Local delivery businesses live and die on scheduling. Order Delivery Date Pro adds date and time slot selection directly into WooCommerce checkout, with per-product and per-category delivery rules, delivery fees, lockout limits per slot, and a combined admin delivery calendar. Compared to generic checkout enhancers like Checkout Field Editor, this plugin owns the entire delivery scheduling domain — availability, capacity, and calendar management, not just extra fields.
The timezone handling is the hard problem in this category, and the changelog shows the developer grinding through it: west-of-UTC timezone bugs, next-day delivery edge cases, and calendar event formatting all received dedicated fixes across the 12.x line.
Competitive Features
- Checkout date picker. Customers choose a delivery date at checkout, restricted by your lead times and available weekdays.
- Time slots with lockout. Define time slots with capacity — once X orders fill a slot, it locks automatically.
- Per-category and per-product rules. Different delivery schedules for different product categories or specific products.
- Delivery charges. Add extra fees per date, per time slot, or per weekday, with correct tax-aware display.
- Admin Delivery Calendar. A combined calendar view of scheduled deliveries with correct order links.
- Same-day and next-day delivery. Configurable cutoff times and next-day selection with automatic expiry of past slots.
- Custom delivery schedules. Disable default schedules and define custom delivery windows per category.
- Localization. The delivery calendar supports dozens of languages out of the box.
Key Features
- Timezone correctness. Fixed bugs where delivery dates shifted a day for sites west of UTC, including the 6 PM order edge case — critical for cross-timezone stores.
- Email integration. Delivery date and time slot appear in order confirmation and admin notification emails, with fixes ensuring they show when they should and stay hidden when blank.
- Time slot pricing fixes. Slot charges now display consistently across cart and checkout pages, including tax-adjusted prices.
- Filterable next-day logic. A filter lets developers disable next-day delivery selection once all time slots for the day have expired.
- Calendar event accuracy. Time slots render as full-day events in the delivery calendar rather than incorrectly timed events.
- Order link fixes. Calendar order links point to the correct order details instead of the posts page.
- WooCommerce HPOS aware. Works with WooCommerce’s modern order storage.
- Performance fix. Optimized the WooCommerce Orders page against slow loading from high query volumes.
Comparison with Competitors
Order Delivery Date Pro vs Checkout Field Editor
| Feature | Order Delivery Date Pro | Checkout Field Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery date picker | Full calendar with availability | Plain date field |
| Time slot capacity | Lockout per slot | No |
| Delivery fees per date | Yes | No |
| Admin delivery calendar | Yes | No |
| Per-category schedules | Yes | No |
A field editor adds inputs. This plugin manages the actual delivery operation behind those inputs.
Order Delivery Date Pro vs Orderable
| Feature | Order Delivery Date Pro | Orderable |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling depth | Per-product, per-category, per-slot | Store-level windows |
| Delivery calendar | Combined admin calendar | Dashboard list |
| Fees model | Date, slot, weekday-based | Flat fees |
| Timezone handling | Actively hardened | Standard |
| Ecosystem | Tyche Softwares suite | Standalone |
Orderable is slick for simple pickup/delivery windows. Order Delivery Date Pro goes deeper where scheduling complexity is real.
Recommended Stack — delivery scheduling pairs with recovery flows. Combine it with CartFlows Pro for the checkout funnel, and use WooCommerce Subscriptions for recurring delivery customers.
Official Changelog
Version 12.5.0
Release Date: May 16, 2025
- Fixed: Delivery time was not displayed in order confirmation emails and the Admin Delivery Calendar, despite being enabled.
- Fixed: Time slots were incorrectly added as timed events in the Delivery Calendar instead of full-day events.
- Fixed: Order links in the Admin Delivery Calendar redirected to the Posts page instead of the correct order details.
- Fixed: A timezone bug where the selected delivery date appeared one day ahead in the Admin Delivery Calendar for users in time zones west of UTC when the order was placed after 6 PM.
- Fixed: Incorrect pricing display in the time slot dropdown when tax settings were enabled.
Version 12.4.1
Release Date: April 29, 2025
- Fixed: The selected delivery date was incorrectly saved one day earlier on the order for time zones west of UTC.
Version 12.4.0
Release Date: April 22, 2025
- Tweak: Added a filter to disable next-day delivery selection once all time slots for the current day have expired.
- Fixed: Order confirmation emails displayed inaccurate delivery dates due to timezone handling issues.
- Fixed: Incorrect extra delivery charge appeared in the customer update notification email.
- Fixed: Time slot charges were shown on the cart page but missing on the checkout page when custom delivery schedule settings were disabled.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can customers choose a specific time slot?
Yes. You define time slots with optional capacity limits — once a slot reaches its order limit it locks automatically. Customers can also enter an exact delivery time if you prefer that model.
Does it support different delivery schedules for different products?
Yes. Delivery rules can be set per product and per product category, so frozen goods and flowers can follow different delivery calendars in the same store.
Can I charge extra for delivery on certain dates?
Yes. Delivery charges support per-date, per-time-slot, and per-weekday fees, with tax-aware pricing display fixed in recent versions.
How does the admin see upcoming deliveries?
The Admin Delivery Calendar shows scheduled deliveries in a combined calendar view, with each entry linking directly to the correct order details.
Does it work across time zones correctly?
The 12.x releases specifically hardened timezone handling — fixing the one-day-off bugs for sites west of UTC, including orders placed after 6 PM.
Is the GPL version the full Pro plugin?
Yes. The download includes all Pro features for unlimited sites under the GPL license.
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