Custom Order Status Manager for WooCommerce Premium lets you organize orders around the stages your store uses. Create unlimited custom statuses, edit existing ones, or remove statuses you no longer need. Add a label, icon, or text color to each status, and show a status column on the WooCommerce order list to review progress.

Route orders by payment method

Set default statuses for payment methods, including default and third-party methods. This determines an order's starting status based on its payment method. You can then use custom statuses for later steps in your process, such as review, preparation, dispatch, or collection.

Keep staff and clients informed

Enable email notifications for customers or administrators. The order list status column gives staff a quick view of progress. For example, a made-to-order store might track production, quality checks, and dispatch, while a service business might use received, scheduled, in progress, and completed.

Automate later steps and track their effects

Premium supports automatic transitions between custom statuses based on time intervals. It can also display order information in WooCommerce Reports and increase or decrease stock levels according to order status changes.

Create a status and enable its email

After installing and activating the plugin, go to WooCommerce > Order Status and select Add New. Enter the status title, provide a unique slug, and publish it. Then configure its label, icon, or text color as needed.

To enable an email template for a custom status, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Email. Select the template for that status, enable it, and save your changes. Configure payment-method defaults, notifications, timed transitions, reporting, and stock behavior to fit your order process.