WooCommerce setup

Custom order statuses

Three custom statuses are registered in inc/order-statuses.php:

Status	Slug	Meaning
Pending fulfilment	wc-pending-ful	Payment confirmed, awaiting warehouse pick
Partially shipped	wc-partial-ship	Multi-item order, some items dispatched
Awaiting return	wc-return-wait	Return requested, item not yet received

Checkout customisations

• VAT number field added to checkout for B2B customers — stored as order meta _vat_number
• Postcode validation runs client-side via a custom JS validator before form submission
• Guest checkout is disabled — customers must create an account (required by MemberPress)

Payment gateway

Stripe is the sole payment method. The webhook endpoint is:

https://website-2.com/wc-api/WC_Gateway_Stripe

The webhook secret is stored in .env as STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET. Do not rotate it without updating this value.

Database

WooCommerce creates several high-write tables. Run the following periodically to keep them clean:

# Remove completed sessions older than 48h
wp wc clean --sessions

# Remove orphaned order items
wp wc clean --order-items