Admin Order Notes & Status Highlighter

Admin Order Notes & Status Highlighter improves the WooCommerce admin experience by adding visual color highlights to order notes and order status indicators. This makes important updates easier to spot, reduces oversight, and helps store administrators quickly identify notes or statuses that require attention.

This plugin is designed for WooCommerce store owners, fulfillment teams, and administrators who manage many orders and want a clearer, more efficient workflow. All highlights are applied automatically—no settings configuration is required.

✨ Features

• Highlight order notes with custom background colors
• Color-coded styling for WooCommerce order status badges
• Automatically enhances order list & order edit screens
• Lightweight and performance-friendly (CSS-only, no JavaScript)
• No configuration needed — works instantly after activation
• Compatible with most WooCommerce admin customizers and themes

🛒 WooCommerce Requirement

This plugin requires WooCommerce to be installed and active.
Tested with WooCommerce 4.0+.

Why this plugin?

WooCommerce stores with high order volumes often miss important notes like:

• Customer requests
• Order changes
• Delivery instructions
• Payment updates
• Stock alerts
• System-generated notices

Color-highlighting helps administrators quickly process orders with improved clarity.

1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/admin-order-notes-status-highlighter/
   or install via “Upload Plugin” in WordPress.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.
3. Ensure WooCommerce is active.
4. Go to WooCommerce → Orders — highlights will appear automatically.

No manual configuration is required.

1. 

   Highlighted order notes in the WooCommerce order timeline

2. 

   Colored order status badges in the WooCommerce order list

1.2.0

• Initial public release
• Added colored status badges
• Added highlighted order notes