---
title: Creating Custom Order Statuses in WooCommerce
description: Create custom WooCommerce order statuses such as Awaiting stock or Ready for pickup, and set their options.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/create-custom-statuses/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: How to
tags:
  - Custom Order Status for WooCommerce
---

# Creating Custom Order Statuses in WooCommerce

To create a custom order status with Additional Custom Order Status for WooCommerce, go to WooCommerce > Order Status and click Add New Status. Enter a title (it cannot start with a number), set options such as styling and order behavior, and click Publish. The status then appears in the order edit dropdown, orders list and bulk actions.

[![Custom order statuses list in WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/pasted-image-0-93-1024x445.png)](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/pasted-image-0-93.png)

### Where to create statuses

Go to **WooCommerce > Order Status**. This opens the list of your custom statuses. To add one, click **Add New Status** at the top.

**Note:** statuses are managed under **WooCommerce > Order Status**, not under **WooCommerce > Settings**. The Settings tab (**WPFactory > Order Status**) holds only the global sorting and admin action button options.

### Adding a new status

On the **Add New Status** screen you set a title and then configure the status using the option boxes below it.

- **Title**: enter a clear name for the status, for example "Under manufacture". The title cannot start with a number.
- **Status Slug**: this is generated automatically from the title and shown read-only. You cannot edit it, and it is limited to 17 characters. Custom Order Status stores it internally as `wc-` plus the slug.

Click **Publish** to save the status. It is then available everywhere WooCommerce shows order statuses: the order edit dropdown, the orders list, and bulk actions.

### Options you can set for each status

Each status has its own option boxes on the edit screen:

| Option box | What it controls | Free/Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Styling Options | Text color and background color of the status label. | Free |
| General Options | Add the status to order bulk actions and to WooCommerce reports. | Free |
| Action Buttons Options | Show the status as a quick action button in the orders list and admin order preview, with a custom icon and colors. | Free |
| Order Options | Whether the order is editable, paid, valid for payment, sets "date paid", and grants download permissions. | Free |
| Email Options | Send an email when an order moves to this status, with a custom address, subject, heading, and content. | Pro |
| Admin Note | A private note shown only on the status edit page. | Free |

See [Styling Options](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/pasted-image-0-94.png) and the related how-to articles for the full details of each box.

### Editing and deleting statuses

- **Edit a status**: open it from **WooCommerce > Order Status** and change any option, then click **Update**. The slug cannot be changed once the status is published.
- **Delete a status**: use the **Delete status** link in the Actions box. To move existing orders off the status first, use **Delete status with fallback**, which reassigns those orders to the "On hold" status before deleting.
- **Reorder statuses**: change how statuses appear using the **Sorting** section under **WPFactory > Order Status**.

### Get more control

This feature is free, with no limit on the number of statuses. [Additional Custom Order Status for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/order-status-for-woocommerce/) Pro adds automated emails when an order reaches a status. [See what Pro unlocks](https://wpfactory.com/item/order-status-for-woocommerce/).

Related articles

- [Styling Custom Order Statuses in WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/docs/style-options-woocommerce/)
- [Troubleshooting Custom Order Statuses](https://wpfactory.com/docs/general-issues/)
- [General and Order Options for Custom Statuses](https://wpfactory.com/docs/custom-order-status-general-payments/)
- [How to Sort Order Statuses in WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/docs/woocommerce-order-status-sorting/)
- [Deleting a Custom Order Status Safely](https://wpfactory.com/docs/woocommerce-delete-order-status-fallback/)

 

[![Custom Order Status for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/Order-Status-for-WooCommerce.webp)](https://wpfactory.com/item/order-status-for-woocommerce/)