The local pickup feature for WooCommerce’s new block-based checkout has an option to apply one global cost to all locations. But many stores need different costs per location—for example, a downtown location might charge $5 while a warehouse is free. Hopefully in the future WooCommerce will integrate variable pricing for different pickup locations into core or a plugin like Local Pickup Plus will update it’s code to work with the new block-based WooCommerce checkout.

In the meantime, we created a little WooCommerce Local Pickup Costs plugin to solve this. It adds location-specific cost overrides and URL-based pre-selection directly into the WooCommerce local pickup shipping settings.

The Problem

WooCommerce’s local pickup shipping method only allows one global cost for all locations. This limits flexibility for:

• Stores with multiple locations that need different pricing
• Businesses offering free pickup at some locations and paid at others
• Marketing campaigns that need to pre-select specific pickup locations

The Solution

The WooCommerce Local Pickup Costs plugin extends WooCommerce’s shipping system to provide location-specific cost overrides. It integrates seamlessly with WooCommerce’s shipping settings and works with the modern Checkout Blocks.

Key Features

• Location-Specific Costs: Set custom pickup costs for each local pickup location
• Cost Overrides: Override the global cost from WooCommerce Local Pickup settings
• URL Pre-selection: Pre-select pickup location using ?pickup_location=location-id URL parameter
• Auto-selection: Automatically select the local pickup shipping method when pre-selecting a location
• Admin Interface: User-friendly settings page under WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping > Local Pickup Costs

How It Works

1. Admin Settings: The plugin adds a “Local Pickup Costs” tab under WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping that lists all configured local pickup locations in a table format
2. Cost Override: When a customer selects a pickup location at checkout, the plugin checks if a location-specific cost is set and applies it instead of the global cost
3. URL Parameter: The pickup_location parameter in the URL triggers JavaScript that automatically selects the pickup method and location on the checkout page

Cost Logic

• Empty field: Uses the global cost from Local Pickup settings
• Set to 0: Makes the location free (overrides global cost)
• Any number: Uses the custom cost for that location

Installation & Usage

1. Download the plugin on GitHub
2. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-local-pickup-costs/
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4. Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping > Local Pickup Costs
5. Configure costs for each pickup location

Setting Location-Specific Costs

1. Navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping
2. Click on the “Local pickup” tab and enable “Add a price for customers who choose local pickup”
3. Set your cost and then add your pickup locations and save changes
4. Click on the Local Pickup Costs tab
5. For each pickup location, enter a custom cost or leave blank to use the global cost (Set to 0 to make a location free) and save changes

URL Pre-selection

Add the pickup_location parameter to your checkout URL to pre-select a specific location: https://yoursite.com/checkout/?pickup_location=1

This will:

• Automatically select the local pickup shipping method
• Pre-select the specified pickup location
• Apply the location-specific cost

Technical Details

Built with performance and security in mind, the plugin:

• Uses static caching to reduce database queries during the same request
• Implements optimized location matching using lookup arrays (O(1) instead of O(n))
• Hooks into woocommerce_package_rates to modify shipping rates before display
• Integrates with WooCommerce Store API for Checkout Blocks compatibility
• Includes nonce verification for all form submissions
• Implements proper input sanitization and output escaping
• Declares HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) compatibility

The plugin uses the following WooCommerce hooks:

• woocommerce_get_sections_shipping: Add new tab to shipping settings
• woocommerce_get_settings_shipping: Render settings page
• woocommerce_package_rates: Modify shipping rates based on location costs
• woocommerce_settings_save_shipping: Save location costs
• woocommerce_store_api_checkout_update_order_from_request: Apply costs in Checkout Blocks

Get the Plugin

Available on GitHub: WooCommerce Local Pickup Costs

The plugin is open source and follows WordPress coding standards. Contributions and feedback are welcome.

Requirements

• WordPress 5.8 or higher
• WooCommerce 3.0 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher