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AND vs OR: Combining Multiple Shipping Conditions

To control whether multiple shipping conditions combine as AND or OR, use the Logical operator option in Conditional Shipping for WooCommerce: Restrict Shipping Options by Anything. It decides how the plugin treats a shipping method when you have enabled more than one condition against it.

Conditional Shipping General options showing the Logical operator setting

What the Logical operator does #

The Logical operator only matters when MULTIPLE conditions are enabled. With a single enabled condition it has no effect.

  • AND (default): the method shows only if EVERY enabled condition passes.
  • OR: the method shows if ANY one enabled condition passes.

Step-by-step setup #

  1. Go to WPFactory > Conditional Shipping (also reachable at WooCommerce > Settings > Conditional Shipping).
  2. On the General section, set Logical operator (alg_wc_cond_shipping_logical_operator) to AND or OR.
  3. Save changes.
  4. Enable the conditions you want to combine in their own sections, then set their values against the shipping method.

Worked examples #

Say you want free shipping to appear only for large orders that also contain a specific product. Enable two conditions against the free shipping method: a minimum order amount, and a Require Product Shipping Classes condition set to a “Free” shipping class.

  • With AND, free shipping shows only when the order is over the amount AND a product in the “Free” shipping class is in the cart. Both must be true.
  • With OR, free shipping shows when the order is over the amount OR a product in the “Free” shipping class is in the cart. Either one is enough.

Options reference #

Label Option ID Type Default Free/Pro
Logical operator alg_wc_cond_shipping_logical_operator Select (AND / OR) AND Free

Per-rate control for developers #

The operator is global by default, but developers can override it per rate with the alg_wc_cond_shipping_logical_operator filter, which receives the operator, the rate and the package and returns 'AND' or 'OR'. See the Conditional Shipping developer hooks reference for the full signature.

Get more control #

This feature is free. Conditional Shipping for WooCommerce: Restrict Shipping Options by Anything Pro adds per shipping-instance conditions, so you can combine rules differently for the same method type across shipping zones. See what Pro unlocks.