Ashford Woo Custom Statuses

A lightweight WooCommerce plugin by Jim Saunders / Ashford.cloud for creating and managing custom WooCommerce order statuses directly from the WordPress admin area.

By Jim Saunders — The Wizard of Eastleigh

Installation

This repository contains the plugin source code and development files.

To install the plugin in WordPress, use the installable plugin zip located in:

/dist/ashford-woo-custom-statuses.zip

Do not use GitHub’s automatically generated Source code zip for WordPress installation.

WordPress Installation

1. Go to Plugins → Add New
2. Click Upload Plugin
3. Select the zip file from the /dist folder
4. Activate the plugin

Features

• Adds default custom statuses:

  • Awaiting Parts
  • Pending Refund

• Create unlimited custom WooCommerce order statuses

• Edit status labels, descriptions, ordering, and enabled state

• Shows WooCommerce core statuses as locked for clarity

• Adds bulk order actions for enabled custom statuses

• Discreet top-right donation button using PayPal.me

• Built-in GitHub release updater support

GitHub Updater

The plugin is hard-coded to check releases from:

Ashford-Cloud/woo-commerce-custom-order-status

Publishing Updates

1. Update the version number in:

ashford-woo-custom-statuses.php

Update both:

• Plugin header Version:
• const VERSION

2. Create a WordPress install zip named:

ashford-woo-custom-statuses.zip

3. The install zip should contain this structure:

ashford-woo-custom-statuses/
└── ashford-woo-custom-statuses.php

4. Create a GitHub Release using a tag such as:

v1.2.1

5. Attach:

ashford-woo-custom-statuses.zip

to the release assets.

WordPress will then show the standard Update now link when a newer release version is available.

Donate

Support development via PayPal:

https://paypal.me/jimmistiles

Requirements

• WordPress 5.8+
• WooCommerce
• PHP 7.4+

Author

Created by Jim Saunders https://ashford.cloud