{"id":214523,"date":"2026-03-06T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flexibleshipping.com\/?p=214523"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:04:46","slug":"conditional-cash-on-delivery-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/octolize.com\/es\/blog\/conditional-cash-on-delivery-woocommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"WooCommerce Cash on Delivery – The Ultimate Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cash on Delivery in WooCommerce is a one of its basic payment options. It works great with the flat rate, but if you are using table rate shipping plugins the flat rate might be simply not enough. In this article, I\u2019ll show you how to use WooCommerce COD together with Flexible Shipping plugin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cash on Delivery (or simply COD) is a very useful payment method. It allows your clients to pay for a product when they receive it from the courier. The basic functionality of this feature is available in WooCommerce. You can get all the information about it in WooCommerce documentation<\/a>. However, what if you want to offer COD payment for more advanced and non-WooCommerce-in-built shipping methods?<\/p>\n

Table Rate Shipping and Cash on Delivery<\/h2>\n

If you are using table rate shipping plugins, like Flexible Shipping, the basic COD might be not enough. You may encounter some difficulties or compatibility problems with the shipping methods coming from the 3rd party plugins, especially if they use the shipping cost calculation rules for specific shipping classes. But guess what – our Flexible Shipping plugin is fully compatible with the WooCommerce COD since it uses the same default WooCommerce shipping mechanisms. You will learn from this guide how to set everything up in two different ways – using Flexible Shipping PRO<\/a> combined with WooCommerce COD and I will show you even more powerful combination with Active Payments<\/a> payment management plugin.<\/p>\n

How to set Cash on Delivery in WooCommerce for specific products?<\/h2>\n

As I mentioned before there are two different ways how it can be achieved, however, both of them involve using the Flexible Shipping PRO<\/a> plugin.<\/p>\n

In case you haven’t heard about it yet, Flexible Shipping is a very popular table rate shipping plugin with more than 100,000 shops using it on a daily basis<\/strong>. In the PRO version, it allows to set the shipping rules based on shipping class, which will be crucial in this case.<\/p>\n\n

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Since both scenarios require using the Flexible Shipping plugin let’s begin and …<\/p>\n

Add Flexible Shipping method<\/h3>\n

First, add a new shipping method, that will be enabled only for certain products or product categories. It\u2019s all based on the shipping class. To do that, go to WooCommerce \u2192 Settings \u2192 Shipping<\/b> and then to your Shipping Zone<\/b>. There click on Add new shipping method<\/b> button.<\/p>\n

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Next, choose Flexible Shipping<\/b> as a shipping method and click Add shipping method<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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As you can see it’s enabled by default just after it’s created. Click on the new Flexible Shipping<\/b> method’s title:<\/p>\n

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to reach its configuration screen:<\/p>\n

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Enter its name by filling in the Method Title<\/strong> field. For the purposes of this guide I named it Fixed price for pizza<\/strong>. Next, scroll down in order to…<\/p>\n

Add shipping rules for Woocommerce COD method<\/h3>\n

In the rules table at the bottom of the screen create a new rule using the Add rule<\/strong> button. Set:<\/p>\n