Custom Order Status for WooCommerce for WordPress Plugin Directory

WooCommerce includes a fixed set of order statuses such as Pending, Processing, Completed, and Cancelled. For many stores, these default statuses don’t fully reflect their fulfillment workflow. You may need statuses like Awaiting Pickup, Quality Check, Packed, Ready to Ship, or Dispatched to better track orders and keep your team and customers informed.

Custom Order Status for WooCommerce lets you create and manage your own order statuses directly from the WooCommerce dashboard. Customize each status with its own label, icon, and color, choose default statuses for supported payment methods, and send email notifications when an order moves to a custom status.

Key Features Create Your Own Custom Order Statuses Add your own order statuses to WooCommerce without writing code.

For each custom status you can configure:

* Status label

* Status slug

* Icon

* Display color

This makes it easier to organize orders according to your own fulfillment process.

Change the Default Order Statuses Choose the default status assigned to new WooCommerce orders. The Lite version also lets you define default statuses for WooCommerce’s built-in payment gateways, helping orders enter the correct workflow immediately after checkout.

Send Email Notifications for Custom Order Statuses Send email notifications whenever an order changes to a custom status. The Lite version supports global email notifications for both store administrators and customers, helping everyone stay informed throughout the order lifecycle.

Bulk Update Orders with Custom Statuses Include custom statuses in WooCommerce Bulk Actions so multiple orders can be updated at once. Custom statuses are also recognized in WooCommerce Analytics reports, providing better visibility into your order workflow.

Keep Orders Editable After Status Changes Orders assigned to custom statuses can remain editable whenever needed, and you can also configure them to be treated as paid when appropriate.

Common Use Cases Custom Order Status for WooCommerce is ideal for stores that want to:

* Add fulfillment stages such as Packed, Shipped, or Ready for Pickup

* Create custom manufacturing or production workflows

* Improve warehouse and order management processes

* Notify customers when orders reach important milestones

* Manage orders more efficiently using bulk status updates

Documentation & Support

Visit the WordPress support forums

Check the documentation for common answers

Try the live demo to see how the plugin works on the storefront.

If you find the plugin useful, a ⭐ 5-star rating is always appreciated — it helps other store owners discover the plugin.

Looking for More Advanced Features? Upgrade to Custom Order Status for WooCommerce Pro to automate order status changes using advanced rules, create payment gateway-specific workflows, customize WooCommerce’s default order statuses, send SMS notifications, update stock levels based on custom statuses, allow customer order cancellations for selected statuses, and unlock many more workflow automation features.

See the complete Lite vs Pro comparison: https://www.tychesoftwares.com/differences-between-pro-and-lite-versions-of-custom-order-status-for-woocommerce-plugin/

About Tyche Softwares Tyche Softwares has been building WooCommerce plugins since 2009, helping merchants streamline order management, delivery scheduling, pricing, product customization, checkout, and other essential ecommerce workflows.

Explore More WooCommerce Plugins Tyche Softwares also develops plugins for abandoned cart recovery, order delivery scheduling, bookings, invoices and packing slips, custom order numbers, product input fields, BOGO offers, payment gateway fees, call for price, role-based pricing, currency management, and other WooCommerce enhancements.

Some of our Pro plugins:

Flexi BOGO for WooCommerce

Abandoned Cart Pro for WooCommerce

Booking & Appointment Plugin for WooCommerce

Order Delivery Date Pro for WooCommerce

Product Delivery Date Pro for WooCommerce

Deposits For WooCommerce

Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce – Pro

Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce – Pro

Product Input Fields for WooCommerce – Pro

Call for Price for WooCommerce – Pro

Price based on User Role for WooCommerce – Pro

Currency per Product for WooCommerce – Pro

Some of our other free plugins:

Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce

Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite

Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite

Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce

Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce

Product Input Fields for WooCommerce

Call for Price for WooCommerce

Price based on User Role for WooCommerce

Currency per Product for WooCommerce

External Services This plugin communicates with our tracking server to send usage data only if the user has explicitly opted in to usage tracking. For detailed information about what is tracked, please refer to our usage tracking documentation.