This Purolator Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce provides integration with Purolator Webservices and your WooCommerce website. It is able to provide live shipping rates directly to your customers in their shopping cart as well as at checkout. It, also provides up-to-date package information from Purolator’s Parcel Tracking service. This plugin is fully bilingual in English and Français (French) and is compatible with WPML, a multilingual plugin for Wordpress. It can be used to ship within Canada as well as Worldwide.

Parcel Tracking Service

Package Tracking is available when you enter the PIN (Parcel Identification Number) or Tracking Number into the customers order details. This plugin will automatically look up the most recent and up to date event information available for your order from Purolator on a daily basis. You can set an automatic email notification to be sent to your customer when the package is mailed or delivered. The tracking information can be set to allow your customer to receive up to date information on their order either as an email notification and/or at your customer order page.

Live Shipping Rates in the Shopping Cart

This shipping plugin uses the product’s weight and dimensions to calculate the most accurate shipping rates. For the rates to work, product weight is required but product dimensions are optional. The shipping cost can be calculated with boxes, if configured. If desired there is the option to add a mark-up rate to shipping charges.

You are able to choose which services from Purolator you want to offer your customer (ie. Purolator Ground, Purolator Express, Purolator Express 9AM, etc). There is also an option available to add additional handling time if needed. The shipping charges will be calculated and displayed using current and live rates directly from Purolator.

An additional feature gives you the option to set up Flat Rates; which gives you the ability to set a flat rate for standard envelopes or parcels that you use for shipping.

Multilingual / Bilingual English and Français (French)

Shipping rates and information from Purolator can be shown in English or Français (French). This is set by your Wordpress installation or WPML language selection. The plugin includes a language file for French (fr_FR), which provides full French translation for all admin screens and labels. Note: Support communication and documentation is currently only in English.

Purolator Services Available

Canada

Purolator Ground
Purolator Ground 9AM
Purolator Ground 10:30AM
Purolator Ground Evening
Purolator Express
Purolator Express 9AM
Purolator Express 10:30AM
Purolator Express Evening
Purolator Express Envelope 9AM
Purolator Envelope 10:30AM
Purolator Express Envelope
Purolator Envelope Evening
Purolator Express Pack
Purolator Express Pack 9AM
Purolator Express Pack 10:30AM
Purolator Express Pack Evening
Purolator Express Box 9AM
Purolator Express Box 10:30AM
Purolator Express Box
Purolator Express Box Evening

U.S.

Purolator Ground U.S.
Purolator Express U.S.
Purolator Express U.S. 9AM
Purolator Express U.S. 10:30AM
Purolator Express U.S. 12:00PM
Purolator Express Envelope U.S.
Purolator Express U.S. Envelope 9AM
Purolator U.S. Envelope 10:30AM
Purolator U.S. Envelope 12:00PM
Purolator Express Pack U.S.
Purolator Express U.S. Pack 9AM
Purolator Express U.S. Pack 10:30AM
Purolator Express U.S. Pack12:00PM
Purolator Express Box U.S.
Purolator Express U.S. Box 9AM
Purolator Express U.S. Box 10:30AM
Purolator Express U.S. Box 12:00PM

International

Purolator Express International
Purolator Express International 9AM
Purolator Express International 10:30AM
Purolator Express International 12:00PM
Purolator Express Envelope International
Purolator Express International Envelope 9AM
Purolator Express International Envelope 10:30AM
Purolator Express International Envelope 12:00PM
Purolator Express Pack International
Purolator Express International Pack 9AM
Purolator Express International Pack 10:30AM
Purolator Express International Pack 12:00PM
Purolator Express Box International
Purolator Express International Box 9AM
Purolator Express International Box 10:30AM
Purolator Express International Box 12:00PM

Summary of Features

Live accurate shipping rates directly in Woocommerce shopping cart and checkout page
Parcel Tracking: Updates your order with Parcel Tracking details when a PIN/Tracking number is added
Ability to add a markup/margin to shipping rates
Uses Purolator’s new Web Services for speed and stability
Ability to use Shipment Boxes in rates calculation
Bilingual option in English and French (Translation-ready with Language files (.po/.mo))
Requires a Purolator Business Account and Purolator Developer API Account (free) – You can simply sign-up online at Purolator eShip Webservices Program

Software Requirements

Wordpress 3.1 + with WooCommerce 2.4 +
PHP 5.6+ required (Woocommerce recommends PHP 7.3+)
PHP cURL enabled (with outgoing Firewall configured if required)
Purolator Account with API Access (free)
PHP SimpleXML (enabled by default in most PHP setups)

Updates

Version 1.4.18

PHP 8.2, PHP 8.3 Support
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.17

Improved Validate Credentials button
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.16

Woocommerce HPOS support

Version 1.4.15

Support for Woocommerce HPOS (High performance order storage) and order edit page changes

Version 1.4.14

Woocommerce version support
Lettermail calculation, increased rounding decimal places

Version 1.4.13

Woocommerce and Wordpress version support
PHP 8 support

Version 1.4.12

Woocommerce version support
Updated Tracking email notifications

Version 1.4.11

Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.10

Tracking email notification template
Tracking display and heading customization
Code improvements

Version 1.4.9

Tracking Api endpoint
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.8

Delivery date format
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.7

Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.6

Code improvements
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.5

Audited code for escaping all translated text and dynamic content
JavaScript updated
Localization updated
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.4

Code improvements
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.3

Order rate data storage
Ability to remove packages/rate data from order
Code improvements
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.2

Package tracking data storage
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.4.1

Minor update
Code improvements

Version 1.4.0

Tracking data saved to its own table for better performance and features
Display of Tracking event dates can be formatted
Improved tracking data processing
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.3.9

Lettermail/Flat Rate can use Shipping Class in Rate Rules
Code improvements
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.3.8

Product weight or dimension default alternative/failsafe/failover data
Code improvements
Woocommerce version support
Box improvements

Version 1.3.7

Minor improvements
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.3.6

Lettermail/flat rates layout improvement
Option for flat rate subtotal to include or exclude tax.

Version 1.3.5

Product variations issue fix
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.3.4

Margin adjustment feature for each service
Box definition layout improvements
More hooks/filters available to control options such as timeouts
Woocommerce version support

Version 1.3.3

Updated to accommodate response times from Purolator webservice.

Version 1.3.2

Code refactoring and small improvements

Version 1.3.1

Rates for Countries that do not require a postal code
Code improvements

Version 1.3.0

Added feature for Automatic updates
Refactoring and code improvements

Version 1.2.8

Tracking updated to support PHP 7
Added more details to Rates lookup logging
Updated Woocommerce 3.x new methods

Version 1.2.7

Woocommerce 3.x support
Fixed Optimized box selection.

Version 1.2.6

Fixed packing issue related to dimensions, Optimized box selection.
Code improvements

Version 1.2.5

Refactored Box packing and added Volumetric Box packing algorithm
Added feature: Exchange Rate (to make it more straightforward than using Margin for rates).
Code improvements, more data and improved layout for Rates lookup logging.

Version 1.2.4

Optimized box packing, better box selection and box packing fixes
Added feature: Limit Sending Address/Warehouses on Products (When using Multiple Sender Addresses)

Version 1.2.3

Added feature for multiple Class Rules
Code improvements, PHP7 Support

Version 1.2.2

Custom Service names – Added feature to change the service name to a custom names
New feature to customize the Delivered By label
Code improvements, fixes

Version 1.2.1

Support for Shipping Zones in Woocommerce 2.6 (pre-release)
Box margin – Allow for negative values

Version 1.2

New Feature: Settings area has now been organized into Tabs.
New Feature: Multiple warehouses. You can now define more than one shipping origin for rates lookup and shipments. It uses geolocation when determining the closest shipment point to the destination postal code.
Many other code improvements have been included in this version. More error checking and handling.

Version 1.1.5

Minor update for Wordpress 4.1 support.

Version 1.1.3, 1.1.4

Minor update to margin feature.

Version 1.1.2

Updated to support PackageTypes and additional Parcel Services.
Ajax loading of Rates Logging panel

Version 1.1

Feature added to Validate API Credentials from settings page
Shipping calculation works with products that have weight only (no dimensions)
Rates are are sorted by cost from lowest to highest (ascending).
Plugin is now fully English and French and supports WPML Multi-language plugin
Bugfixes and code improvements

Version 1.0

Supports WooCommerce 2.0+
Initial Release

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