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WooCommerce Australia Post Shipping Method
Australia Post Shipping Method connects WooCommerce to the Australia Post Shipping API, returning carrier-calculated rates for domestic and international parcels. It suits Australian stores using AUD that maintain accurate product weights and dimensions, but does not support negotiated Australia Post Business rates or prepaid satchel bulk discounts.
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Overview
This extension is designed for Australian merchants who want checkout shipping prices calculated from the customer’s destination, cart contents, and parcel details rather than maintained as fixed tables. Setup takes place inside WooCommerce shipping zones, where the method can be limited by availability and configured with a title, origin postcode, services, and rate preferences. Store owners can return every available service or only the cheapest result, while individual services can be enabled, renamed, reordered, and adjusted with additional charges. The main operational consideration is data quality: non-virtual products need usable weights and dimensions, and the box-packing calculator depends on correctly configured package sizes. Its requirements also make it a poor fit for stores shipping from outside Australia, using a currency other than AUD, or relying on Australia Post Business-negotiated pricing. Before deploying, test representative domestic and international carts on staging and compare returned quotes with Australia Post’s calculator, especially for mixed carts, satchels, oversized products, and custom packaging.
Fetches domestic and international parcel rates through the Australia Post Shipping API.
Supports configurable domestic services including Regular/Parcel Post, Express Post, and Courier Post options.
Supports international services including Express Post International, Express Courier International, Registered Post International, Pack and Track International, Air Mail, and Sea Mail.
Lets administrators return all available rates or only the cheapest rate.
Allows services to be enabled, disabled, renamed, reordered, and given flat or percentage adjustments.
Offers individual-item, combined-weight, and box-packing calculation methods.
Includes configurable box dimensions, inner and outer measurements, box weight, maximum weight, and package type.
Supports Australia Post satchel-rate calculation modes alongside custom box settings.
Compatibility and setup context
- Requires an Australian store base location and Australian Dollars (AUD) as the store currency.
- Requires accurate product weights and dimensions for non-virtual products used in rate calculations.
- Must be added to a WooCommerce shipping zone before rates can appear to customers.
- The marketplace lists PHP 7.4, WordPress 6.9 minimum, and WooCommerce 10.8 minimum requirements, with testing noted for WordPress 7.0 and WooCommerce 11.0; verify these values against the release package before installat
- Requires server fsockopen or cURL support for the API connection.
- Does not support discounted or negotiated rates from an Australia Post Business account or prepaid Parcel Post satchel bulk discounts.
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- The extension retrieves domestic and international rates through the Australia Post Shipping API and lists supported service categories.
- The extension requires an Australian base location and AUD currency, uses product weights and dimensions, and must be added to a shipping zone.
- Administrators can configure rate selection, services, parcel packing, box dimensions, satchel rates, and shipping adjustments.
- The marketplace lists the supplied version as 2.8.7 and provides PHP, WordPress, WooCommerce, block checkout, HPOS, and server-support compatibility details.
- The product documentation identifies limitations around negotiated Australia Post Business rates and explains that accurate weights and dimensions are needed for rate calculation.
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Version
2.8.7
Last Updated
Jul 29, 2026
File Size
0.2 MB
License
GPL
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