Freeze Shipping Alert and Global Hardiness Zones and Frost Data vs Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce

Freeze Shipping Alert and Global Hardiness Zones and Frost Data is a WooCommerce extension that combines the WhatsMy.Zone climate lookup service with live forecast and geocoding services to detect freeze risk for shipping addresses worldwide. Features Automatic Freeze Detection – Detects freeze risk at checkout based on the customer’s shipping address, estimated delivery window, and climate data. Protection Products – Offer one or more freeze-protection products at checkout and add them as real WooCommerce cart items. Complimentary Protection Rules – Automatically include configured protection products for free on risky shipments, with customer-facing included/unavailable notices. Protected Shipping Recommendations – Suggest one or more merchant-defined shipping options when those methods are safer during frost season. Delivery Scheduling – Customers can schedule later delivery when their area is safe from freezing, with an optional delayed-shipping discount. Risk Acceptance – Customers can acknowledge and accept freeze risk with a customizable disclaimer. Worldwide Hardiness Zone Shortcodes – Display hardiness zone, frost dates, and growing season information on any page. Admin Weather Forecast – Check current weather forecast data for an order’s shipping address. Admin Shipping Controls – Configure shipping lead time, protection products, complimentary protection rules, recommended shipping labels, disclaimers, and delayed-shipping discounts. Service-Backed Climate Lookups – Zone, frost, growing-season, and shipping-risk lookups are provided through the WhatsMy.Zone service. Global Coverage – Worldwide climate lookups for supported destinations. WooCommerce HPOS Compatible – Works with both legacy and High-Performance Order Storage. Shortcodes [freeze_alert_zone] – Interactive hardiness zone checker with search [freeze_alert_frost] – Last/first frost date cards [freeze_alert_season] – Growing season visualizer with month bar Data Sources Climate Lookups: WhatsMy.Zone service for zone, frost date, growing-season, and shipping-risk lookups Weather Forecast: Open-Meteo API (free, no API key required) Geocoding / Address Lookup: Nominatim/OpenStreetMap WhatsMy.Zone Account and API Usage Freeze Alert uses a WhatsMy.Zone API key so this site can make authenticated climate lookups and show usage and plan details in the WordPress admin. Create or access an account at https://whatsmy.zone/account.html, copy an API key, and paste it into the plugin settings. The initial service plan is free and gives the site 100 WhatsMy.Zone API calls per month. If a site needs more calls, open the account dashboard from the plugin settings to upgrade the service plan. WhatsMy.Zone API calls are used when Freeze Alert requests hardiness zone, frost date, growing-season, or shipping-risk data for a coordinate. This includes shortcode lookups, checkout freeze-risk checks, order/admin checks, and configured route exposure points when those features are used. Paid WhatsMy.Zone plans change only the service-side API usage limit; they do not unlock a separate premium version of the WordPress plugin. External services Freeze Alert uses the following external service connections: * WhatsMy.Zone: receives latitude/longitude coordinates for climate lookups (zone, frost dates, growing season, and shipping-risk checks). The plugin sends the saved API key in an x-api-key request header to authenticate climate lookups and retrieve live usage and plan details. The initial service plan is free and includes 100 API calls per month; upgrades are available only when a site needs a higher monthly service limit. Account creation, key management, and plan changes open the external WhatsMy.Zone account dashboard. Plan-selection links include the selected plan and billing cycle. The settings screen may also request a WhatsMy.Zone language-pack manifest, and installing a language pack downloads the selected JSON translation pack from WhatsMy.Zone. Service policies: https://whatsmy.zone/policies.html * Open-Meteo: receives latitude/longitude coordinates to return weather forecast data used for shipping-date forecast checks. Terms and privacy: https://open-meteo.com/en/terms * Nominatim / OpenStreetMap: receives either a location search query entered by the user, or shipping address fields needed for geocoding (street, city, state/region, postal code, country). Reverse-geocoding requests send latitude/longitude coordinates. Nominatim usage policy: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/ OpenStreetMap Foundation terms: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use OpenStreetMap Foundation privacy policy: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy These services are external to the WordPress site and are contacted only when the related lookup, forecast, geocoding, account-dashboard, language-pack, or plan-selection action is requested.

Trusted by 60,000+ WooCommerce stores worldwide. Advanced Shipment Tracking (AST) helps WooCommerce store owners add tracking numbers to orders and automatically share them with customers — reducing “Where is my order?” support tickets and keeping shoppers informed from checkout to delivery. When you ship an order, your customer instantly gets a tracking link in their order email and on their My Account > Orders page. No external accounts, no complex setup, no monthly fees. HPOS Compatible · WooCommerce Block Checkout Compatible · 950+ Carriers · Free & Open Source Why 60,000+ Stores Choose AST Whether you ship 5 orders a day or 5,000, AST fits into your workflow: Add Tracking Numbers Easily — Add one or multiple tracking numbers per order directly from the Edit Order page or the orders list. “Shipped” & “Partially Shipped” Statuses — Rename the default WooCommerce “Completed” status to “Shipped” and use “Partially Shipped” for split shipments, so customers always know what’s going on. Customizable Tracking Widget — A responsive tracking display appears in order emails and on the My Account > Orders page. Customize colors, layout, and content with a live preview customizer. 950+ Shipping Carriers Worldwide — Predefined tracking links for USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, Royal Mail, Australia Post, Canada Post, Delhivery, ePacket, Yodel, La Poste, Correos, Japan Post, China Post, and hundreds more. View the full carrier list. Shipment Tracking REST API — Let third-party shipping services, ERPs, and label generators push tracking data to your orders via the WooCommerce REST API. API documentation. Bulk CSV Import — Upload a CSV file to add tracking numbers to hundreds of orders at once. Perfect for high-volume stores and dropshippers. CSV import guide. Works with the Shipping Tools You Already Use — Compatible with ShipStation, WooCommerce Shipping, Ordoro, Royal Mail Click & Drop, Sendcloud, Printful, AliExpress dropshipping, and other major shipping label generators. HPOS & Block Checkout Ready — Fully compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (custom order tables) and the new Cart and Checkout blocks. PayPal Tracking Foundation — AST structures your tracking data correctly so it can sync with PayPal (automated sync available in AST PRO). Built for Performance — Lightweight, optimized code with zero measurable impact on site load times. How It Works Install and activate AST. Select your default shipping carriers from the settings page. Add a tracking number to an order — manually, via CSV, or through the REST API. AST automatically includes the tracking info and a “Track” link in the order email and the customer’s My Account page. That’s it. No complex setup, no external accounts required. Works With Your Existing Plugins AST is tested and compatible with popular WooCommerce plugins, including shipping label generators, email customizers (Kadence, YayMail, WP HTML Mail), custom order number plugins, multi-vendor solutions (Dokan, WCFM), SMS notification plugins, and PDF invoice tools. Full compatibility list Automate Tracking Updates with TrackShip Want to go beyond adding tracking numbers? TrackShip for WooCommerce monitors your shipments in real time across 950+ carriers and proactively notifies your customers at every stage — in transit, out for delivery, and delivered. With TrackShip you can: Reduce “Where is my order?” inquiries with automatic delivery updates via email and SMS. Offer a branded tracking page on your store instead of sending customers to carrier websites. Automate order status updates based on actual shipment events. Analyze shipping performance and delivery times. Learn more about TrackShip Need More Power? Try AST PRO AST PRO adds features built for high-volume and multi-channel stores: Shipping Service Integrations — Built-in connections with ShipStation, WooCommerce Shipping, Ordoro, Royal Mail Click & Drop, Sendcloud, Pirate Ship, Stamps.com, Printful, and more. Fulfillment Dashboard — Manage all shipments from a centralized dashboard. Item-Level Tracking — Assign tracking numbers to individual order items and quantities. Custom Email Templates — Enhanced, responsive email notifications with the built-in tracking widget. Auto-Detect Carriers — Automatically identify the shipping carrier based on the tracking number format. Custom & White-Labeled Carriers — Define your own shipping carriers with custom names, logos, and tracking URLs. Automated CSV Import via FTP/SFTP — Schedule recurring bulk imports. PayPal Tracking Sync — Automatically export tracking data to PayPal to reduce disputes and release payment holds. Stripe Tracking Sync — Automatically sync tracking to Stripe transactions. Priority Support — Get faster, dedicated assistance. Get AST PRO Translations AST is fully translatable and already available in English, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Danish, Spanish, French, Greek, Portuguese (Brazil), and Dutch. Want to help? Submit a translation. Documentation & Support Step-by-step setup guides, tutorials, and developer code snippets are available in the AST documentation. Need help? Visit the support forum. More Plugins by Zorem TrackShip for WooCommerce — Real-time shipment monitoring and delivery notifications. SMS for WooCommerce — Send SMS order notifications to customers. Zorem Local Pickup Pro — Local pickup and store pickup for WooCommerce. Explore all plugins at zorem.com.