Overview
Product Package allows you to define product packages for your store. Customers can select the package based on the number of products they want to buy. They will, then, be able to checkout only when they have completely filled the selected package.
Requirements
Product package requires:
Installation
- Download the .zip file from your WooCommerce account.
- Go to WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New and Upload Plugin with the file you downloaded with Choose File.
- Install Now and Activate the extension.
Configuration
Product package Functions
- Navigate to Product packages.
- Click Add New to create a new product package. Here you will get the option to add a title for a new product package along with the package limit, Shipping Charge.
- Optional: If applicable, Shipping Charge includes the cost that will be added to the order total, default 0.
- Optional: If applicable, Product package image adds an image to a product package.
- Save.
Product package Settings
- Navigate to Product packages > Settings.
- There multiple options settings section:
- Required Product Categories: Only products with assigned category/categories will require a package to be chosen by the customer. This sets the product categories that required packages to purchase a product.
- Packages to show: This sets which package sizes will be show in the default pack selection on the shop page. The additional pack sizes you decide not to list on the shop page can be shown using a shortcode anywhere on the site.
- Package Selection title/description: This is used to give your customers some context around the pack selections. This can be anything you feel would help your customer
- Save Changes.
Shortcodes
Basic: [product_packages]
Select pack sizes to show: [product_packages packages=”5, 10, 15, 20”]
Hide title and description: [product_packages title=“false” and description=“false”]
Frequently Asked Questions
Not all products in my store require a package.
- Assign a category to all the products that require a package.
- From the Dashboard, navigate to Product packages > Settings.
- Add the category you assign to products to the Required product categories.
I would like to add a product category to the product package.
- Navigate to Product packages > Settings.
- Add product category by selecting categories in the Required product categories dropdown.
- Save Changes.
How to change the number of packages shown?
- Navigate to Product packages > Settings.
- In the box for Packages to show, add the pack sizes you want included.
- Save Changes.
How to add product packages to other pages than the shop, cart pages?
Add [product_packages] shortcode to the page where you want to show the product packages.
Feedback and Suggestions
Don’t see a feature in Product packages that you think would be useful? We’d love to hear it!
The best place to start is the Ideas board, where you can view and up-vote existing feature requests, or add your own. Or suggest it to our support team and we’ll consider adding it in a future release.
Questions & Support
Purchased Product package and need assistance? If you’ve found an issue:
- Ensure you have the latest versions of WooCommerce.
- Go to WooCommerce > System Status to check for plugin updates and other important information that may require your attention.
- Rule out a plugin conflict: Turn off all plugins except WooCommerce. If the issue is resolved, find the plugin that triggers the issue by re-activating plugins one by one.
- Rule out a theme conflict. Activate Storefront, or a default WordPress theme such as Twenty Twenty and check if the issue still occurs. If it doesn’t, please contact your theme author(s).
- Read the most Frequently Asked Questions.
If you followed these steps but the issue persists, get in touch with us.