Plugin info

Total downloads: 16,331
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 3 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 5/19/2025 (226 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/10/2020 (5 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4
Minimum PHP version: 5.6

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 226 days ago • 1 reviews

40/100

Is Contribuinte Checkout abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 226 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: 5.6

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Description

With this plugin you can add VAT and VIES support to your WooCommerce store. The VAT field will be saved as ‘_billing_vat’.

Important: this plugin requires WooCommerce 3.0.0 or higher.
Warning: to enable and use VIES information you need to have SOAP extension enabled (SoapClient PHP class).

Features

  • Adds VAT field to billing form.
  • Adds VAT field to outgoing email.
  • Adds VAT field to checkout billing information.
  • Adds VAT field to admin orders page.
  • Change VAT field label and description.
  • Validate Portuguese VAT numbers.
  • Choose how to handle vat field validation errors.
  • You can make VAT field required.
  • You can add VIES information to admin order page, checkout and user billing page.
  • Adds settings page under WooCommerce menu so you manage all the features.

Translations

  • English.
  • Portuguese.

Installation

This plugin can be installed via FTP or using the WordPress plugin installer.

Via FTP
1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-contribuinte directory
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins option visible in WordPress

Frequently Asked Questions

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Changelog

2.0.04

  • Security update.

2.0.03

  • Security update.

2.0.02

  • Added adicional “SoapClass” verification.

2.0.01

  • Tested up to version 6.7.1 of WordPress.
  • Tested up to version 9.6.0 of WooCommerce.

2.0.00

  • Added support for the new block based Checkout.

1.0.50

  • Added live VAT validation in checkout and billing address edit.
  • Tested up to version 6.3.0 of WordPress.
  • Tested up to version 8.0.2 of WooCommerce.

1.0.46

  • Updated image and banner.
  • Tested up to version 6.2.0 of WordPress.
  • Tested up to version 7.5.1 of WooCommerce.

1.0.45

  • Fix undefined settings warning.

1.0.44

  • Added HPOS compatibility.
  • Remove vat prefix from Vies verification.
  • Tested up to version 6.1.1 of WordPress.
  • Tested up to version 7.2.0 of WooCommerce.
  • Tested up to version 8.1 of PHP.

1.0.43

  • New setting to make VAT field required on orders over 1000€
  • Tested up to version 5.9.1 of WordPress.
  • Tested up to version 6.2.1 of WooCommerce.

1.0.42

  • VAT number is now included in billing address container in emails and “thank you” page.
  • Tested up to version 5.8.1 of WordPress.
  • Tested up to version 5.8.0 of WooCommerce.

1.0.41

  • Tested up to version 5.7 of WordPress.
  • Tested up to version 5.1.0 of WooCommerce.
  • Tested up to version 8.0 of PHP.

1.0.4

  • Increased max char number for foreign customers

1.0.3

  • Added settings button to the plugins page, under plugin name.

1.0.0

  • Initial release