Take control of your shipping costs — the simple way.
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.
Key Features
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<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>
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Cost & Profit Protection
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<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>
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Better Customer Experience
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<li>Show accurate shipping options upfront</li>
<li>Eliminate surprise shipping fees at checkout</li>
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Operational Efficiency
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<li>Works seamlessly with your existing setup — no disruption</li>
<li>Configure per shipping zone and method for total flexibility</li>
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Risk Mitigation
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<li>Prevent misuse of shipping methods</li>
<li>Avoid carrier penalties for oversized or overweight packages</li>
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Easy Setup
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<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>
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Why It’s Different
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.
Built for small to medium WooCommerce stores that need practical, cost-effective protection from shipping losses. Not enterprise overhead.
Lightweight. Affordable. Effective.
Deliver enterprise-grade control without enterprise complexity or cost.
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Simple Weight Based Shipping

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.

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<li>Add multiple tables of rates per shipping zone</li>
<li>Several types of table rate calculation: Per order, Calculated per item, Calculated per line, Calculated per class</li>
<li>Add rules based on Weight, Number of items, Number of items by class and Price</li>
<li>Add costs per row, per item cost, a percentage and per weight unit</li>
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The table rate shipping module extends WooCommerce’s default shipping options giving you highly customizable shipping options. Define multiple shipping rates based on location, price, weight, or item count. Wildcards may be used to match multiple regions too.
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<h4>Intuitive Interface</h4>
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Adding data as complex as table rate shipping can be an arduous process. That’s why the user interface has been designed to make the process of adding, duplicating and removing rates as intuitive as possible.

Table Rate Shipping

Advanced, flexible shipping. Define multiple shipping rates based on location, price, weight, shipping class or item count.

Simple Weight Based Shipping vs Table Rate Shipping