Free Shipping Excluder for WooCommerce vs Sidocode Shipping Goal Tracker for WooCommerce

Free Shipping Excluder for WooCommerce gives you granular control over how products affect your free shipping eligibility. You can exclude individual products or entire categories from counting towards your free shipping minimum amount, or completely disable free shipping for the entire order if a specific product is added to the cart. This is perfect for stores that sell items like gift cards, services, promotional products, or heavy/bulky items that shouldn’t qualify for free shipping. Features Product-level exclusion – Exclude individual products from free shipping calculations via a simple checkbox in the product shipping settings Category-level exclusion – Exclude entire product categories, automatically applying the exclusion to all products within those categories Disable free shipping entirely – Completely disable free shipping for the entire order if a specific product is in the cart, regardless of order total Flexible control – Use either method or both together to match your specific business needs Seamless integration – Works with WooCommerce’s native free shipping method No configuration complexity – Simple checkboxes, no complicated settings How It Works When a customer adds items to their cart, the plugin calculates the free shipping eligibility by: 1. Checking if any product in the cart has “Disable free shipping if in cart” enabled. If so, free shipping is immediately disabled for the entire order. 2. Checking each product for exclusion settings (both product-level and category-level) 3. Summing only the eligible products’ costs 4. Comparing the total against your free shipping threshold Excluded products can still be purchased and shipped – they just don’t count towards the minimum amount needed for free shipping. Use Cases Exclude gift cards from free shipping calculations Exclude digital products or services Prevent free shipping entirely for bulky, heavy, or high-shipping-cost items Exclude promotional items or samples Exclude low-margin products Exclude entire categories like “Accessories” or “Downloads” Contribution You are welcome to contribute to this free and open source extension: Source Code: https://github.com/nagpai/free-shipping-excluder Report Issues / Wishlists: https://github.com/nagpai/free-shipping-excluder/issues Support Use the Dedicated WP.org Support Forum Contact the plugin author Like this plugin? Please share your love with a review and rating

Sidocode Shipping Goal Tracker for WooCommerce is a lightweight, high-performance plugin designed to boost your store’s sales by surfacing free shipping incentives exactly where they matter. Surveys show that free shipping is the number one driver for online purchases. This plugin doesn’t just tell customers how much they need to spend; it visualises their progress in real-time, encouraging them to add “just one more item” to unlock their reward. Key Features Dynamic Progress Bar: A sleek, animated bar that updates instantly via AJAX as customers add or remove items from their cart. Proximity-Based Smart Messages: Automatically switches messages based on how close the customer is (e.g., “Add £20 more”, “You’re only £5 away!”, “🎉 Free shipping unlocked!”). Integrated Upsells: Show global hand-picked products or WooCommerce native upsells directly below the progress bar to help customers reach the threshold faster. Flexible Placement: Position the bar automatically on product pages, cart pages, or use the shortcode for custom locations. Full Customisation: Control colours, font sizes, border radius, bar height, and icons directly from the settings page. High Performance: Built with vanilla JavaScript and native WooCommerce hooks. No heavy libraries or bloated code. HPOS Compatible: Fully supports WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS). Developer Friendly: Overridable templates and clean hooks for deep customisation. Shortcodes [ssgt_bar] – Displays the shipping bar. force="1": Use this inside page content if the bar is already appearing via an automatic hook but you want it to show again.