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by ujwal1024April 30th, 2018
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<a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/woocommerce" target="_blank">WooCommerce</a> has become the most popular <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/ecommerce" target="_blank">E-commerce</a> platform for people across the world. With more than 500,000 websites all over the world running WooCommerce, there is no doubt that it has become the standard for online business. However, the reasons that people are using WooCommerce is its open-source nature and a huge developer community that has been providing business solutions for WooCommerce users. This has made working with WooCommerce a lot easier.
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WooCommerce has become the most popular E-commerce platform for people across the world. With more than 500,000 websites all over the world running WooCommerce, there is no doubt that it has become the standard for online business. However, the reasons that people are using WooCommerce is its open-source nature and a huge developer community that has been providing business solutions for WooCommerce users. This has made working with WooCommerce a lot easier.

Some of the major aspects of the online business include pre-order fulfillment processes such as shipping rate calculation, inventory management, etc. However, what most of the online business owners don’t realize that the postorder aspects such as order tracking, plays a vital role in case of E-commerce websites. In such a competitive world, where neglecting a small factor can give businesses a competitive edge over you, you simply can’t afford to miss out on these aspects.

This article focusses on some of the best WooCommerce order tracking plugins out there which can help you boost your online business.

Best WooCommerce Order Tracking plugins

1. WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Pro

WooCommerce shipment tracking pro plugin by PluginHive is one of the best option WooCommerce store owners can have. The plugin is an easy to use order tracking plugin where WooCommerce store owners can add all their shipping carriers names as well as tracking URLs, and the plugin will be ready to track their shipments.

Some of the other cool features that this plugin provides include,

  • Shipping Carrier Support

The plugin provides store owners an easy way to update the tracking orders by configuring the shipping carriers in the plugin settings. By default, there are more than 80+ preconfigured shipping carriers in the plugin settings. These include almost every major shipping carrier throughout the world. However, the plugin provides an easy way to add or remove the shipping carriers based on the store owner’s preferences.

The plugin works seamlessly with almost every shipping carrier. However, for UPS and FedEx, this plugin takes shipment tracking to a whole another level. WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Pro plugin allows online store owner as well as the customers to track their orders in real-time using UPS and FedEx Live Tracking feature. This way, they can get the real-time tracking status of their orders whenever they want and where ever they want.

  • Tracking Details on the Orders Page

The plugin provides the order tracking details on the Orders Page. The store owner can manually update the tracking details including the shipping carrier, tracking ID, and the date of shipment. Store owners can have the access to these details right from the orders page.

  • Tracking Details for the Customers

WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Pro plugin also allows the customers to get the tracking details for their orders. The customers can log into their My Accounts page and select their orders. The tracking details will be updated there only.

  • Bulk Import of Tracking Data via CSV

WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Pro plugin handles bulk tracking data like a pro. Using this plugin, WooCommerce store owners can update their orders in bulk with the help of a CSV file. The CSV file will contain the tracking data including the order number, tracking IDs, shipping carrier names, and the date of shipment for all the orders. Once the tracking details are updated those order will be marked as Completed.

  • Schedule Importing Tracking Details from FTP Server

This is one of the most exciting features of this plugin. WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Pro plugin allows store owners to import tracking details from CSV file stored on an FTP Server. The plugin not only provides a way to automate the whole process but it allows store owners to define the time interval after which the import will begin again. This way the tracking details will automatically be imported from the CSV file from the FTP server.

  • Automatically Mark the Order Status as Completed

WooCommerce store owners need not change the order status to Completed manually. The plugin automatically changes the order status to Completed once the tracking details are updated using CSV Import or FTP Import.

  • Tracking Details in Order Completion Email

WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Pro plugin allows the store owner to define a custom tracking message for their customers. This message will be displayed on the Order Completion Email that is sent to the customers. The message will contain all the tracking details including the tracking ID and a link to track the shipment.

2. BLAZING WooCommerce Shipment Tracking by Blazing Spider

BLAZING WooCommerce Shipment Tracking plugin

Apart from the WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Pro, BLAZING WooCommerce Shipment Tracking plugin by Blazing Spider is also a great WooCommerce order tracking plugin. This plugin also provides the tracking information to the store owner as well as the customers.

Here are some of the interesting features of the Blazing WooCoommerce Shipment Tracking plugin.

  • Shipping Carrier Support

BLAZING WooCommerce Shipment Tracking plugin is based on JASON. And to add a shipping carrier, there is a certain way that the store owner must follow, or the plugin will not add the shipping carrier. The plugin supports different shipping carriers and to add the shipping carrier successfully store owners need to add information like the slug for the shipping carrier, the title of the shipping carrier and the tracking URL. Then only the plugin will work properly.

  • Tracking Details on the Orders Page

Just like the previous plugins, this plugin also allows the store owners to update the tracking details manually from the orders page. The store owner can add the tracking details including tracking ID, shipping carriers name and the shipment date and update it in the orders. However, automatic update of tracking details or bulk tracking data handling is not supported till now.

  • Tracking Details in Order Completion Email

BLAZING WooCommerce Shipment Tracking plugin allows store owners to send the tracking details to the customers via Email. The plugin offers two ways to send tracking information to the customers. One of them is the traditional way to include the tracking details in the Order Completion Email. However, the plugin also provides an option to add a dedicated tracking email which will contain a button to track the shipments. Furthermore, the store owners can change the template for that email in the plugin settings.

3. Packpin WooCommerce Shipment Tracking

Packpin WooCommerce Shipment Tracking plugin

Packpin WooCommerce Shipment Tracking is another interesting plugin that has made to the list of top 5 order tracking plugins for WooCommerce. The plugin is based on the idea of bringing huge traffic to the WooCommerce site by providing timely tracking updates to the customers via email.

Here is a look at some of the interesting features provided by this plugin.

  • Shipping Carrier Support

Packpin WooCommerce Shipment Tracking plugin works differently when it comes to the shipment carriers. It has a dedicated subscription plan based on the number of shipping carriers it supports. Also, if your shipping carrier is not among the ones that the plugin is supporting, then there is no way for the store owner to add the shipping carrier. Instead, you can contact the support and ask them to add the shipping carrier to the list of supported carriers.

  • Tracking Details on the Order Page

Packpin WooCommerce Shipment Tracking plugin allows store owners to manually update the tracking information including the tracking ID and the shipping carrier’s name on the order page. This way the store owner can not only update the tracking data but for their convenience it also allows them to track their shipments from the backend only.

  • Email Notification of Status Change

Packpin Shipment Tracking plugin allows store owners to send an email notification. The idea behind sending the emails is that it will help in improving the traffic to the WooCommerce site. This is why, the plugin provides email notifications for order status change, estimated delivery date as well as the tracking history.

  • Tracking Details displayed on WooCommerce Site

This is by far the most interesting feature of Packpin WooCommerce Tracking plugin. The plugin provides the tracking option in the emails. However, the tracking data is shown on the WooCommerce website only. This way if there are 50 orders per week, then it guarantees that at least those 50 people will increase the traffic on the site at least 5 times each till their order arrives.

4. MIMO WooCommerce Order Tracking plugin

MIMO WooCommerce Order Tracking plugin

The MIMO WooCommerce Order tracking plugin is a simple yet useful WooCommerce tracking plugin. The plugin manages order tracking and notifies the customers when the order status changes.

The plugin packs the following set of features,

  • Shipping Carrier Support

MIMO WooCommerce Order Tracking plugin provides a simple interface to the plugin settings to add shipping carriers. This way you can add single or multiple shipping carriers to update the tracking details for your orders.

  • Tracking Details on the Orders Page

The plugin also supports adding the tracking details on the orders page. This allows store owners to manually update the tracking numbers, along with the shipping carrier and the date of shipment, in the order. This way store owners can track the order from the orders page instead of visiting the shipping carrier website.

  • Automatically Mark the Order Status as Complete

Another feature that comes in very handy, is the ability of the plugin to automatically mark the orders as complete. This saves a lot of time for the WooCommerce store owners when it comes to medium to large scale websites.

  • Tracking Details in Order Completion Email

The plugin also supports adding the tracking information to the Order Completion Email. This way the customers will receive the tracking details along with the link to the shipping carrier’s tracking page. For personalization, the plugin offers the store owners an option to add an email template that will contain the shipment tracking details.

5. WooCommerce Order Shipping Tracking Plugin

WooCommerce Order Shipping Tracking plugin

Last but not the least, is WooCommerce Order Shipping Tracking plugin. It is a subscription-based plugin that offers features based on the type of subscription that the store owners purchase. Here some of the features that this plugin offers irrespective of the subscription.

  • Shipping Carrier Support

WooCommerce Order Shipping Tracking plugin supports all the major shipping carriers such as UPS, FedEx, USPS, Canada Post, etc. The subscription plans differ based on the API calls for either one shipping carrier or multiple shipping carriers.

  • Tracking Details on the Order Page

One of the interesting features of the plugin is that it provides the same view as the customers have to the store owners. The store owner can easily access the tracking details directly from the orders page.

  • Tracking Information on Customer’s My Accounts Page

WooCommerce Order Shipping Tracking plugin allows customers to have a detailed view of the shipment status on the customer’s My Account page. This serves great when it comes to customer experience.

  • Email Notification with Tracking Details

The plugin also offers to include the tracking details in the order completion email. The email contains the details such as the tracking ID, shipping carrier and the date of shipment. This email is triggered as soon as the tracking details are added to the order and saved.

Summary…

This article covers some of the best WooCommerce order tracking plugins that can boost your business. These plugins provide easy access to order tracking information to both the store owner and the customers. WooCommerce store owners can choose any one of the plugins based on their preferences. However, some of the plugins in this list provide a more sophisticated solution to tracking the WooCommerce orders. Hence, different store owners can easily choose between the mentioned plugins.

However, if you still feel a bit lost in deciding the best WooCommerce Order Tracking Plugin for your store, you can take a look at some of the must-have features for an Ideal WooCommerce tracking plugin.