Description
The features that make Smart Shipping Rates a real WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping replacement.
Free covers weight, dimensions, cart total, item count. Real WooCommerce catalogs need more - match on fragile-flag postmeta, hazmat classification, ACF custom fields, per-carrier freight class, lead-time meta. Charge per-kilogram surcharges. Enforce carrier volumetric-weight pricing. Fall back to freight quotes when no cart-total rule matches. Nobody does this in a polished free-or-one-time-payment package.
Why Smart Shipping Rates Pro beats the alternatives: WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping is $99/year and doesn't support custom meta matching. Advanced Shipping ($79/year) has an aging UX. Flexible Shipping is subscription-based. WP Sheet Editor is $99/year. Smart Shipping Rates Pro is the only WooCommerce shipping plugin combining ANY-postmeta-key matching (including ACF, custom taxonomies, per-product carrier flags) with proper cost formulas, carrier-standard volumetric weight, and fallback rates - as a one-time payment.
The killer feature: match on any product custom meta field
Rule fires when ANY product in the cart has a specific postmeta key with your chosen operator. Examples: if any product has _fragile = yes, add $15. If any product has _hazmat_class = 3, use freight rate. If any product has ACF field lead_time_days > 5, hide next-day shipping. Contains, equals, exists, greater than, less than - all supported. This is the feature every freight-heavy store needs and no other plugin does well.
WooCommerce Cart/Checkout blocks compatible + HPOS-native
Pro extends the free plugin's standard WC_Shipping_Method implementation. Full compatibility with block-based Cart and Checkout. HPOS-native.
What Pro adds on top of the free plugin
- Everything free does - weight, dimensions, cart total, item count rules on both checkout surfaces.
- Product custom meta matching - ANY postmeta key on ANY cart product. ACF, fragile, hazmat, lead time, carrier class, whatever. Five operators.
- Cost formulas - base + per-kg + per-item + min/max bounds. Real freight pricing.
- Volumetric weight - auto-calculate LWH÷divisor, use greater of actual or volumetric. Standard carrier practice (DHL, FedEx, UPS all use this).
- Fallback rates - when no rule matches: default to base cost, set a specific fallback amount, or hide the method entirely.
- Unlimited rules per method - free tier caps at 5.
- JSON import / export - move method configurations between staging and live in one file.
- Rule debugger - see exactly which rules matched a given cart, cart metrics (weight, items, subtotal, max dimension), and the final cost breakdown.
- Priority email support - direct line to the developer. Under-24-hour response.
One-time payment. No subscription.
WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping is $99/year. Advanced Shipping is $79/year. Flexible Shipping is subscription-based. Smart Shipping Rates Pro is one payment, lifetime updates, zero recurring cost.
Backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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