Hi @kingcooper
Thank you for reaching out.
Our Flexible Shipping plugin is a type of table rate plugin. It doesn’t retrieve any rates from the shipping carrier. If you are looking for the automatic prices, rates from the API, you should check our https://octolize.com/product-category/live-rates/.
Kind regards,
Mateusz
Hi
Thank you for your quick reply.
Do I use live rates with flexible shipping pro on top?
Can I use live rates for 16 different shipping zones on a per product basis?
Can I jimmy live rates to work with JSON content importer pro app?
Do you have a plug and play live rates app for dropshipzone com au?
Thanking you in advance.
Hi
Just one more question for you.
Is it possible for you to custom create a plug and play API plugin to dynamically update shipping prices from dropshipzone com au?
I’d need to use this on top of flexible shipping pro.
Thank you
Hi @kingcooper
Thank you for your message.
Do I use live rates with flexible shipping pro on top?
It is possible to combine the Flexible Shipping plugin with a live rate one. However, it is possible for now to only add additional costs by Flexible Shipping to the live rate. Please, review our documentation for more details.
Can I use live rates for 16 different shipping zones on a per product basis?
You can configure the shipping methods in each of the shipping zones. Unfortunately, it is not possible directly in a live rate to configure shipping method on a product basis. You might need additional plugin – Conditional Shipping Methods. In this plugin, you can choose a particular product (and more conditions) and based on that, you can trigger certain shipping method.
Can I jimmy live rates to work with JSON content importer pro app?
We haven’t tested such solution, therefore we cannot guarantee a compatibility there.
Do you have a plug and play live rates app for dropshipzone com au?
Unfortunately, we haven’t specifically got a plugin for dropshipzone com au. However, we have a dedicated for Australia Post plugin – free Shipping Live rates for Australia Post for WooCommerce.
Is it possible for you to custom create a plug and play API plugin to dynamically update shipping prices from dropshipzone com au?
Unfortunately, the custom solutions are out of scope from our side.
Kind regards,
Mateusz
Hi
Ok, so can we use API with your app?
I need to know can I access your API with a custom JSON input?
Hi @kingcooper,
Flexible Shipping calculates shipping costs exclusively in the WooCommerce cart and checkout. The plugin does not have an API that would allow shipping cost estimation in any other way.
Best regards
Grzegorz
Hi
But your auspost addon uses API?
Why can’t we use a custom API plugin to hook into flexible like your auspost app does?
Hi @kingcooper,
Flexible Shipping integrates with any WooCommerce shipping method that can be added in a shipping zone. Is that what you mean? If you’re referring to something else, we’ll need more details, because we don’t understand your question.
Best regards
Grzegorz
ok, it seems flexible or your other app somehow connects dynamically to JSON data.
I need this feature working with woo shipping zones
ok flexible shipping staff, I have ChatGPT send me this:
✅ Overview: Flexible Shipping Plugin
Flexible Shipping:
• Supports conditional shipping costs based on weight, price, item count, etc.
• Stores shipping rules as shipping method meta within WooCommerce shipping zones.
• Uses a serialized format stored in woocommerce_shipping_zone_method post meta.
So, you cannot directly use the default WooCommerce REST API to edit these shipping methods — you’ll need to work with custom code.
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🔧 Integration Strategy
1. Expose a Custom REST API Endpoint in WordPress
This endpoint will accept the JSON payload from your third-
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2. Parse and Map the Incoming JSON
Here’s an example JSON format you might receive:
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3. Update Shipping Method Metadata
You’ll be modifying the woocommerce_shipping_zone_method
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You may also need to update associated meta keys like:
• method_enabled
• method_title
• rules_type (e.g., per-order or per-product)
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✅ Optional: Recalculate Shipping Cache
To make changes
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Does this look like something you could customise for me?
or is there anyway AI code creators I can use?
Flexible Shipping method, just like other WooCommerce shipping methods, can be created, modified, and deleted via the REST API. No intervention on our part is necessary here. This is WooCommerce functionality.
You can ask LLM:
How to retrieve and modify the shipping method settings in WooCommerce using the REST API. Provide example PHP code using the automattic/woocommerce library.
