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Shipping cost is why half your carts abandon.
48% abandon over shipping. Half of those will add more to qualify if you tell them how close they are.
WooCommerce Free Shipping Bar: Amount Left for Free Shipping
WooCommerce Plugin
4.4
16 Reviews
v2.5.6
Updated 1 week ago
2,000+
Stores Live
watch how a progress bar moves AOV ↓
Customers add more when they're this close to free shipping.
A real-time progress bar in your cart and mini-cart shows how much more a customer needs to add to qualify. 58% of shoppers add an extra item to hit the threshold. Average order value lifts ~30%. Used by 2,000+ stores. $59.99/yr or $199 once.
14-day refund
AJAX · no refresh
Per-zone · per-role
live mini-cart · customer's view, real-time
live
Your cart · 1 item
- Single-origin coffee · 250g $18.00
You're $32.00 away from free shipping!
cart total: $18.00
free at $50.00
Demo cycles through a real customer journey - 1 item → 2 items → 3 items → threshold unlocked.
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three reasons customers leave money on the table ↓
Three places your store loses AOV.
leak · 2
The threshold is invisible. So customers stop short.
×
No info at all
−AOV
★
Static text · "free over $50"
flat
✓
Live progress bar
+AOV
A progress bar is the only format that stays in their peripheral vision while they shop.
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$7 gap. Every order. Forever.
Your AOV today$43.00
Your free-ship threshold$50.00
Gap per order$7.00
Orders / month× 600
AOV uplift available$4,200/mo
A $50,400/yr lift sitting in the gap between $43 AOV and a $50 threshold. If customers know about it.
capabilities
Eight things free WooCommerce doesn't do.
Each card shows the feature working - not a screenshot, the real data flow.
Bar updates the instant something changes in the cart.
Different threshold for each shipping zone.
One threshold per currency. Customer sees their own.
Wholesale gets a higher bar. Retail gets the standard.
Cart, mini-cart, checkout, store notice, or shortcode.
Write your own message. Placeholders fill in live values.
HTML supported. Different templates for "amount left" vs "unlocked".
The bar visually celebrates when the customer wins.
Decide what counts toward the threshold.
setup
Four steps. Most stores finish in under 10 minutes.
Activate the plugin
Upload the .zip from Plugins → Add New, then activate.
Free Shipping Bar
Active
Set your threshold
Settings → Free Shipping Bar → set your minimum, or let it inherit from WooCommerce.
min
$50.00
Pick where it shows
Cart, mini-cart, checkout, store notice - toggle the ones you want. Or all of them.
+ cart pageon
+ mini-carton
+ store noticeon
Track the lift
Within a week, your AOV starts climbing. Most stores see 15-30% within 30 days.
how we stack up
More display options. More targeting. Lifetime tier.
Compared against the most-used free-shipping-bar plugins in the WooCommerce ecosystem. Pricing from each vendor's listing as of 2026.
WooCommerce native · static text only |
VillaTheme $25 once · CodeCanyon |
Booster Plus $69/yr · 100+ modules |
WPFactory $59.99/yr · $199 once |
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| core | ||||
| Live AJAX progress bar | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom message templates | ✕ | limited | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlocked / congrats state | ✕ | ✓ | basic | ✓ |
| Cart total method toggle | ✕ | ✕ | limited | ✓ |
| targeting & placement | ||||
| Per-zone thresholds | via WC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-currency thresholds | ✕ | ✕ | limited | ✓ |
| Per-user-role thresholds | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Mini-cart + checkout + notice | ✕ | cart only | ✓ | ✓ |
| Widget + shortcode + PHP | ✕ | shortcode only | ✓ | ✓ |
| pricing & ownership | ||||
| Free version on .org | - | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lifetime tier | - | $25 once · 6mo support | ✕ | ✓ $199 unlimited sites |
| 10-year cost · 1 site | $0 | $25 | $690 | $199 |
| 50+ plugins (All Access) | - | ✕ | 100+ modules in one | ✓ $499 |
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three real stores
What the AOV lift looks like - by store size.
Conservative model: 15% AOV uplift (lower bound of typical results). Math is simple - same orders × bigger baskets.
small store ↓
200orders/mo
$43AOV today
$49AOV w/ bar
Lifetime pays backday 17 of 30
day 1day 30
incremental revenue ↓
$14,400/year
$14,400/year
mid store ↓
500orders/mo
$68AOV today
$78AOV w/ bar
Lifetime pays backday 4 of 30
day 1day 30
incremental revenue ↓
$60,000/year
$60,000/year
larger store ↓
2,000orders/mo
$95AOV today
$109AOV w/ bar
Lifetime pays backday 1 of 30
day 1day 30
incremental revenue ↓
$336,000/year
$336,000/year
verified reviews
From stores running this right now.
Running it already? Leave a review on WordPress.org.
"Great plugin and support. We had an issue, so I wrote the developer. He fixed the code and made it work. Not many developers do that on the fly!"see reviews →
"This is a great plugin. It works flawlessly and the Pro version has many useful options. Tom offers the best in customer service and helps you with any questions you may have. I normally don't rate plugins although this is simple and impressive. A+++"see reviews →
"Amazing plugin! Tom even helped me implement a second and third bar for free gifts. Never seen such amazing support."see reviews →
tested with
Plays well with your stack.
Platform
WP 5.0+WP 6.xWC 4.0+WC 8.xPHP 7.4+PHP 8.2
Themes
AstraGeneratePressStorefrontDiviElementorBricksOceanWP
Plugins
WP All ImportWPMLPolylangSubscriptionsMembershipsBookings
Payment & shipping
StripePayPalSquareUSPSFedExShipStationREST API v3
why this plugin
Eight guarantees behind every free-shipping nudge.
Every WPFactory plugin ships with the same eight guarantees. Here's what running this one looks like in practice.
Clean code, reviewed
Lightweight and theme-agnostic. The bar reads WooCommerce's own free-shipping thresholds and updates live as the cart changes, on the cart, checkout, and mini-cart, without you touching a template.
Docs & specs, written
Every part is a setting: the threshold, the message wording (with the live "amount left" figure), where the bar appears, and its styling. Stack multiple bars for tiered goals, free shipping first, then a free-gift tier above it.
Support that ships
Goes further than most. "Tom even helped me implement a second and third bar for free gifts. Never seen such amazing support." Another store: "We had an issue, so I wrote the developer. He fixed the code and made it work." Priority email support.
14-day money-back
14-day refund on yearly and lifetime, 30 days on All Access, no questions asked. If the nudge doesn't lift your average order value the way you hoped, support helps first; if it still doesn't fit, you walk away whole.
Bundle savings, real
All Access is $499 once for all 50+ plugins, lifetime, unlimited sites, and it includes every plugin we release later. Three lifetime licenses at $199 already cost $597, so the bundle usually wins by your third plugin.
Updates, regularly
Actively maintained by WPFactory and kept current with WordPress and WooCommerce. Bug reports from real stores turn into releases rather than sitting in a queue.
Plays well with others
Tested with WPML and Polylang, WP All Import, WooCommerce Subscriptions, Memberships, and Bookings. Renders cleanly on Astra, GeneratePress, Storefront, Divi, Elementor, and Bricks.
Designed for store owners
You don't touch code. Set the free-shipping amount, write the message, choose where the bar shows, and the plugin fills in how much each shopper has left to spend. Add extra bars for gift or discount tiers when you're ready.
12 stores joined this week·4 in the last 24h
if you're going to keep this plugin a while ↓
Three tiers. Pick once.
14-day refund on yearly and lifetime, 30 days on All Access. Lifetime pays for itself by year 4, then it's free forever. All Access pays for itself with any 2nd plugin you'd ever use.
$199
once
Buy once. Owns itself by year 4. Use on every site you own.
- Unlimited sites
- Lifetime updates
- Priority email support
- 14-day refund
- GPL-licensed · use on client sites
$999$499oncesave 50%
This plugin + 49 others, lifetime updates, unlimited sites - for $300 more than Lifetime alone.
!
Buying any 3 single lifetimes?
$597
→
$499 / 50+
- 50+ plugins, lifetime updates
- Unlimited sites - every plugin
- Future plugins included free, forever
- Lifetime priority support
- Pays back at 3rd plugin you'd use
storefront & settings
Eight real screens. Click any to enlarge.
What the bar looks like on your storefront and how it's set up inside WordPress. Click any screenshot for a full-size view.
What threshold should I set for free shipping?
As a starting point, set the threshold 15-20% above your current AOV. If your AOV is $40, try $50. If it's $80, try $95. The threshold is editable any time - you can A/B test it. Industry data suggests 58% of customers will add extra items to qualify at a strategically-set threshold, with an average ~30% lift in order value (Red Stag Fulfillment, 2024).
Does it work with multiple shipping zones?
Yes. The plugin can use the threshold from your standard WooCommerce free shipping method (which is zone-aware), or you can override per-zone. US customers see your US threshold; Canada sees Canada; EU sees EU. The bar adapts automatically based on detected location.
Will it work with multi-currency stores?
Yes. Set different thresholds per currency - $50 USD, €45 EUR, £40 GBP, ¥7,500 JPY. The plugin reads the customer's display currency and shows the correct threshold and remaining amount in that currency.
Can I show different thresholds to wholesale vs retail?
Yes. Per-user-role thresholds are supported. Wholesale customers can see a different free shipping threshold than retail - useful if your B2B orders skew larger and you want to set a higher bar.
Where on the page does the bar show up?
Configurable. Cart page, mini-cart, checkout, store notice (banner at the top of every page), or via widget/shortcode/PHP for custom placement. You can show it in multiple locations simultaneously. Most stores use cart + mini-cart.
Does the bar update as customers add items?
Yes - AJAX-powered, no page refresh required. When a customer adds an item, the bar updates instantly to show the new remaining amount. When they cross the threshold, the bar visually transitions to a congratulatory "unlocked" state.
How does it handle virtual products?
The plugin can exclude virtual products from the free shipping calculation, so they don't trigger the counter. That keeps the remaining-amount total accurate for physical items that actually ship.
Can I hide other shipping methods once free shipping is unlocked?
Yes. When the cart qualifies for free shipping, you can hide the other shipping methods at checkout, so customers see the free option without distractions.
Can I include or exclude discounts in the total?
Configurable. You choose whether the threshold is measured against the subtotal before discounts or the total after discounts, so a coupon doesn't have to disqualify a customer who was already over the bar.
if you've scrolled this far ↓
Show them the threshold. Watch AOV move.
Join 2,000+ WooCommerce stores already running Free Shipping Bar. $59.99/yr to try it. $199 once to keep it forever. 14-day refund either way.
2,000+ stores · 4.4★ from 16 reviews · WordPress.org plugin · lifetime license available · 14-day refund