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
<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>
Cost & Profit Protection
<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>
Better Customer Experience
<ul>
<li>Show accurate shipping options upfront</li>
<li>Eliminate surprise shipping fees at checkout</li>
</ul>
Operational Efficiency
<ul>
<li>Works seamlessly with your existing setup — no disruption</li>
<li>Configure per shipping zone and method for total flexibility</li>
</ul>
Risk Mitigation
<ul>
<li>Prevent misuse of shipping methods</li>
<li>Avoid carrier penalties for oversized or overweight packages</li>
</ul>
Easy Setup
<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>
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.

<h1>Get real-time rates from the largest shipping network in the US</h1>
Show your customers accurate shipping rates automatically with our integration for USPS,  the largest delivery network in United States.
Your store must use US Dollars for its currency and the United States, US Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico as the base country. It works with inches <code>(in)</code> and pounds <code>(lbs)</code>, but other units can be converted automatically.
USPS calculates quotes worldwide.
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Domestic</th>
<th>International</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 8px">
<ul>
<li>First Class</li>
<li>Flat Rate</li>
<li>Priority Mail</li>
<li>Priority Mail Express</li>
<li>Standard Post</li>
<li>Media Mail</li>
<li>Library Mail</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="padding: 8px">
<ul>
<li>First Class Mail® International Letters and Envelopes</li>
<li>Global Express Guaranteed (GXG)</li>
<li>Priority Mail International</li>
<li>Priority Mail International Flat Rate</li>
<li>International Postcards</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
We recommend using this extension in combination with our free service <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/shipping/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WooCommerce Shipping</a>, which creates discounted shipping labels right from your WooCommerce dashboard.
<h3>Other features:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Enable/disable, edit the names of, and add costs to services</li>
<li>Pack items individually or using the built in <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/usps-shipping/#box-packing">box packer</a></li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_2792014" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2792014" style="width: 620px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/usps-box-packing-settings.png"><img class="wp-image-2792014 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/usps-box-packing-settings.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="104" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2792014" class="wp-caption-text">Box Packing Settings</figcaption></figure>
<div class="woo-sc-box note info ">The box packer is volume based. This provides good results in most cases but are never be as accurate as a real person packing a box (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_packing_problem">BIN Packing Problem</a>). Therefore, it is important to understand that packing results are as accurate as possible, and any anomalies should be acceptable.</div>

USPS Shipping Method

Get shipping rates from the USPS API which handles both domestic and international parcels.

Simple Weight Based Shipping vs USPS Shipping Method