<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.

Easily manage order fulfillment and keep your customers informed with the Shipment Status & Tracking extension for WooCommerce. Designed to improve your store’s shipping workflow, this extension adds a dedicated “Shipped” order status, simplifies bulk updates, and enhances customer communication with automated tracking details.
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>New “Shipped” Status – Clearly mark orders as shipped for better order management.</li>
<li>Bulk upload via CSV – Mark all your orders as shipped and add tracking information in seconds.</li>
<li>Automated Email Notifications – Automatically notify customers when their order is shipped.</li>
<li>Custom Emails – completely customize emails.</li>
<li>Tracking Number & Link – Add tracking details directly to order emails, making it easy for customers to follow their shipment.</li>
<li>Bulk Status Update – Save time by updating multiple orders to “Shipped” in one click.</li>
<li>Quick Action Button – Change order status instantly from the orders page.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>How it works</h2>
From the WooCommerce Orders page, you can quickly set multiple orders as shipped or update them individually. When viewing a selected order, you can enter the tracking number and tracking link — ensuring customers always know where their package is. Once updated, the extension sends a branded email to your customer with real-time tracking information.
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<h2>Why you should choose this extension</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Improved customer experience with proactive shipment updates.</li>
<li>Reduce support requests by keeping buyers informed.</li>
<li>Faster order management through bulk and quick-action tools.</li>
<li>Seamless integration with your existing WooCommerce workflow.</li>
</ul>

Shipment Status & Tracking

Track orders and enable a shipped status for WooCommerce orders.

Order Status Control vs Shipment Status & Tracking