COD Express Checkout vs PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce

COD Express Checkout adds a streamlined, one-click checkout form directly beneath the product price on WooCommerce single product pages. This form appears only when Cash on Delivery (COD) is enabled as a payment method, allowing customers to bypass the traditional cart → checkout flow entirely. Perfect for COD-Heavy Markets Cash on Delivery dominates in specific regions: Middle East: 60-80% of e-commerce transactions are COD South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh): 50-70% COD preference Southeast Asia: 40-60% COD usage Latin America: Growing COD adoption Key Features ⚡ Express Checkout Form – Displays directly on product page 🎯 COD-Specific – Only shows when COD payment is enabled 📱 Mobile Optimized – Responsive design for all devices ⚙️ Fully Configurable – Toggle fields, customize labels, reorder fields 🔄 Variable Products – Full support for variable products with variations 📝 Order Notes – Optional customer notes field 🔒 Secure – Nonce verification, input sanitization, rate limiting 🌐 Translation Ready – Full i18n support 🎨 Theme Agnostic – Works with any WordPress theme 🔗 Developer Friendly – Extensive hooks and filters 📍 Shortcode Support – Place the form anywhere on your site How It Works Customer lands on a product page Sees the express checkout form below the price For variable products, selects their preferred variation Fills in name, phone, and address Clicks “Order Now – Pay on Delivery” Order is created instantly via AJAX Customer sees confirmation message No cart page. No checkout page. Just one form, one click! Conversion Benefits Reduce cart abandonment by 50%+ Capture impulse buyers at peak buying intent Decrease checkout time from 3-5 minutes to under 60 seconds Improve mobile conversion rates with simplified flow Developer Documentation Available Hooks Actions: cod_express_checkout_loaded - Fires after plugin is fully loaded cod_express_checkout_before_form - Before form renders cod_express_checkout_after_form - After form renders cod_express_checkout_before_order_create - Before order creation cod_express_checkout_after_order_create - After order creation cod_express_checkout_emails_sent - After order emails sent Filters: cod_express_checkout_enabled_fields - Modify enabled fields cod_express_checkout_button_text - Change button text cod_express_checkout_form_title - Change form title cod_express_checkout_order_status - Set order status (default: processing) cod_express_checkout_billing_address - Modify billing address cod_express_checkout_shipping_address - Modify shipping address cod_express_checkout_rate_limit - Adjust rate limit (default: 5 per minute) Example: Add Custom Field add_filter( 'cod_express_checkout_available_fields', function( $fields ) { $fields['custom_field'] = array( 'label' => __( 'Custom Field', 'your-textdomain' ), 'type' => 'text', 'default' => false, 'required' => false, ); return $fields; }); Example: Change Order Status add_filter( 'cod_express_checkout_order_status', function( $status, $order ) { return 'on-hold'; // Instead of 'processing' }, 10, 2 ); Example: Add Custom Validation add_action( 'cod_express_checkout_validate_input', function( $data ) { if ( strlen( $data['billing_phone'] ) < 10 ) { throw new Exception( __( 'Phone number must be at least 10 digits.', 'your-textdomain' ) ); } }); Requirements WordPress 6.0 or higher WooCommerce 8.0 or higher PHP 7.4 or higher Cash on Delivery payment method enabled Support For support, please: Check the FAQ section above Visit the WordPress.org support forum Report bugs or request features on the support forum Privacy Policy COD Express Checkout respects your privacy: No data is sent to external servers All order data is stored in your WooCommerce database The plugin uses WooCommerce’s native order system On uninstall, all plugin settings are removed (order data is preserved) Credits Developed by oughoudane Built with love for COD-heavy markets Uses WooCommerce APIs for native integration Icons from WordPress Dashicons

This WooCommerce extension automatically adds a PDF or XML invoice (e-invoicing) to the order confirmation emails sent out to your customers. Includes a basic template (additional templates are available from WP Overnight) as well as the possibility to modify/create your own templates. In addition, you can choose to download or print invoices and packing slips from the WooCommerce order admin. Main features Automatically attach invoice PDF or XML to WooCommerce emails of your choice Download the PDF or XML Invoice / PDF Packing Slip from the order admin page Choose from a range of e‑document formats: UBL 2.1, Peppol BIS 3.0, CII D16B, Factur‑X 1.0, ZUGFeRD 1.0, and ZUGFeRD 2.0. Generate PDF invoices / packing slips in bulk Fully customizable HTML/CSS invoice templates Download invoices from the My Account page Sequential invoice numbers Available in: Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese (see FAQ for adding custom fonts!), Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish & Ukrainian Free extensions The following free extensions are available to add additional features to the plugin: PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce – mPDF: Adds support for RTL layout and Arabic script. PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce – mPDF CJK: Provides support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) fonts for the mPDF extension. PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce – Unicode Language Pack: Adds support for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts. PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce – Taxes Summary: Adds a taxes summary table after the order details. Premium extensions In addition to this, we offer several premium extensions: Create/email PDF Proforma Invoices, Credit Notes (for Refunds), email Packing Slips, automatic upload to Dropbox, Google Drive & more with PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce Professional Get the complete feature set, including Professional, Premium Templates, and additional features with the WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips Plus Bundle Add Peppol network delivery for WooCommerce invoices and credit notes right inside your invoicing workflow. eDocuments for WooCommerce: Peppol Automatically send new orders or packing slips to your printer as soon as the customer orders! WooCommerce Automatic Order Printing (PrintNode) Enable EU VAT number collection, automatic validation and reverse-charge logic right in your WooCommerce store. WooCommerce European (EU/UK/Norway/Switzerland) VAT Compliance Fully customizable In addition to a number of default settings (including a custom header/logo) and several layout fields that you can use out of the box, the plugin contains HTML/CSS-based templates that allow for customization & full control over the PDF output. Copy the templates to your theme folder and you don’t have to worry that your customizations will be overwritten when you update the plugin. Insert customer header image/logo Modify shop data / footer / disclaimer etc. on the invoices & packing slips Select paper size (Letter or A4) Translation ready