Creating a Custom Shipping Method

Creating a Custom Shipping Method — a practical guide to WooCommerce custom shipping method with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Register the method and implement `calculate_shipping()` with clear labels/costs.

Shipping method sketch

class WC_Shipping_Acme extends WC_Shipping_Method {
    public function calculate_shipping($package = []) {
        $this->add_rate([
            'id' => $this->id,
            'label' => 'Acme Express',
            'cost' => 80,
        ]);
    }
}