Free Shipping Bar for WooCommerce documentation

Setting it up, and how each part works: 17 sections, free to read before you buy.

  1. Getting startedInstall and activate the plugin, then open Shipping Bar → Setup and switch on Enable the free shipping bar.
  2. Where the threshold comes fromOn the Setup screen you choose between two sources.
  3. What the cart counts forBy default the cart is measured exactly as WooCommerce measures it: the line subtotal, including tax if your shop displays prices that way, with coupon discounts subtracted only…
  4. Checkout, once free shipping is unlockedWooCommerce picks a shipping method again whenever the choice of rates changes, and it picks the first one your zone lists.
  5. Choosing a designShipping Bar → Bar offers twelve templates: Classic — a full-width bar: the message first, the progress after it. Centred — the message centred above a slim progress line. Edge…
  6. Placing the barUnder Placement the bar sits at the top or the bottom, and either pushes the page down or floats over it.
  7. The wordingThe Wording section at the foot of Bar holds the messages, so you can see the preview as you edit them: click into a message and the preview writes it as you type, with example…
  8. Where it showsDisplay → Where it shows asks the question the way people answer it: tick the broad strokes, then name the exceptions.
  9. Devices and audienceFree Shipping Bar can be shown to some visitors only: by screen size, by whether they are signed in, and by user role.
  10. Using the shortcodeFree Shipping Bar's shortcode puts the bar inside your own content: a page or post, a Shortcode block, a widget, or a theme template through do_shortcode().
  11. Letting shoppers close itUnder Behaviour, Let shoppers close the bar adds a dismiss button.
  12. ResultsThe Dashboard's Results panel puts two periods of the same length side by side: the days since you last turned the bar on, and as many days before it.
  13. Multisite networksThe plugin works on a single site and on a WordPress Multisite network, and can be activated per site or across the network.
  14. Speed and cachingThe bar adds one small stylesheet and one small script, minified, together about 8KB as a browser downloads them, and only on pages where it can actually appear.
  15. For developerstrfs_threshold filters the amount that unlocks free shipping.
  16. Moving your settings to another siteSetup → Import / Export.
  17. An admin without page loadsMoving between the plugin's screens does not reload the page, and neither does saving.

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