Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce

The Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce plugin helps organize order numbers in custom formats using prefixes, suffixes, starting numbers and increments. This allows you to format or rearrange both existing and new WooCommerce order numbers into a clear consecutive sequence, making order tracking simple and consistent.

Why are WooCommerce order numbers not in sequential order?

The reason is quite simple! WordPress uses a single ID system for posts, pages, and media files. WooCommerce uses the same ID system to generate order numbers. This means that when a new WooCommerce order is created, it may not always receive the next number in sequence because that ID may have already been used by another post or page. As a result, WooCommerce order numbers can appear to skip or break sequence.

However, using this custom order number plugin, you will always get sequential numbers for your WooCommerce orders.

When you activate the sequential order number plugin, you can easily organize WooCommerce order numbers in a custom sequence. If your store has no existing orders, numbering will begin at 1 or at any custom starting number you set. If you already have existing orders, the plugin will continue the sequence from the latest order number.

To get a complete walkthrough of the WooCommerce sequential order plugin settings, check out this video

Free Version: Features of the WooCommerce Sequential Order Number Plugin

• Supports sequential order numbers for WooCommerce
• Set custom starting number for orders
• Let’s you add custom prefix to order numbers
• Add order date prefix
• Option to choose order template (order number only, prefix & order number, date & order number, etc.)
• Set custom order number length
• Option to keep existing order numbers
• Order number preview available
• Enable admin order search for custom order numbers
• Supports subscription orders
• Enable order tracking to easily find order details
• Supports WooCommerce custom order numbers
• Compatible with HPOS
• Tested OK with PHP 8.2
• Tested OK with WooCommerce 11.0.0

To learn about the installation and setup of this free sequential order plugin, visit the WooCommerce sequential order number plugin documentation.

Note: If you like to make any of your other plugins (invoice/payment/shipment) compatible with the Sequential Order Numbers for WooCommerce, please make the below tweak.

Instead of referencing $order->get_id() when fetching order data, use $order->get_order_number()

Features of Sequential Order Number Plugin for WooCommerce-Premium Version

✅ Add a custom suffix to order numbers
✅ Include order date as a suffix
✅ Auto-reset WooCommerce order numbers daily, monthly, or yearly
✅ Set a seperate custom order sequence for free orders
✅ Choose from more order number templates
✅ Define a custom increment for the order number sequence

For more information about the custom order number plugin checkout the Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce Premium.

Compatible Plugins

• WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Pro by PluginHive
• Subscriptions for WooCommerce by ThemeHigh
• PayPal Plus for WooCommerce By Inpsyde GmbH
• PayPal for WooCommerce By AngellEye
• WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, Delivery Notes and Shipping Labels By WebToffee
• WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, Delivery Notes and Shipping Labels (Pro) By WebToffee
• PayPal Express Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce By ThemeHigh
• Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce By WebToffee
• Mollie Payments for WooCommerce By Mollie
• WooCommerce Subscriptions
• Point of Sale POS for WooCommerce
• WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway By ThemeHigh
• Stripe By WooCommerce
• WooCommerce PayPal Payments by WooCommerce
• WooCommerce POS
• Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce by AlgolPlus
• WooCommerce QuickPay by Perfect Solution
• WooCommerce Amazon Pay by WooCommerce
• WPML
• RMA Return Refund & Exchange For WooCommerce Pro
• Razorpay for WooCommerce

Importance of Sequential Order Numbers for WooCommerce

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