<h2>Control which Paid WooCommerce Orders are Automatically Completed</h2>
WooCommerce automatically completes orders for virtual-downloadable products after successful payment, but it won’t autocomplete other orders, as you may need to take actions between when the order is processed and completed. If you sell shippable products, you probably need to ship them before completing the order. If you sell virtual products like services, you probably have to do something between when the order is paid and completed.
However, this isn’t the case for all stores, and you may not need to take any action between when an order is paid for and completed. For example, you may want to auto-complete virtual orders, or even those with products that aren’t virtual or downloadable. Likewise, you may not want any orders to automatically complete at all.
In this case, you can use the WooCommerce Order Status Control extension to get greater control over when paid orders are automatically completed.
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Want to completely prevent orders from automatically completing? You can use this plugin to block virtual + downloadable orders from going right to “completed”.
Need to automatically complete more orders than WooCommerce does by default? You can do that, too. Normally, orders with successful payment are updated from ‘pending’ to ‘processing’. Once the order is processed, you have to manually complete it. If your shop takes a large number of orders that don’t require action while the order is processing, updating the order status to complete for each of those orders is a time commitment that you can instead streamline.
WooCommerce Order Status Control can automatically mark paid orders as ‘complete’ instead of ‘processing’, completing skipping the ‘processing’ status. All it takes is 1 minute to setup and you never have to worry about changing order statuses for paid orders again.
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You can automatically complete paid orders that only contain virtual items, or you can opt to automatically complete all paid orders in your shop, regardless of what type of product the order contains.
<h3>How to Get Started</h3>
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<li>Purchase and download the extension 🙂</li>
<li>Upload and install into your WooCommerce store</li>
<li>Go to WooCommerce > Settings > General, and scroll down to Order Status Control</li>
<li>Choose from All Orders to change the order status to “completed” after successful payment for all orders, Virtual Orders to change the order status only for orders that contain all virtual products, or None to stop auto-completion all together.</li>
<li>That’s it! Sit back and enjoy automated order statuses!</li>
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Order Status Control

Use this extension to automatically change the order status to “completed” after successful payment.

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<li>Update orders by date range or comma-separated IDs</li>
<li>Change to any WooCommerce status</li>
<li>Suppress customer email notifications</li>
<li>Option to disable admin email notifications (e.g., new order emails)</li>
<li>Batch processing for scalability</li>
<li>Preview total orders before updating</li>
<li>Real-time progress bar</li>
<li>High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) compatible</li>
<li>Integrated under WooCommerce menu for shop managers and admins</li>
<li>Reset option to start fresh</li>
<li>Preview orders in a detailed table before processing (Order #, Customer, Date, Status, Total)</li>
<li>One-click undo to revert the last bulk status update (stores up to 5 rollback snapshots)</li>
<li>CSV export of processed orders with before/after status columns</li>
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<div>Instructions</div>
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1. Access the Tool 
– Navigate to WooCommerce > Status Updater in your WordPress admin dashboard, or use the “Updater Page” link from the Plugins page (available to shop managers and admins). 
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2. Choose Selection Method 
– Date Range: Select “Date Range” to update orders within a specific time period. 
– Enter “Start Date” and “Cutoff Date.” 
– Pick one or more “Current Statuses to Update” (e.g., “Pending,” “Processing”). 
– Order IDs: Select “Order IDs” to update specific orders by their IDs. 
– Enter comma-separated order IDs (e.g., “24, 25, 26”). No current status selection is required. 
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3. Set New Status 
– Choose a “New Status” from the dropdown (e.g., “Completed,” “Cancelled”).
4. Configure Options 
– Set “Batch Size” (default 10) to control how many orders process at once. 
– Check “Disable Admin Emails” to suppress admin notifications during updates (customer emails are always suppressed).
5. Preview and Process 
– Click “Preview Orders” to see the total orders that will be updated. 
– If the new status matches a selected current status for a date range, you’ll see “Cannot process”—adjust statuses and try again. 
– Click “Start Processing” to begin. Watch the progress bar update in real-time. 
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6. Reset 
– After processing (or to start over), click “Reset” to clear the form. Both “Current Statuses” and “New Status” will revert to “Select” options.
7. Preview Updated 
– Preview orders in a detailed table before processing — see Order #, Customer Name, Date, Status, and Total at a 
glance before making any changes
8. Rollback 
– One-click undo/rollback — made a mistake? Instantly revert all affected orders to their previous statuses with a 
single click (keeps up to 5 recent snapshots)
9. Export CSV 
– Download a full report of every processed order with before and after statuses, perfect for auditing 
and record-keeping
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Bulk Order Status Updater

Efficiently manage your orders with this powerful plugin. Update statuses in bulk without triggering emails or affecting inventory. Preview orders before processing, undo changes with one click, and export audit trails as CSV. Perfect for cleaning up your store, migrations, testing, or large stores.

Order Status Control vs Bulk Order Status Updater