PW WooCommerce Exclude Free Shipping

75 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

At 1,000 active installs, usage is modest but the popularity score is boosted by recency and growth signals rather than scale.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated May 2026 and tested against WordPress 7.0, so maintenance signals are excellent and the plugin is clearly being kept current.

User Rating

14/15

A 94/100 average across 11 ratings is strong, though the small sample size means the rating is directionally positive rather than statistically conclusive.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads posted, there is no track record to judge responsiveness on, which keeps the support health at a middling score.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested with WordPress 7.0 and requiring PHP 7.4+, compatibility coverage is broad and meets modern hosting baselines.

Scores higher than 39% of indexed plugins

About

Specify products that cause Free Shipping to not be available when they are in the cart.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.7/5

Last Updated 2026-08-20 2:41pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.5+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

PW WooCommerce Exclude Free Shipping lets you flag specific products so that, when they appear in a customer's cart, the free shipping option is removed from checkout. It is a narrow utility: no shipping rate adjustments, no address-based rules, just per-product exclusion tags that prevent free shipping eligibility.

Who It's For

This plugin fits stores that offer a free shipping promotion by default but sell a handful of items (oversized, heavy, hazardous, or drop-shipped) where absorbing shipping costs would erode margins. It is best for small-to-mid-size WooCommerce shops with a limited catalogue where you can manually identify the problem SKUs.

Who Should Skip It

If your shipping logic depends on cart total, weight, destination, or category-wide rules, this plugin is too limited to handle it, and you should look at a fuller shipping solution instead. Stores with hundreds of variable products or complex zones will find the per-product tagging approach impractical to maintain.

The Bottom Line

This is a tight, well-maintained utility that does one thing: stop free shipping when certain products are in the cart. With an overall score of 75.03/100, it is reliable for its narrow use case but its tiny install base and absence of any support history make it a leap of faith for high-volume stores. Use it if your exclusion list is short and your needs are simple; outgrow it the moment you need zone- or weight-based logic.

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