<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>
<ol>
<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>
</ol>
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Order Status Control

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

Home & Garden Order Status Manager for WooCommerce helps you reduce “Where is my order?” tickets by turning order updates into clear, customer-friendly messages.
Instead of generic statuses, you get a ready-to-use Home & Garden workflow (preparing, restocking, ready to ship, shipped, appointment delivery, partial delivery, delivered, after-sales). Each status can display a plain-language explanation on the customer’s order page, so shoppers instantly understand what’s happening and what to expect next.
You can also add delivery details per order (carrier, tracking link, number of parcels, delivery type, estimated date, appointment date/time). When available, these details are automatically shown to the customer and can be included in the “status changed” email, using smart placeholders like <code>{tracking_url}</code>, <code>{appointment_datetime}</code>, and <code>{parcels_count}</code>.
Result: fewer support requests, fewer misunderstandings, and a smoother post-purchase experience — especially for bulky items, scheduled deliveries, and split shipments common in the Home & Garden sector.
Built for WooCommerce. Simple to configure. Designed for real Home & Garden logistics.

Home and Garden Order Status Manager

Manage Home & Garden–ready WooCommerce order statuses with clear customer messaging, delivery details, automated emails, bulk actions, and quick admin controls.

Order Status Control vs Home and Garden Order Status Manager