DPD Connect for WooCommerce

Integrate DPD parcel shipping directly into your WooCommerce store. Generate labels, offer Parcelshop pickup at checkout, and monitor async batches — all from the WooCommerce admin.

Features · Requirements · Installation · Configuration · Development

📦 Features

🏷️ Label Generation

🗺️ Delivery Options

⚡ Async Processing

🔔 Notifications

✅ Requirements

🚀 Installation

# 1. Clone or download the plugin
git clone https://github.com/dpdconnect/woocommerce-shipping.git

# 2. Install PHP dependencies
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

# 3. Upload to WordPress plugins directory
cp -r woocommerce-shipping /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/dpdconnect

Then activate the plugin in WordPress Admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins.

WooCommerce must be installed and active before activating this plugin.

⚙️ Configuration

Navigate to WooCommerce → DPD Settings after activation.

Quick Setup Checklist

• [ ] Credentials — enter your DPD Connect username and password, then click Check Credentials to verify
• [ ] General — set account type (B2C/B2B), depot number, label format (A4/A6), and download format
• [ ] Company — fill in your sender address — this appears on every label
• [ ] Products — set fallback HS code, country of origin, and product weight for customs
• [ ] Parcelshop — configure Google Maps API key for the checkout map widget
• [ ] Shipping Zones — add DPD Shipping Method to your WooCommerce shipping zones and select a DPD product per zone

Shipping Method Setup

1. WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping → Shipping Zones → Edit Zone
2. Click Add shipping method → select DPD Shipping Method
3. Click Edit on the new method and select the DPD product type (Standard, Parcelshop, Predict, Saturday, etc.)
4. Set the shipping cost using flat amounts or dynamic expressions ([qty], [cost], [fee percent="x"])

🛠️ Development

Project Structure

dpdconnect/
├── dpdconnect.php          # Plugin entry point
├── composer.json
├── assets/                 # CSS, images
├── languages/              # Translations (.pot, .po, .mo)
└── classes/
    ├── Connect/            # DPD API wrappers (SDK integration)
    ├── Database/           # wpdb repositories (labels, batches, jobs)
    ├── Handlers/           # WordPress hook registrations
    ├── Pages/              # Admin page renderers
    ├── Settings/           # Settings page registrations
    ├── Service/            # Validators
    ├── enums/              # Status constants
    ├── producttypes/       # DPD product type definitions
    ├── shippingmethods/    # WC_Shipping_Method extension
    └── Option.php          # Central settings accessor

Database Tables

The plugin creates three custom tables on activation:

Key Classes

Full Documentation

Comprehensive user and developer documentation is available in the docs/ directory:

• Architecture
• Label Creation Flow
• Database Schema
• WordPress Hooks
• Debugging

📄 License

GPL-3.0-or-later — see LICENSE for details.

Author: DPD / X-Interactive.nl