New Zealand Shipping Zones for WooCommerce

Description

This plugin creates shipping zones for standard and rural delivery across
the North Island and South Island of New Zealand:

• North Island (Rural)
• South Island (Rural)
• North Island
• South Island

Installation

Minimum requirements

• WooCommerce 2.6 or higher is required for shipping zones

Automatic installation

1. Visit Plugins > Add New
2. Search for “New Zealand Shipping Zones for WooCommerce”
3. Click the Install Now button and wait for the installation to complete
4. Click the Activate button
5. Visit WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping > Shipping zones to enter shipping methods for each shipping zone.

Updating

It’s recommended you always back up your site before updating.

FAQ

What shipping zones will be added?

Four new shipping zones are added:

• North Island (Rural)
• South Island (Rural)
• North Island
• South Island

What happens if a shipping zone already exists?

No existing shipping zone will be overwritten. For example, if a shipping zone called North Island was created before the plugin is activated:

• the existing North Island shipping zone will remain untouched
• three new shipping zones will be created: North Island (Rural), South Island (Rural), and South Island.

Why is the shipping cost not displaying in the cart/checkout?

At least one shipping method must be set for the shipping zone. Please see WooCommerce’s Flat Rate Shipping tutorial for an example of how to apply a shipping method.

Why have zone names been added without regions?

Your web server must have allow_url_fopen enabled to retrieve the region data. Please contact your webhost if you’re unsure how to check this.

Is the order of the zones important?

Yes, the rural shipping zones must appear above the standard ones in the Zone name column.

Are shipping zones removed if the plugin is removed?

No, deactivating or deleting the plugin will not remove the shipping zones. Shipping zones can be manually removed via WooCommerce > Shipping > Shipping Zones.

Why did my zone regions for North Island and South Island shipping zones disappear?

Region codes were updated in the WooCommerce 7.1.0 release. Shipping zones configured with this plugin prior to the WooCommerce 7.1.0 release are no longer recognised by WooCommerce.

The easiest solution is to manually reassign the correct regions for the North Island and South Island zones.

Reviews

10/10 for NZ rural shipping zones and easy setup

kiwise.com November 15, 2024

Thanks Daniel! Your plugin ensures business owners can charge the correct fee for rural deliveries. Excellent shipping zones plugin and customer support.

A must have plugin for managing rural shipping in NZ

nztrinkets001 June 25, 2024

When searching for a solution to manage standard and rural shipping rates, I came across this plugin and I’m so happy! Simple to implement into your site and provides a greater customer experience at the checkout.

BRILLIANT- saves hours of work on shipping!

jeanedwa May 20, 2024

An awesome extension- automatically inserts all the urban and rural postal codes as zones for the whole of New Zealand. If you need to set up shipping costs for urban and rural NZ, then this is a MUST-HAVE plugin- and it’s actually FREE!!

Simple and Effective

budasy October 8, 2023

Your plugin has just saved me a couple of hours work. Thank you.

Very helpful

hanmyx December 12, 2022

Thanks so much! This helped a lot in sorting out our shop’s shipping fees!

Makes easier work of freight calculations

Lance August 18, 2022

Works as described and makes light work of trying to figure if shipping includes rural surcharge. One note: make sure you keep the rural options at the top of the zone list.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.0.2

• Fix: Declare plugin compatibility for WooCommerce High Performance Order Storage (HPOS) data structure. Affects future installs with HPOS enabled by default or when HPOS is enabled manually via Settings > Advanced > Experimental Features. See High Performance Order Storage Upgrade Recipe book.

1.0.1

• Fix: Update region codes for configuring zone regions in North Island and South Island shipping zones. Affects new installs on WooCommerce 7.1.0+. See Update New Zealand subdivisions in states.php.

1.0

• Initial release.