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Order Status & Tracking Emails for WooCommerce
Order Status & Tracking Emails for WooCommerce
Order Status & Tracking Emails for WooCommerce lets you create custom order statuses, send emails, and add tracking info.
Will this break my store?
What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping Order Status & Tracking Emails for WooCommerce running.
Tested to 7.0.2
Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.1 month ago
At least 13.1 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.7.4
Your host must be running at least this version.6.0
woocommerce
These must be installed and active first.1
A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.Maintenance & trust
Scored on how Order Status & Tracking Emails for WooCommerce is looked after — not on how many stores run it.
Maintenance
35 / 35WordPress compatibility
20 / 20Support responsiveness
Not enough dataMerchant satisfaction
Not enough dataListing transparency
7 / 10Ratings
No one has rated this plugin on WordPress.org yet. That is a statement about the ratings page, not about the plugin — plenty of well-kept plugins never collect them.
Order Status & Tracking Emails for WooCommerce (OSTE) is a powerful yet lightweight plugin that allows you to create custom order statuses, send transactional emails, and insert tracking codes with carrier links directly from your WooCommerce store.
Main Features:
Create and manage custom WooCommerce order statuses with colored badges and order-list action buttons.
Rename WooCommerce core status labels and customize status colors without writing code.
Keep custom status slugs stable after creation, with protected deletion and order reassignment tools.
Recover orders assigned to orphan custom statuses left behind by old slug changes or deleted statuses.
Configure custom email templates per order status, with subject, heading, intro text, extra content, footer content, and per-product tracking text.
Choose a WooCommerce fallback email for each custom status when the plugin template is disabled.
Add global tracking or per-product tracking to orders, including carrier selection and direct tracking links.
Show tracking information in customer emails and in the customer’s My Account order details.
Resend the current customer status email from the order screen without changing the order status.
Assign icons to carriers and control icon display in Cart, Checkout, Email, and My Account.
Map WooCommerce shipping methods to carriers to show the correct icon in Cart/Checkout labels.
Use custom shipping-method icons for Cart/Checkout when a single carrier mapping is not enough.
Customize WooCommerce email styles with a live preview and send the preview to a test email address.
Compatible with HPOS order screens and legacy WooCommerce order tables.
Fully translatable and GPL licensed, with no third-party services required.
Perfect for store owners who want full control over order management and customer notifications.
Yes. The plugin inherits WooCommerce’s native styling from your active theme.
Yes. The plugin supports WooCommerce HPOS order screens and the legacy order table.
Yes. Plugin strings are translation-ready and custom status labels can be entered in your store language. You can use tools like Loco Translate for plugin translations.
No. Core WooCommerce emails remain available. For custom statuses, you can use the plugin template or choose a WooCommerce fallback email when the plugin template is disabled.
Customers can see tracking information in status emails and in the My Account order details page.
Yes. You can use per-product tracking mode and assign a carrier, tracking code, and tracking link to each product row.
The plugin shows how many orders use that status and requires you to move those orders to another WooCommerce status before deletion.
Yes. The States Manager includes an orphan status recovery tool that detects unregistered order statuses and lets you move those orders to a valid WooCommerce status.
No. The slug is locked after creation to keep existing orders valid. You can still change the status label and color.
Yes. The Email Style Settings page includes a live preview and a test email option that sends the current preview to a chosen email address, not to the customer.
Yes. The order screen can resend customer-facing status emails for supported WooCommerce core statuses and plugin custom statuses without changing the order status.
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