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WooCommerce Custom Order Statuses Plugin: build your own, pay once

Add your own order statuses like "Packed" or "Awaiting parts" and set what happens next. Describe it and Ora builds a WooCommerce custom order statuses plugin for your store.

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Try it on a practice WooCommerce site for 7 days with 2 free changes. Pay from $9 once only if you keep it.

Example: order list
PackedOut for deliveryAwaiting parts
Out for delivery
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Save status
Illustration only. Your plugin follows your own rules.

What your Custom Order Statuses plugin does

A focused plugin that adds custom statuses to your orders. Each one has a name, a color and optional emails.

Your own statuses
Name, color and whether the status counts as paid.
Next-step buttons
Quick action buttons on the order list to move an order along.
Email triggers
Send an email to the customer when an order reaches a status.
One settings page
Its own item in your WordPress admin menu, so options are easy to find and change.
Good to know: Statuses are for your workflow. Complex multi-step automations are a separate build.

Tell Ora what you need. Check the plan before you pay.

Describe your WooCommerce Custom Order Statuses Plugin in your own words. Ora replies with a plan and a price. Nothing is built until you approve it.

Example request
Add three order statuses: "Packed", "Out for delivery" and "Awaiting parts". Email the customer when an order is out for delivery, and add a button to move Packed orders to Out for delivery.
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Here is the plan:
  • Statuses Packed, Out for delivery and Awaiting parts
  • Button to move Packed orders on
  • Email to the customer on Out for delivery
  • A settings page in its own menu in your WordPress admin
Standard build · $19 once
In this build: Rules that change statuses by themselves on conditions are not in this plan.
Want more? Add it to your request:
  • Status colors. Show each status in its own color on the order list.
  • Bulk change. Move many orders to a status at once.
Add these to my request and get a quote
Ora builds it together with the plugin and the quote goes up to match. You see the new price before you pay. One plugin never costs more than $39. If it needs more than one plugin, Ora quotes each one. Or add it later as a separate build.

How to set up Custom Order Statuses

Here is how to get a Custom Order Statuses from idea to working plugin on your site. Most of the work is a few decisions, and these steps walk through them.

1. List the statuses
For example Packed, Awaiting stock or Ready for collection, with a colour for each.
2. Set the behaviour
Whether stock is reduced, whether an email goes to the customer and which status can follow which.
3. Describe it to Ora
Paste your own version of the example request on this page, or start from one of the examples, and change the details. Ora replies with a plan and a price, and nothing is built until you approve it.
4. Test on the practice site
Change an order through each status on the practice site and check emails and stock.
Common snags:

No yearly fee for your WooCommerce Custom Order Statuses Plugin

Looking for an alternative to the paid Order Status Manager extension from WooCommerce? It lists at $49 a year. Your own version is a one-off.

the paid Order Status Manager extension from WooCommerce
$49 / year
After 1 year$49
After 3 years$147
Your own WooCommerce Custom Order Statuses Plugin on Pluginora
$19–$39 once
After 1 yearthe same
After 3 yearsthe same
Includes5 free changes

Paid plugin price is the list price for one site, as shown on the seller's site in October 2026. The price of your build depends on its size. Ora quotes it before you pay. The paid product may do more than the plugin described above.

Start from an example

Pick one to open the builder with it filled in, then change anything you like.

Packed status
Add a Packed status with a button to mark orders as packed.
Awaiting parts
Add an Awaiting parts status that does not count as paid.
Status email
Email customers when an order reaches Ready for pickup.

Questions

Is there a free WooCommerce custom order statuses plugin?

Free ones may exist. Build your own when you want exact behavior and nothing extra.

Can a status send an email?

Yes. Pick a status, then write the email subject and message that customers receive when an order reaches it.

Do I need WooCommerce?

Yes. This plugin is built for WooCommerce stores and works with your products, cart and checkout. You don't need to buy the paid Order Status Manager extension from WooCommerce.

Can I get a refund?

The trial fee is refunded automatically if a build fails. A purchased plugin can be refunded within 14 days if it doesn't do what the approved plan said and Ora can't fix it, as long as it hasn't been downloaded or installed.

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$1 trial on a practice site. No yearly renewal.

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