WooCommerce Purchase Order Gateway Plugin

Add a Purchase Order payment method to WooCommerce with ease. During checkout, specify whether orders should be set to Pending, On Hold, or Processing. The gateway prompts customers to enter a purchase order number. Additionally, you have the option to include text boxes for entering the company’s name and address for invoicing purposes, with the ability to mark these fields as required or optional.

It’s crucial to mark any non-displayed fields as not required to ensure a smooth checkout process for customers.

Detailed purchase order information, including the order number, company details, and invoicing address, will be prominently displayed on:

– The admin order screen,
– The customer’s order received page,
– Both admin and customer order confirmation emails.

This integration enhances transparency and efficiency for both you and your customers throughout the purchasing process.

HPOS compatibility

This plugin is compatible with WooCommerce High Performance Order Storage (HPOS) and also supports WordPress posts storage (legacy).

Compatibility with other plugins

To ensure compatibility with certain invoicing plugins, this plugin uses specific meta keys to store purchase order data. The following meta keys are utilized:

– \_purchase_order_number
– \_purchase_order_company_name
– \_purchase_order_address1
– \_purchase_order_address2
– \_purchase_order_address3
– \_purchase_order_town
– \_purchase_order_county
– \_purchase_order_postcode
– \_purchase_order_email

These meta keys enable seamless integration with invoicing plugins, allowing purchase order details to be accurately displayed on invoices.

Order status

When a customer opts to checkout using a Purchase Order, you have the flexibility to select the order status that will be applied. This includes all available order statuses within WooCommerce, including any custom statuses that may have been configured.

It’s important to note that choosing the status “Pending” means neither you nor the customer will receive an order confirmation email immediately after checkout. This is standard WooCommerce behavior. Order confirmation emails will be triggered automatically when the status transitions from Pending to either “On Hold” or “Processing.”

This functionality ensures you can manage and communicate order statuses effectively, accommodating both standard and custom workflows within your WooCommerce store.

GDPR information

This plugin collects and stores a company’s name, address, and/or email address, which may be considered personal data. However, since the user has chosen to pay by this method, processing this data is deemed necessary for contractual reasons. This processing is essential to send the invoice to the user or their representative. The collected data is stored as standard postmeta data and will be retained until the order is permanently deleted (not merely moved to trash).