---
title: Configure Order Cost and Profit Calculations
description: Decide how WooCommerce order profit handles shipping, fees and taxes so cost and profit figures match your accounting.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/configure-cost-profit/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: How to
tags:
  - Cost of Goods
---

# Configure Order Cost and Profit Calculations

Configuring order cost and profit calculations lets you decide how WooCommerce folds shipping, fees and taxes into each order's profit, so the numbers match your accounting. [Cost of Goods: Product Cost & Profit Calculator for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/cost-of-goods-for-woocommerce/) keeps all of these controls in one **Calculations** group, and they are free.

![Order calculation options in Cost of Goods](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/4-4.png)

### Step-by-step

1. Go to **WPFactory > Cost of Goods** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Cost of Goods**).
2. Open the **Orders** sub-tab.
3. Scroll to the **Calculations** group.
4. Set the options below, then click **Save changes**.

**Note:** after changing these settings, existing orders keep their old figures until recalculated. Use the **Tools > Orders recalculation tool** (Pro) to update past orders.

### Options reference

| Label | Option ID | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Count empty cost lines | `alg_wc_cog_order_count_empty_costs` | `no` |
| Ignore quantity | `alg_wc_cog_order_calculation_ignores_quantity` | `no` |
| Order total (for percent costs) | `alg_wc_cog_order_extra_cost_percent_total` | Order subtotal excl. tax |
| Shipping to profit | `alg_wc_cog_order_shipping_to_profit` | `no` |
| Fees to profit | `alg_wc_cog_order_fees_to_profit` | `no` |
| Taxes to profit | `alg_wc_cog_order_taxes_to_profit` | `no` |
| Delay calculations (until status) | `alg_wc_cog_orders_delay_calculations_status` | empty (calculate right away) |

### What each option does

- **Count empty cost lines:** include items that have no cost set when totaling order cost and profit.
- **Ignore quantity:** calculate cost and profit per line ignoring the quantity sold.
- **Order total:** the base that percentage extra costs are taken from. Choose **Order subtotal excl. tax** (default), **Order total excl. tax**, or **Order total incl. tax**.
- **Shipping / Fees / Taxes to profit:** each of these adds that amount into the order profit. Each has its own **percentage** field (default `100`) so you can move all or part of it. For "Taxes to profit" to make sense, set **Products > Get price method** to an including-tax option.
- **Delay calculations:** hold all cost and profit values at zero until the order reaches one of the selected statuses.

### Get more from Cost of Goods

These calculation options are free. [Cost of Goods: Product Cost & Profit Calculator for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/cost-of-goods-for-woocommerce/) Pro adds the orders recalculation tool to apply changed settings to historical orders, and cost and profit inside WooCommerce Analytics. [See what Pro unlocks](https://wpfactory.com/item/cost-of-goods-for-woocommerce/).

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- [Add Cost and Profit Columns to the Admin Orders List](https://wpfactory.com/docs/customize-orders-columns/)
- [Cost and Profit Missing on Orders From POS, API or Other Plugins](https://wpfactory.com/docs/cost-of-goods-missing-on-pos-api-orders/)

 

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