USPS Shipping Method 5.6.0 gives shoppers customer-facing shipping insurance and signature confirmation at checkout, tightens the delivery-commitment display to the rate they actually selected, and resolves a weight-rounding bug that could stop rates from loading on letter and lightweight shipments.
Let shoppers protect their own orders at checkout. Shoppers can now add USPS shipping insurance and signature confirmation to their order at checkout. That gives buyers control over how their package is protected and delivered, and moves the cost of those add-ons to the customer who wants them instead of leaving it on the store. It’s a straightforward way to reduce disputes over lost or unconfirmed deliveries.
Cleaner delivery estimates at checkout. Service commitment info — the estimated delivery timing for a USPS service — now shows only for the rate the shopper selected, instead of listing it across every option. Shoppers see one clear delivery estimate tied to their choice, which cuts clutter at a moment where confusion costs you the sale.
This release also fixes a rounding issue in the pounds-to-ounces weight conversion that could return a USPS error and block rate retrieval on letter-rate and lightweight shipments. If you sell small or lightweight items, rates now come back reliably instead of failing at checkout.
How to get it
Update to USPS Shipping Method 5.6.0 from your WooCommerce dashboard — Plugins > Installed Plugins, or WooCommerce > Extensions. The new checkout options and display changes apply once you’re on the latest version.
Get USPS Shipping Method | USPS Shipping Method Documentation