go to WooCommerce > Estimate Delivery date
2. Basic Setting
3. Select a shipping zone that you want to use as the default shipping zone

This is needed, as when the customer comes to your site for the first time they have not specified
their country, so we can’t provide an estimate. If you have selected this default zone, then we use this to show them an estimate until they select their country or zone

I am getting “You must have shipping zones to use this plugin, so create shipping zone in WooCommerce”

You must have a shipping zone setup to use this plugin,
So do this

1 Go to WooCommerce Settings > Shipping tab
2 open Shipping zone
3 Open Shipping method
4 Insert “Minimum Days” and “Maximum Days” as the number of days it will take to ship using this method for that shipping zone

If your shipping provider only gives one estimated date and not a range, then you should only add that number in Minimum Days and leave the Maximum Days blank

My product have preparation time

Plugin allows you to add product preparation time for each product,
so it can give an estimate based on the product preparation days; you can find that on the product edit page under the “Preparation time” tab

You can add min/max preparation times for the product

I want to change the date format

Pro version allows you to change the date format

I want to change the text shown along with the estimated date

You can do that from the Advanced settings tab “Estimated date, Wording” option
You can set a different message for the Single product page, Shop page, and Cart page

I don’t want to show the estimate on Category page

Pro version allows you to control where you want to show it

I want to change the position of the message

You can change that from the Advanced settings tab

How to add holidays to my delivery estimate

It is very simple just go to the Holidays tab in the plugin and there you have a calendar, You just have to select the dates that are holidays for you.
The plugin will automatically use those holiday dates to calculate the estimate.

I can’t select more dates on holiday calendar

The FREE version only allows adding 5 holidays. Once you have selected 5 dates, it won’t allow you to select more dates.
You have to remove the holidays that are over, and then you can add new holidays

You can overcome this limitation in the pro version, as it allows unlimited holidays. so you can add complete year holidays at once

I want to add complete year holidays at once

Pro version allows you to add an entire year’s holidays at once, so you don’t have to do that all the time

I want to hide the estimate on the cart page but show on the checkout page

You can do that in the pro version

I have lots of product on site, but I only want to show an estimate on a few of the product, but now it is showing an estimate on all the product

In the Pro version, there is a bulk enable/disable option. Using that, you can disable estimates for all the products with one click, then you can go inside each product where you want to show the estimate and enable the estimate there

We allow back-order (allow an order for the product when they are out of stock), and those back-order generally takes more than normal product preparation time so how we can show estimate for them

In the Pro version, you can add extra time for backorders inside each of the products (and their variations). This extra time is added to the normal product preparation time when we are showing the estimate for the product when they are on backorder

I have a product for which there is 1 unit available and we allow back-order for it what will happen when a user adds 2 unit in the cart, what estimate will be shown in such case

On the product page, it will show the estimate based on the product preparation time, but when they add 2 units (and since 1 was available) this becomes a backorder, so when they go to the checkout page they will see an estimated date based on preparation time + backorder time

Can I set different back-order date for each of the variation

Yes, you can either set different backorder dates for each variation or you can set one for the complete product

I am using WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping but it is not showing estimate

Pro version is compatible with WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping plugin

My shipping company does not work on Sundays

In the Pro version, you can insert the days of the week when your shipping company is not working; this will improve the accuracy of the estimate

Our shop is closed on Monday but shipping company is working on Monday

You have a separate field to specify the days when your shop is not working; that will improve the accuracy of the estimate

Can I show estimate time for each of the shipping methods below their name

Yes, you can show estimated time for each of the supported shipping methods; this estimated date range will be shown on the Cart/Checkout page below each of the methods

I have some product that comes to us on fix date, so will like to enter those fixed date instead of product preparation time

For this kind of situation, Pro version allows you to specify an exact date for a product (you can insert the date the product will be available to you for selling) and the plugin will add the shipping time to that date and then show the estimated date

I have product that have delivery date next and I don’t want to show next day date, instead want to show something like “Delivery by tomorrow”

You can do that in the Pro version. In the Pro version, it can show different estimate messages for next-day delivery, so you can make it say “Delivery by tomorrow” or “Next day delivery” or “Delivery by next day”.

I have product that have same day delivery and I don’t want to show date, instead want to show something like “Delivery by today”

You can do that in the Pro version; it allows you to set a different message for such conditions where the delivery date is on the same day. E.g.: “Delivery by Today”

Can I add estimate message using short code

Yes, you can insert an estimate using the shortcode [estimate_delivery_date id=”product_id”]
product_id will be replaced with the ID of the product for which you want to see the estimate

Can I add a icon in the estimate message on product page

Yes, in the Pro version you can add an icon using the shortcode {icon}, and you can even load your custom icon

My estimate are shown wrong on the product page due to product page caching

Pro version supports AJAX loading of the estimate on the single product page, so caching will not affect it

Can I use ajax loading of estimate on product archive pages

In the Pro version, you can use AJAX loading of estimates on archive pages as well

I have some dynamic shipping method added by some 3rd party plugin

Pro version allows you to show estimated dates for such third-party shipping methods that are added dynamically and are not part of any WooCommerce shipping zones watch video

Show estimate based on new stock arriving date

In Pro, you can specify an exact date when the new lot will arrive, and that date will be used for calculating the estimate when the product becomes out of stock (gets available on backorder)

Can we show shipping method for user location on product page with estimate date

The Pro version is compatible with Product page shipping calculator for WooCommerce that allows your users to view the shipping methods for their location right on the product page, and when you use that plugin along with the Pro version of the Estimate Delivery Date plugin then it will show the estimated date for each of the shipping methods as well

Range of product preparation time

Yes, in the Pro version you can add a range of preparation time for the estimated shipping date

I want to show cutoff time counter for the estimate date

In the Pro version, you can show a cutoff time counter for the estimate date on the product page estimate message, so users can see how much time is left to get this estimate date

Is it HPOS compatible

Yes, the free version and PRO version both are HPOS compatible

I want to change the design of the estimate message

You can customize the appearance of the estimate message to better fit your theme and branding. Options include changing colors and font size; padding; border color and width are available in the Design tab, and you can configure different designs for the Shop, Product, and Checkout pages.