<p>Take control of your shipping costs — the simple way.</p>
<p>WooCommerce’s built-in shipping methods don’t support weight limits, leaving stores vulnerable to costly mistakes when heavy items trigger free or flat-rate shipping. Simple Weight Based Shipping fixes that with a lightweight, plug-and-play solution designed for real-world merchants.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Add weight limits to existing WooCommerce shipping methods (Flat Rate, Free Shipping, Local Pickup)</li>
<li>Set minimum and maximum weight thresholds per shipping instance</li>
<li>Auto-hide methods when the cart weight doesn’t meet your rules</li>
<li>Optional max size limit based on the longest item side</li>
<li>No new shipping methods — extends what you already use</li>
<li>Set default weights and dimensions for products with missing data</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cost & Profit Protection</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Prevent shipping losses by hiding costly options for heavy orders</li>
<li>Stop free shipping abuse on oversized items</li>
<li>No more manual review — orders automatically follow your rules</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Better Customer Experience</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Show accurate shipping options upfront</li>
<li>Eliminate surprise shipping fees at checkout</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Operational Efficiency</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Works seamlessly with your existing setup — no disruption</li>
<li>Configure per shipping zone and method for total flexibility</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Risk Mitigation</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Prevent misuse of shipping methods</li>
<li>Avoid carrier penalties for oversized or overweight packages</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Easy Setup</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Guided visual setup with screenshots and tutorials</li>
<li>Low maintenance — set once and forget</li>
<li>Simple, clean interface — no enterprise bloat</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Why It’s Different</strong></p>
<p>Most shipping plugins are bloated or overly complex. Simple Weight Based Shipping focuses on one thing and does it exceptionally well: giving merchants precise weight control with zero friction.</p>
<p>Built for small to medium WooCommerce stores that need practical, cost-effective protection from shipping losses. Not enterprise overhead.</p>
<p>Lightweight. Affordable. Effective.</p>
<p>Deliver enterprise-grade control without enterprise complexity or cost.</p>
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Simple Weight Based Shipping

<p>Simple Weight Based Shipping lets WooCommerce stores show or hide shipping methods based on total cart weight and a single max item size, with sensible defaults, controls, and solid compatibility.</p>

<h2>Perfect for Helpdesk and Phone Orders: Calculate Shipping Costs Instantly</h2>
<p>Create or edit orders, add products, and add or change the shipping method.</p>
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<li><strong>Recalculate shipping costs</strong> on the fly while <strong>editing admin orders</strong>.</li>
<li>Retrieve available shipping options <strong>with prices and taxes</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Choose and assign</strong> the best shipping method.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Accurate Shipping Rates in the Admin — No More Manual Calculations</h2>
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<p>Get shipping costs <strong>calculated directly</strong> from your shipping methods:</p>
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<li>Based on the <strong>products in the order</strong></li>
<li>Based on the <strong>customer’s shipping address</strong></li>
<li><strong>Compatible</strong> with most shipping plugins, from simple to advanced</li>
<li>Uses the <strong>same calculation logic as</strong> on the <strong>checkout</strong> page</li>
</ul>
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<p><small>Calculate and apply shipping rate in admin side. Click to enlarge</small></p>
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<h2>Support for Product Add-Ons</h2>
<p>Are you selling products with <strong>options that affect shipping cost calculations</strong>?</p>
<p>Do your product options or custom fields only appear on the front-end?</p>
<p>To address this case, this plugin loads the real front-end product page in a popup from the admin:</p>
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<li><strong>Captures and stores product field values</strong> entered there</li>
<li>Reuses those values for <strong>current and future shipping recalculations</strong></li>
<li><strong>Compatible</strong> with most third-party, including WooCommerce Product Add-Ons and many others.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Support for Multiple Packages</h2>
<p>If your site already uses a plugin that splits the cart into multiple packages, this plugin fully supports it:</p>
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<li>View shipping <strong>options and prices for each package</strong></li>
<li>Assign shipping rates per package</li>
<li>Works with <strong>all multi-package shipping plugins</strong></li>
</ul>
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<h2>Support for Customer Roles</h2>
<p>Do you use different <strong>shipping rates based on customer role</strong> (for example, member, affiliate, or guest)?</p>
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<li>If your shipping methods support different rates per customer role, <strong>this plugin does too</strong>.</li>
<li>The <strong>customer role is recreated during calculation</strong>, ensuring you always get the correct shipping price</li>
</ul>

Admin Order Shipping Cost Calculator

<p>Automatically calculates shipping costs for admin orders in WooCommerce when editing them, just like at checkout — ideal for helpdesk teams and phone orders.</p>

Simple Weight Based Shipping vs Admin Order Shipping Cost Calculator