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Direct Freight Express Shipping for WooCommerce

Effortlessly integrate Direct Freight Express shipping rates into your store and offer real-time shipping costs at checkout for Australian customers.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Current version1.0.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.9
Minimum stackWP 6.2.0 · PHP 7.4.3
Directory statusactive
Last directory update5 Dec 202511mo ago
Active installations20Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Direct Freight Express Shipping for WooCommerce version 1.0.4 as active, updated 11mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.

Overview

About this plugin

Direct Freight Express for WooCommerce enables you to easily add live shipping rates from Direct Freight Express directly to your WooCommerce checkout. Perfect for Australian eCommerce stores, this plugin uses Direct Freight Express’s API to retrieve real-time shipping costs based on cart contents, destination, and more, providing a seamless shipping experience for your customers.

Consider using the Live Shipping Rates Australia plugin for your store. It supports leading shipping providers like Aramex, Australia Post, Sendle, AramexConnect, and Direct Freight Express, while also seamlessly accommodating your store’s currency.

Calculation of shipping cost

Custom fuel levy charge ( Pro ): Add a fuel levy charge as a fixed amount or percentage of Total Freight Charged (returned rate from Direct Freight Express website). If you want to keep the default return rate of DFE website, leave this option blank.

Insurance Fee ( Pro ): Allows you to add an insurance fee. You can add the insurance fee as a fixed amount or percentage of Total Freight Charged (returned rate from Direct Freight Express website).

Markup ( Pro ): Add markup as a fixed amount or percentage of Total Freight Charged to allow you to cover any other costs associated with shipping.

Key Features

  • Real-Time Shipping Rates: Display accurate, live shipping rates from Direct Freight Express based on product weight, dimensions, and delivery location.
  • Customizable Shipping Method: Easily configure settings to fit your store’s needs, including adjusting rate markup, shipping classes, and more.
  • Australia-Focused Shipping Solution: Ideal for Australian WooCommerce stores, offering seamless integration with Direct Freight Express services.
  • Automatic Cost Calculation: Simplifies the shipping experience by automatically retrieving rates for customers at checkout.

Benefits

  • Increased Customer Satisfaction: Offering accurate shipping rates improves customer confidence and reduces abandoned carts.
  • Operational Efficiency: Automate shipping cost calculations, saving time and minimizing errors.
  • Transparency at Checkout: Provides clear, reliable shipping options based on up-to-date rates.

How It Works

Direct Freight Express for WooCommerce fetches real-time shipping costs from the Direct Freight Express API. When a customer adds products to their cart, the plugin calculates the shipping costs based on the items, total weight, and destination, ensuring accurate delivery pricing before checkout.

Would you like to manage your shipping methods based on specific conditions?

With the Conditional Shipping and Payments for WooCommerce plugin, you can easily control your shipping methods based on various conditions. Whether it’s cart content, product categories, customer roles, shipping locations, or even specific dates, this plugin gives you the flexibility to customize your shipping options to suit your business needs.

Would you like to manage your shipping methods based on specific conditions?

With the Conditional Shipping and Payments for WooCommerce plugin, you can effortlessly manage your payment methods based on various conditions. You can hide or display payment options based on cart subtotal, product categories, customer roles, shipping or billing addresses, and more, giving you complete control over your checkout process.

au to get live rates. So “Direct Freight Express Shipping” needs to send product and customer information for getting live rates. Please check their privacy policy and terms of use.

Privacy Policy

Direct Freight Express Shipping for WooCommerce uses Appsero SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.

Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.

Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.

Learn more about how Appsero collects and uses this data.

Support

For any issues or questions, please reach out through the support forum.

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • direct freight
  • shipping rates
  • woocommerce shipping
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.2.0 · PHP 7.4.3
Update activity5 Dec 202511mo ago

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