WP Desk Flexible Subscriptions is a robust WooCommerce plugin designed as a free alternative to the official WooCommerce Subscriptions extension. One of its most powerful specialized features is the Recurring Shipping add-on.
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This add-on is designed for businesses where the product delivery schedule does not match the payment schedule (e.g., a customer pays once a month but receives a fresh delivery every week).
Independent Schedules: You can set a shipping cycle that is completely different from the billing cycle (e.g., pay every 3 months, ship every 2 weeks).
Automated Shipping Orders: When a shipping date arrives, the plugin automatically generates a “Shipping Order” in WooCommerce. These orders appear as $0.00 (free) so you can process them through your standard warehouse or fulfillment workflow without charging the customer again.
First Shipping Date: You can set a specific date for the first shipment, which is highly useful for pre-orders or seasonal subscription boxes.
Customer Transparency: Customers can see their upcoming shipping dates and frequency directly in their “My Account” area, reducing support queries.
Order Filtering: Admin users can filter the WooCommerce order list to see only “Shipping Orders,” making it easy to export packing slips or sync with courier plugins like DPD, UPS, or InPost.
In the standard (free) version of Flexible Subscriptions, shipping is typically tied to the Renewal Order. If you want to ship a product 4 times a month, you would have to bill the customer 4 times a month.
The Recurring Shipping add-on is the solution for:
Subscription Boxes: Monthly payments but weekly deliveries of fresh goods.
Service Plans: A single annual payment for 12 monthly physical “maintenance kits.”
Bulk Pre-pays: Allowing customers to pay for 6 months upfront while still receiving their items on a regular monthly schedule.
