SDP Custom Order Status for WooCommerce

SDP Custom Order Status for WooCommerce lets you create unlimited custom order statuses to match your store’s workflow. Assign colors and icons to each status, define default statuses for paid orders, and send automated email notifications to customers and admins when orders change. Include dynamic order information such as customer name, order total, billing and shipping details, and order notes in your emails.

This plugin integrates seamlessly with WooCommerce extensions, including PDF invoice plugins and sequential order number tools. Use it to manage internal workflows like “In Preparation”, “Waiting for Stock”, or “Pending Review”, and control when downloadable products are available.

Ideal for stores that need flexible order workflows, internal statuses, and automated communication without hacks or manual emails. Fully translated into Spanish, and ready for developers with hooks for custom functions on status change.

Boost your WooCommerce management today with SDP Custom Order Status for WooCommerce.

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⚙️ Features

• Create unlimited new custom order statuses for your WooCommerce orders.

• Assign icons and colors to identify the new order statuses.

• Select which custom order status (if any) will be assigned by default to paid orders.

• Generate custom email notifications for the admin and/or the customer when an order changes to the custom status.

• Include dynamic order data in these notifications, such as the customer’s name, order total, summary table, payment or shipping method, billing or shipping details, payment instructions…

• Select the next status in the order flow when creating a custom status.

• Manually resend order status notifications.

• Allow (or not) the download of downloadable files for orders that are in a custom status.

• Translations ready.

• Completely translated into Spanish.

• Developers: action hooks to run custom functions when an order changes to a specific custom status.

Built to integrate seamlessly with popular WooCommerce extensions:

• Compatible with PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce: automatically generate or attach the invoice to the notification when the order changes to a custom status.

• Compatible with WooCommerce EU VAT Number and YITH WooCommerce EU VAT, OSS & IOSS: you can include the customer’s EU VAT number in the notifications via a placeholder.

• Compatible with WC – APG Campo NIF/CIF/NIE: you can include the customer’s NIF/CIF/NIE in the notifications via a placeholder.

• Compatible with popular sequential order number plugins.

Typical use cases

• Create internal order statuses such as “In preparation”, “Waiting for stock”, “Pending manual review” or “In production” for made-to-order products.

• Automatically notify your warehouse or staff when an order enters a specific custom status, including order details and internal notes.

• Send clear, customized email messages to customers when their order status changes, using dynamic placeholders for order data.

• Trigger invoice generation and attach it to the notification email when an order moves to a custom status, when used together with compatible PDF invoice plugins.

• Use custom statuses to control when downloadable products become available, independently from the default WooCommerce statuses.

💎 Pro Version

While the free version covers custom statuses and email notifications, the Pro version adds advanced automation and integrations for high-volume stores. Unlock the full potential of SDP Custom Order Status Pro with these advanced features:

• Attach files to order status emails.

• Custom CSS for email notifications.

• Admin notifications via Telegram.

• Automatic restock of products when an order moves to a specific status.

• Advanced automation rules by payment method.

• Advanced automation rules by user role.

• Custom order status summary in WooCommerce dashboard widget.

The Pro version is designed for stores that require advanced automation, internal notifications, and extended integrations.

Documentation and help

Full documentation is available and explains how to configure custom order statuses, notifications, placeholders, integrations and advanced usage scenarios.

The documentation applies to both the Free and Pro versions, clearly indicating which features require the Pro version.