Order Status History for WooCommerce

72 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With only 1,000 active installs it is a niche tool, though the Popularity subscore is pulled above its weight because the install base is concentrated in stores that actively use the features, not silent installs.

Update Freshness

21/25

Last updated 7 January 2026 and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, so maintenance signals are very strong for a free plugin of this size.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 from 14 reviewers is encouraging but the sample size is small enough that you should treat it as directional rather than conclusive.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved is technically clean, but it also means there is no public track record of the author responding when things break, which is a real risk for a free plugin.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.4 and requiring only PHP 7.0, the compatibility profile is modern and accessible to virtually all current WooCommerce hosts.

Scores higher than 28% of indexed plugins

About

Speed up your daily processing of orders by getting to know more about who's ordering. Themed order status color swatches, Reports, CSV, free.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-01-07 5:09pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.0+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 7.0+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Order Status History for WooCommerce adds a visual history log of every status change a WooCommerce order goes through, complete with colour-coded swatches that match your store's status colours. It also surfaces basic reports and CSV export so you can audit who changed what and when, without digging through raw order notes. The intent is to speed up daily fulfilment and give customer service reps faster context on each order.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small to mid-sized WooCommerce stores (roughly 100 to 5,000 active orders a month) where one or two staff members handle most status changes and need a quick at-a-glance timeline instead of reading through long note fields. It is particularly useful for stores with multiple custom statuses or hand-off workflows between fulfilment, packing, and customer service teams.

Who Should Skip It

If you already use a dedicated order management plugin, an ERP connector, or a heavily customised WooCommerce setup with custom status plugins from the alternatives list, you do not need this layer. Stores processing fewer than 50 orders a month will likely find the native WooCommerce order notes screen sufficient.

The Bottom Line

Order Status History for WooCommerce earns a 75.55/100 quality score by combining solid maintenance, modern compatibility, and perfect but thin user ratings. It is a useful, focused tool for stores that want a cleaner admin view of order status changes, but the tiny install base and zero public support history mean you should test it on a staging site first. It is a good free option, not a category leader.

Pick this if your main need is creating and managing custom order statuses themselves rather than viewing the history of status changes, since it has 30,000 installs and a stronger feature set for that job.

Scheduled & Automatic Order Status Controller for WooCommerce 77/100

Pick this if you want WooCommerce to auto-advance order statuses on a schedule, which is a workflow automation angle that Order Status History for WooCommerce does not cover.

Order Tracking – WordPress Status Tracking Plugin 77/100

Pick this if you need a customer-facing tracking page and shipment status workflow, since Order Status History is admin-only and does not expose tracking to shoppers.

Sequential Order Numbers for WooCommerce 77/100

Pick this if your real pain point is messy, gap-filled order numbers, which is a different problem from status history and serves a different audience.

Custom Order Status for WooCommerce 75/100

Pick this if you mainly want to define new custom statuses and their colours and emails, since Order Status History assumes you already have statuses in place.