Method Settings

Modified on Wed, 14 Sep, 2022 at 1:51 AM

This page is dedicated to the general settings of the shipping method. The following setting sections are available:

  • Shipping Rates Settings
  • Handling Fees Settings
  • Cart Notifications Settings
  • Cart & Package Totals Calculation
  • Weights & Volumetric Weight Calculation
  • Hide Shipping Methods
  • Debug & Cache Settings

Shipping Rates Settings

WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping - Shipping Rate Settings

Method Title 

This field controls the method title, this is purely for reference purposes and will only be listed on the shipping settings page. Customers will NOT see this text as they will be shown the title text that you specify on the shipping rates page. 


Tax Rate Options 

This field determines whether or not to use tax rates that are applied to shipping only on shipping rates. the field also determines whether or not the shipping rates are taxable.


Enable On "Cart" Page

Determines whether or not the shipping rates should be enabled on the cart page.


Handling Fees SettingsWooCommerce Table Rate Shipping - Handling Fee Settings

Tax Rate Options

This field determines whether or not to use tax rates that are applied to shipping only on handling fees. the field also determines whether or not the handling fees are taxable.


Enable On "Cart" Page

Determines whether or not the handling fees should be enabled on the cart page.


Cart Notifications SettingsWooCommerce Table Rate Shipping - Cart Notification Settings

Enable On "Cart" Page

Determines whether or not the cart notifications should be enabled on the cart page.


Cart & Package Totals Calculation

WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping - Cart & Package Totals Calculation

The Cart & Package Totals Calculation section can be used to control how percentages-based totals & cart or package totals-based conditions should be calculated. 


To add a new calculation option, click the Add Option button, and then enter the name and the values that should be included in the calculation. Values such as subtotals, package totals, discounts, etc. can be specified in the calculation.


Weights & Volumetric Weight Calculation

WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping - Dimensional Weight Calculator

The Weights & Volumetric Weight Calculation can be used to control weights based cost/fee types calculations and weight conditions. 


Volumetric Weight, also known as Dimensional Weight is a courier service provider's way of calculating weight based on package dimensions (i.e the height, width and length of a package).


To add a new weight calculator, click the Add Calculator button, then enter the information given to you by your courier service provider.


Admin Note

This field controls the private note for the calculator, this is purely for reference purposes.


Volumetric Weight Formula

This field controls the formula given to you by your courier service provider.


DIM Factor

This field controls the DIM factor value in the formula given to you by your courier service provider.


Round Measurements

This field determines how the package measurements should be rounded. This is based on the information given to you by your courier service provider.


Round Weight

This field determines how weights or volumetric weights should be rounded. This is based on the information given to you by your courier service provider.


Compare Weights

This field determines whether or not the product weight and the dimensional weight should be compared, "No" will always choose the dimensional weight.


Additional Resources


Hide Shipping Methods

WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping - Hide Shipping Methods


Mode

This field determines whether or not to hide shipping methods, it also controls what shipping methods should be hidden.


Setting the field to Hide other available shipping methods will hide other shipping methods when Table Rate Shipping is available, and setting the field to Hide this method when other methods are available will hide Table Rate Shipping when other shipping methods are available.


Other Shipping Methods

This field controls which other methods to check for availability.


Debug & Cache Settings

WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping - Cache Settings

Enable Debug

This field enables debugging of the shipping method, this should only be used for testing as this will disable caching


Cache Parameters

This field determines when shipping data should be cached based on parameters

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