SkyNet Online Shipping for WooCommerce

SkyNet Online Shipping connects your WooCommerce store directly to SkyNet Online, SkyNet’s ecommerce shipping platform. Customers see real, account-specific shipping rates at checkout, orders are booked automatically the moment payment succeeds, and waybill numbers and tracking updates sync straight back to WooCommerce – no manual courier admin required.

About SkyNet

SkyNet Online is the world’s largest independently owned courier network, with a footprint spanning more than 190 countries and a national network of 32 branches covering all of South Africa. That scale and reach, paired with deep e-commerce shipping experience, is why online retailers choose SkyNet to move their orders – locally and across borders.

Features

• Live Road, Air, and Counter shipping rates at checkout, pulled from your SkyNet account.
• Automatic booking creation with SkyPoint Online on order placement.
• Waybill numbers and tracking status synced to the order automatically.
• Generate and download shipping labels directly from WooCommerce order admin.
• PUDO pick-up point selection at checkout, based on the customer’s delivery address.
• Free-shipping rules by order value or per product.
• Shipping Profiles and a Default Package ensure rates and bookings work even when product weight or dimensions are missing.
• Supports WooCommerce shipping classes for multi-location fulfilment routing.

1. Upload and activate the plugin through the WordPress admin or install directly from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
2. Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping → SkyNet Online and enter your SkyNet Online account credentials.
3. Choose which shipping modes (Road, Air, Counter) to display and configure any Shipping Profiles or a Default Package.
4. Save — live rates will now appear at checkout.

1.0.5

• Feature: Dedicated, full-width Suburb and Postal Code live search autocomplete dropdown at checkout with real-time rate recalculation.
• Fix: Fallback shipping rate now applies as a flat cart rate without quantity multiplication.
• Fix: Consolidated parcel packaging per product line item with aggregate weight for accurate live courier quoting and waybill creation.
• Enhancement: Sleek dark-themed dropdown UI with fixed pin indicator and right-aligned postal code badges.
• Fix: Dynamic PUDO address token deduplication to guarantee pinpoint South African map localization.

1.0.4

• Feature: Direct Settings-based default dimension fallback for unassigned products without database profile auto-creation.
• Enhancement: Decoupled custom Shipping Profiles from global WooCommerce shipping settings.

1.0.3

• Fix: Guaranteed immediate database profile sync upon saving shipping zone modal or options regardless of API authentication status.
• Fix: Improved multi-instance zone settings detection for automatic profile synchronization.

1.0.2

• Feature: Added automatic Default Box shipping profile auto-seeding upon installation.
• Feature: Added real-time two-way synchronization between WooCommerce shipping settings and database shipping profiles.
• Fix: Added WooCommerce native unit normalization (kg & cm) to prevent misconfigured store measurement units from inflating shipping quotes.
• Fix: Enhanced multi-tier fallback dimension engine for unassigned products.
• Fix: Cleaned up PHPCS comment strings in shipping profile management and report views.

1.0.1

• Fix: Modernized checkout shipping cards UI with responsive layout adapter for compact order review tables.
• Fix: Prevented duplicate native radio buttons from rendering inside custom shipping cards.
• Fix: Full-width PUDO counter selection button inside checkout card with smooth hover transitions.
• Fix: Prevented tax breakdown numbers from leaking into shipping rate titles.
• Fix: Enhanced PUDO address geocoding query to ensure South African map localization.

1.0.0

• Initial public release on WordPress.org.