Weight based shipping methods for WooCommerce. Flexible shipping with table rate rules by cart weight and order value. Accurate rates at checkout.
| Last updated | October 30, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
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| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.4 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | June 14, 2016 |
| Support, last two months | 2 of 3 threads resolved (67%) |
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| 3 stars | 0 |
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| 1 star | 9 |
The best free plugin to configure shipping rates in your WooCommerce store
Flexible Shipping is the most advanced shipping plugin for WooCommerce stores, allowing you to calculate the shipping costs based on weight and/or cart total. Combine it with the PRO version, and it will become the only shipping plugin for WooCommerce you will ever need.
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Possible Shipping Scenarios
These are only a few examples of the Flexible Shipping usage. However, the sky is the limit. We have described the most popular use cases in the comprehensive and detailed plugin documentation and Ready to use scenarios →.
Features
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
WooCommerce’s built-in tools give you flat rate, free shipping, and some basic options, but the logic stops there. Flexible Shipping extends these capabilities significantly.
It allows you to calculate shipping costs based on Weight and Cart Total, enabling you to create unlimited rules tailored to your business. It also includes features that standard WooCommerce lacks:
Yes! The Free version allows you to configure shipping rules based on Cart Total and Total Weight. You can create cost tiers (ranges) for both. For example, you can set free shipping for orders over $100 or set the shipping cost for heavy orders above 100 lbs.
It is simple. The plugin includes a built-in “Free Shipping Override” feature, allowing you to trigger free shipping based on a global minimum order amount, visible clearly in the method settings.
Or you may utilize table rules, for example:
Yes, Flexible Shipping works seamlessly with the most popular currency switchers in the WooCommerce ecosystem. We are compatible with:
In the Free version, you can include handling fees by simply adding them to the base cost of the rule. If you need to add a percentage-based fee (e.g., 2% of the cart value for insurance) or a fixed fee per additional item, please upgrade to Flexible Shipping PRO, which supports “Additional Cost” and “Cost per Item” calculations.
Yes, the Free version recognizes WooCommerce Shipping Classes created in your store settings. However, you cannot build shipping cost rules based on them in the Free version.
To use Shipping Classes as a condition in your rules table, you need Flexible Shipping PRO. This allows you to differentiate shipping costs for specific groups of products within a single method.
Examples of what you can do with PRO:
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Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.