nate22

I don’t want to spam the board. If you could delete the other failed / closed threads I will try to create a much simpler one with Pastebin links instead.

I already had a feeling nobody could help me, but now with this horrible spectacle my odds are even less, probably.

OH THANK GOD.

Okay, so it is better to not post the details I guess.

Thank you, Andrew, for explaining to me. I thought I was being mercilessly persecuted by some silent mod with a chip on his shoulder who just wanted me to learn my lesson somehow by reading everything on the WP site until I figured out what I did wrong!

??

Give me a clue, moderator. What is the problem?

My situation is highly individual and not covered in any of the Codex or other documentation, yet my threads keep getting instantly closed whenever I post the details with absolutely no comment from whoever the joker is who keeps closing them.

closed yet?

You sure it’s actually working? It says it’s only good up to WP 3.9.2 and you’re running 4.0.

Figured out how to do it…

For posterity, I will explain (possibly to my future self next time I have this question, too):

1. Create weight-based shipping classes based on poundage. Put the charge in the Handling fee and leave the per pound charge blank or 0.

For example, 0-5 lbs = $4.99 Handling Fee with a Minimum weight of .01 and a Max weight of 5 lbs.

5-10 lbs = $8.99 Handling Fee with a Min weight of 5.001 and a Max weight of 10 lbs.

Etc.

2. At some point, you have to stop with the weight classes because you can’t make weight classes to infinity. So, let’s say your final class is 20 lbs and over… You might set the Handling Fee to $16.99 and then an additional per-pound charge of $1.96/pound. Your Min weight would be 20 and you leave Max weight blank. Now they can keep adding items to their order and the shipping will automatically be calculated to infinity. Admittedly, this could get ridiculous (not sure) if someone orders 100 lbs of product (I think using our example, that would be a base charge of $16.99 for the first 20 pounds and then $160 for the next 80lbs. Surely USPS has better rates than that, but you can adjust accordingly once you go to USPS and figure it out. I haven’t bothered).

3. The final thing is to just select “Automatic” from the Shipping main area for the “default shipping” option. I don’t know how necessary this really is with weight-based shipping if there are no other options like Free or Flat Rate or whatever, but I don’t see a reason one of the Weight-Based shipping classes should be default. I suppose the lowest class of 0-5 lbs at $4.99 would also make a good default option.

figured it out, nevermind

Anyway… is it possible to create a specific shipping charge for every product? I only have 12 products if that is possible, it would probably be easier than trying to figure out weight-based shipping. I am dealing with a client who had trouble giving me weights and now can’t give me a $/lb estimate since “USPS charages all different rates.”

I have asked him to just give me a shipping cost number for each product. If it is possible to do this, someone please tell me how? Thank you.

And what is up with this? https://i.imgur.com/6xUMvIm.png

^ the Shipping option buttons for selecting are displaying underneath the text… Someone thought it was a good idea to not give the cart totals enough room to even display properly? Look at the CSS:

.woocommerce .cart-collaterals .cart_totals, .woocommerce-page .cart-collaterals .cart_totals {
float: right;
width: 48%;
text-align: right;
}

I didn’t do that. That’s default.

Quick question: does your plugin automatically add up different products’ weights? The guy actually got back to me, so I am trying to urge him to weigh everything, but I don’t want to do that if 3 or 4 products won’t add up the weights and change the shipping costs appropriately.

It says “Version 2.2.3” in the plugin section. I think the newest version is 2.3.0, isn’t it?

I’ll definitely post an update if I ever get the info. This guy is particularly oblivious, so I don’t know… he’s been using FREE SHIPPING for several months and just now out of the blue he emails me “what happened to the shipping?!?!” like it is some new problem.

I actually was able to find the old version here shortly after my first post:
https://github.com/wp-plugins/weight-based-shipping-for-woocommerce/tree/1c8a19992b54c42103cf28372aa01162f8e17338

I installed that and it seems to be working, but I don’t know yet since the client hasn’t given me any weight information to use yet. Clients are funny when you ask them to do a little work sometimes… you never hear from them again!

Hi, thanks for your reply. I’m using WordPress 3.8.3 and version 2.0.20 of WooCommerce.

Where can I download the previous version? I’m still using the old WC and don’t want to break everything just yet in attempt to update it since this is a client that pays zero.

Awesome, thanks for the reply, lorro!