DPPBuilder – Digital Product Passports for WooCommerce

DPPBuilder creates Digital Product Passports for your WooCommerce products, designed to help with EU Digital Product Passport requirements and providing comprehensive product traceability. The JSON output includes Schema.org Product markup and the UN/CEFACT UNTP DPP context to facilitate early interoperability.
This plugin is fully functional and unlimited. No subscriptions, API keys, or external services are required.

Disclaimer: The official EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) regulation and its JSON data format have not been finalized at the time of this plugin’s release. This plugin is intended for early adopters and developers who want to begin practicing and preparing for DPP implementation in WooCommerce. It uses the closest publicly available draft — the UN/CEFACT UN/Transport & Logistics Programme (UNTP) DPP v0.6.1 pre-release — and follows current best practices for early interoperability. Once the official specification is published, DPPBuilder will be updated to reflect it.

Key Features:

• One‑Click Passport Generation – From the WooCommerce product editor, generate a JSON Digital Product Passport on demand
• Human‑Readable Product Page + QR Code – Create a product DPP page and a QR PNG that links to it; add the QR anywhere in your store
• REST API Access – Opt-in public endpoint (disabled by default) to fetch passport data: /wp-json/dppbuilder/v1/passport/{product_id}
• Manufacturers Directory – Add/search manufacturers, set logos and locations, and display country flags; associate with products
• Materials & Compositions – Create custom materials, search and relate them to products for transparent composition data
• Comprehensive Product Data – Support for GTIN, manufacturing details, batches, origin, warranty and more
• JSON‑LD (Product) Output – Optional schema output to enhance SEO with structured data
• UN/CEFACT UNTP Alignment – Includes UNTP DPP JSON-LD context and conformsTo metadata (v0.6.1 pre-release) for closest-available alignment
• No External Services – Works entirely within your site; no accounts, no external APIs required
• WooCommerce Ready – Compatible with modern Woo features (including HPOS)

Perfect for:
* E-commerce businesses needing EU compliance
* Companies wanting to improve product transparency
* Sustainability-focused brands
* Manufacturers requiring detailed product traceability

Usage

Generate a Passport:

1. Open any WooCommerce product
2. Click the “Generate DPP” button in the DPP section
3. The plugin creates a JSON passport and stores it; a QR image can be generated to link to the readable page

Display a Passport:
[dppbuilder_view product_id="123"]

On a Product Page (auto-detect):
[dppbuilder_view]

WP-CLI:
WP-CLI commands are not currently included in this plugin release.

REST API:
GET /wp-json/dppbuilder/v1/passport/{product_id}

Developer Hooks:
php
// Modify passport data before storage
add_action('dppb_passport_generated', function($product_id, $passport) {
// Custom modifications here
}, 10, 2);

Support

For user support, feature requests, and bug reports, please use the official WordPress.org support forum for this plugin:

https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dppbuilder/

We monitor the forum and respond as promptly as possible. Documentation and product information are also available on our website.

System Requirements:
* WordPress 6.0 or higher
* PHP 7.4 or higher
* WooCommerce 7.0 or higher
* MySQL 5.6 or higher
* PHP GD extension (required for QR PNG generation)

Recommended:
* WordPress 6.5 or higher
* PHP 8.0 or higher
* WooCommerce 9.0 or higher

Privacy

This plugin does not collect personal data by default. When the public REST API is enabled in settings, the plugin may use an IP-derived, salted transient key to rate-limit anonymous requests. No raw IP addresses are stored. You can disable public access and/or rate limiting in the plugin settings at any time. QR codes are generated locally; no external QR APIs are contacted.

Third‑Party Libraries

This plugin bundles the following third‑party component:

• PHP QR Code – Open source QR code generation library used to create PNG QR images for the DPP page link.
  • Project page: https://phpqrcode.sourceforge.net/
  • License: LGPL (see includes/vendor/PHPQRCODE-LICENSE.txt)
  • Included file: includes/vendor/phpqrcode.php (merged single‑file distribution)

Country flag images in assets/images/country-flags/ are derived from the
hampusborgos/country-flags project and are Public Domain (PD) as documented by
that project. For details, see:

• Source repository: https://github.com/hampusborgos/country-flags
• Local license file: assets/images/country-flags/LICENSE.txt

Notes:
* The original sources are SVG; in this plugin they were converted to PNG for
better security characteristics and smaller file size.
* Per the source project’s README, flags as symbols are not under copyright
protection (there may be other restrictions on use in some jurisdictions).

1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ or install via the WordPress Plugins screen
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen
3. Ensure WooCommerce is active (required dependency)
4. Go to DPPBuilder → Settings to configure issuer and display options
5. Open any WooCommerce product and click “Generate DPP” to create the JSON passport and QR

1.0.3

• Version bump to 1.0.3 (no functional changes)
• Align header, constant, and readme stable tag

1.0.1

• Declared UN/CEFACT UNTP DPP JSON-LD context and conformsTo metadata (v0.6.1 pre-release)
• Non-breaking additions only; existing keys and API remain unchanged
• Compliance updates for WordPress.org guidelines
• Removed generation limits and all upsell/licensing references
• Ensured plugin is fully functional and unlimited out of the box

1.0.0

• Initial stable release
• Complete passport generation
• Manufacturer and material management
• REST API endpoint
• Frontend viewer with shortcodes
• Comprehensive settings panel