Shipping configuration in Wordpress - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Shipping Configuration in WordPress

📖 Scenario: You are building an online store using WordPress and want to set up shipping options for your products.This project will guide you through creating a simple shipping configuration using WooCommerce hooks and filters.

🎯 Goal: Set up a shipping method configuration in WordPress that defines shipping zones, adds a flat rate shipping method, and enables free shipping based on a minimum order amount.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a shipping zone array with a specific zone name and regions

Define a flat rate shipping method with a fixed cost

Add a free shipping method that activates when the order total reaches a threshold

Hook the shipping methods into WooCommerce using filters

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Online stores need shipping configurations to calculate shipping costs and offer free shipping promotions.

💼 Career

WordPress developers often customize WooCommerce shipping methods to meet client requirements.

1

Create the shipping zone array

Create a variable called $shipping_zone as an associative array with the keys 'zone_name' set to 'Local Zone' and 'zone_regions' set to an array containing 'US' and 'CA'.

Wordpress

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use an associative array with keys 'zone_name' and 'zone_regions'.

2

Define the flat rate shipping method cost

Create a variable called $flat_rate_cost and set it to the string '10.00' representing the flat rate shipping cost.

Wordpress

$shipping_zone = array(
    'zone_name' => 'Local Zone',
    'zone_regions' => array('US', 'CA')
);
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Set the flat rate cost as a string with two decimal places.

3

Add free shipping minimum order amount

Create a variable called $free_shipping_minimum and set it to the integer 50 representing the minimum order amount for free shipping.

Wordpress

$shipping_zone = array(
    'zone_name' => 'Local Zone',
    'zone_regions' => array('US', 'CA')
);

$flat_rate_cost = '10.00';
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use an integer value for the free shipping minimum order amount.

4

Hook shipping methods into WooCommerce

Add a filter hook using add_filter with the tag 'woocommerce_shipping_methods' and a callback function named add_custom_shipping_methods. Inside the function, add two shipping methods to the $methods array: 'flat_rate_custom' with the class name 'WC_Shipping_Flat_Rate' and 'free_shipping_custom' with the class name 'WC_Shipping_Free_Shipping'. Return the modified $methods array.

Wordpress

$shipping_zone = array(
    'zone_name' => 'Local Zone',
    'zone_regions' => array('US', 'CA')
);

$flat_rate_cost = '10.00';

$free_shipping_minimum = 50;

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use add_filter to hook your function and add shipping methods to the $methods array.