=== WC Vendors - WooCommerce Multivendor, WooCommerce Marketplace, Product Vendors ===
Contributors: jkohlbach, RymeraWebCo, Rymera01, smub
Tags: multivendor, marketplace, multi vendor, product vendors, woocommerce commissions
Requires at least: 5.9
Tested up to: 7.0
Stable tag: 2.6.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

The original WooCommerce multi-vendor plugin. Easily create a WooCommerce marketplace with multi-seller, product vendor stores & vendor commissions.

== Description ==

= WC Vendors – WooCommerce Multi Vendor Plugin =

**🏆 #1 WooCommerce multi vendor plugin for turning your WooCommerce store into a thriving marketplace.** Trusted by over 8,000 stores.

The WC Vendors Marketplace plugin is the easiest way to create your multivendor marketplace and earn commission from every sale.

= Create A WooCommerce Marketplace =

You can use WC Vendors to create all sorts of marketplaces such as:

* Physical Good Marketplaces (like Amazon, Etsy, Ebay)
* Digital Product Marketplaces (like Shutterstock, Envato)
* Services & Booking Marketplaces (like TripAdvisor, Airbnb)
* Subscription Marketplaces (like CrateJoy, Birchbox)
* 2nd Hand Goods Marketplaces (like Ebay, Facebook Marketplace)

Learn more about WC Vendors: [Visit WC Vendors Website](https://www.wcvendors.com/?utm_campaign=wporg_details&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

***Key WooCommerce Multi-vendor Features (Free Plugin):***

* Easy & fast setup wizard (get up and running quick)
* New WooCommerce Vendor user role
* Register users and allow them to upgrade to become a Vendor
* Vendors (aka your sellers) get their own store and unique URL
* Set commission rate for sales (the % of revenue you share with Vendors)
* Handles simple, variable, and digital products
* Integrates with most themes
* Basic frontend dashboard for sales and orders reports
* Vendors can mark orders shipped
* WordPress Admin for publishing products
* Export orders
* Customizable templates

***Pro and add-on features available:***

* Add fees to commissions
* Set fixed or fixed + fee commissions
* Charge vendors commission per vendor or even per product
* Create membership plans for Vendors
* [Sell subscription products](https://www.wcvendors.com/wc-vendors-woocommerce-simple-auctions/?utm_campaign=wporg_details&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)
* Allow Vendors to sell bookings (eg. service marketplaces)
* Add auctions capabilities
* Pay Vendors commissions automatically with Stripe (and other compatible gateways)
* Store SEO compatibility
* Vendor vacation mode
* Vendor opening hours
* Let Vendors add store notices on their Vendor page
* Full front-end management of products
* Full front-end management of orders
* Self-managed Vendor coupons
* Advanced shipping management
* Vendor product reviews
* ... And LOADS more advanced WooCommerce marketplace features!

Want see more Pro features? [Click here to view the Pro version + addons](https://www.wcvendors.com/pricing/?utm_campaign=wporg_details&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

= FAST & EASY TO USE – THE BEST WOOCOMMERCE MULTI VENDOR PLUGIN =

WC Vendors marketplace comes with a setup wizard to guide you through the initial setup of your marketplace. This gets you up and running quickly, ready to earn.

= Best Supported Marketplace Plugin =

We pride ourselves on providing prompt, quality support as well as high quality secure, robust code. We release regular updates for smooth operation of your marketplace business. We focus on including the best eCommerce features for our users based on WooCommerce and best eCommerce practices.

= Grow With No Restrictions – Create A Thriving Multi-Seller Marketplace =

With WC Vendors you can be assured that there are no restrictions on the number of vendors or products your marketplace can create. Scale your multi-vendor marketplace to the moon!

Your marketplace will allow your vendors to sell a range of different products including:

* Physical products
* Digital and Downloadable products
* Variable products
* Subscription products with our [WC Vendors WooCommerce Subscriptions addon](https://www.wcvendors.com/wc-vendors-woocommerce-subscriptions/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)
* Booking products with our [WC Vendors WooCommerce Bookings addon](https://www.wcvendors.com/wc-vendors-woocommerce-bookings/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)
* Auctions with our [WC Vendors Simple Auctions addon](https://www.wcvendors.com/wc-vendors-woocommerce-simple-auctions/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

Here's some more marketplace ideas!

* A physical goods marketplace (just like Amazon, Etsy)
* A downloads marketplace selling music, photos, video and other digital media (just like Shutterstock, Envato)
* A booking marketplace to sell cooking classes (just like TripAdvisor, Airbnb)
* A 2nd hand auction site (just like eBay, Gumtree)

== Multiple ways to earn money with your multivendor marketplace ==

WC Vendors Marketplace has an advanced WooCommerce commissions system that allows you to set commissions for a variety of situations

**Marketplace Vendor Commission Options**

* Percentage
* Percentage + fee (Pro)
* Fixed (Pro)
* Fixed + fee (Pro)
* Sales by vendor (Pro)
* Sales by Product (Pro)
* Product Price (Pro)

Knowledge Base: [Read more about how our WooCommerce commissions work](https://docs.wcvendors.com/knowledge-base/wc-vendors-pro-commission/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

**Create Vendor membership plans for your marketplace**

[WC Vendors Membership addon](https://www.wcvendors.com/wc-vendors-membership/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web) allows you to create and sell membership plans to your vendors. Setting different limits for your vendors on what products they can sell.

Features include:

* Create as many plans as you like
* Plan based commissions
* Set limits on products, categories, files and storage
* Easy to use subscription system for your vendors
* With the use of WooCommerce Subscriptions, you can setup a membership marketplace today!

[Create your a multi-vendor membership site](https://www.wcvendors.com/wc-vendors-membership/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

= Control your marketplace =

You are able to control how products are published, vendor registration be it manual or automatic, what product types the vendors can post and customer information the vendors can see.

With [WC Vendors Pro](https://www.wcvendors.com/pricing/?utm_campaign=description?utm_source=wporg) you have even finer grained control. You have total control of the product edit forms including what fields are visible and what are required for vendors. By providing a complete frontend dashboard for your vendors you can allow them to manage their storefronts while you can focus on sales and marketing.

= Customize Your WooCommerce Vendors Store Easily =

Now you can design the look of your store with multiple options available. There are [several vendor specific shortcodes available](https://docs.wcvendors.com/knowledge-base/pages-and-shortcodes/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web) for admins to utilise around their site. For vendor store fronts there are 10 great widgets available in [WC Vendors Pro](https://www.wcvendors.com/pricing/?utm_campaign=description?utm_source=wporg). You can place these in any widget enabled area within your theme and are restricted to the vendor store fronts. This is a great way to choose which features you'd like your vendors store fronts to have.

Knowledge Base: [Learn more about Pro widgets](https://docs.wcvendors.com/knowledge-base/wc-vendors-pro-widgets/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

= Developer Friendly, Loads Of Compatible 3rd Party Plugins =

We encourage 3rd party developers to work with us to create great extensions that work with our products. We keep an updated list of [compatible plugins](https://www.wcvendors.com/home/compatible-plugins/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web) on our website as well as here. If you've built a plugin for WC Vendors products, please be sure to let us know!

**Shipping**

* Epeken All Kurir Plugin for WooCommerce
* Marketship
* Multi-Carrier Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce
* Table Rate Shipping for WC Vendors
* WooCommerce FedEx Shipping Plugin with Print Label
* WooCommerce UPS Shipping Plugin with Print Label
* ... And many more!

= Payment Gateways =

Compatible with over 100+ payment gateways to take payments from your customers. You can use any payment gateway that is compatible with WooCommerce to receive payments. If you want to also pay your vendors through your marketplace, then you can use our compatible vendor payment gateways.

**Vendor Payment Gateways**

Pay your vendors their WooCommerce commissions with these gateways and payment solutions

* [Stripe Connect Commissions & Gateway (Official WC Vendors Addon)](https://www.wcvendors.com/wc-vendors-stripe-connect/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)
* Payouts for WC Vendors
* MangoPay for WooCommerce
* Escrow for WooCommerce
* Mollie Connect for WC Vendors
* Square Payment Gateway for WCVendors

= MultiVendor Features =

**WooCommerce Vendor Stores**

* Sellers get their own store and unique URL
* Store fronts can be customized through templates
* Multiple store front styles (Pro feature)
* 10 great pro widgets for store fronts (pro feature)
* Vendor store notices to advertise coupons or sales (Pro Feature)
* Vendor vacation mode (Pro Feature)
* Vendor social media profiles (Pro Feature)
* Vendor Store SEO (Pro feature)
* Store Opening hours (Pro Feature)

**WooCommerce Vendors Dashboard**

* Basic frontend dashboard for sales and orders reports
* Vendors can mark orders shipped
* WordPress Admin for publishing products
* Export orders
* Complete frontend dashboard with no WordPress admin access for vendors (Pro feature)
* Complete product, order, coupon management (Pro Feature)
* Add tracking numbers to orders (Pro Feature)
* Print shipping labels (Pro Feature)

**Flexible WooCommerce Commissions options**

* Percentage based commission split between the admin and the seller
* Set commission rates at the product, vendor or global level
* Fixed, fee, tiered commissions based on sales of products, vendor or price, product category commissions (Pro Feature)
* Sell vendor memberships (Paid Add On)

**Product Management**

* Vendors can manage their products from the WordPress Admin
* Manage all product types and their options from the frontend dashboard (Pro Feature)
* Manage and create attributes, variations (Pro Feature)
* Manage shipping at the product level (Pro Feature)
* Customers can review products. Vendors cannot modify these reviews (Pro Feature)

**Vendor Discount Management (Pro Feature)**

* Vendors can create and manage their coupons
* Vendors can set the limits, expiry of coupons

**Shipping management (Pro Feature)**

* Shipping can be set at the product, vendor or global level
* Vendors can set their shipping policies
* Table rate shipping options
* Flat rate shipping options

**Advanced Options to control every aspect of your marketplace (Pro Feature)**

* Admins can manage their vendors and applications
* Vendor earning reports
* Automatic plugin updates and support
* Setup wizard for easy configuration of advanced features
* Advanced Form management
	* Three different product form templates available (Standard, Simple and Downloadable)
	* Make any field required
	* Hide any field or section from the vendors
* And much much more..

[Learn more](https://www.wcvendors.com/pricing/?utm_campaign=description&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

= Found a bug? =

Reach out to our team, we love hearing from our development partners.

== Installation ==

1. Download and install from WordPress.org via Plugins -> Add New on your dashboard.
2. Launch the setup wizard and follow the setup screens.
3. All settings are available under WC Vendors -> Settings on the backend of your site.
4. Configure your email notifications under WooCommerce -> Settings -> Emails screen,
5. View Commissions under WC Vendors -> Commissions and WooCommerce -> Reports -> WC Vendors screens.
6. Vendors and pending vendors are available on the WordPress -> Users screen.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What payment gateways are supported? ==

All WooCommerce payment gateways are supported. You can read more about difference between payment gateways and vendor payouts [here](https://www.wcvendors.com/payments-explained/?utm_campaign=faq&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

= What themes are supported? =

You can use any theme that is 100% WooCommerce compatible. We have a [list](https://www.wcvendors.com/themes/?utm_campaign=faq&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web) of free and paid themes on our website that are known to work with our plugins.

= Can we give taxes to vendors? =

Yes, you can easily assign product taxes to a vendor's commission so that they are provided with all taxes.

= What languages do you support? =

Our plugins are fully translatable so you can translate into which ever language you choose using applications like POEdit or the free Loco Translate plugin.

= What version of WooCommerce and WordPress do you support ? =

All our development is performed on the latest versions of WooCommerce, WordPress and PHP. Rest assured all our code is tested at the absolute latest versions.  We require a minimum of WooCommerce 4.0 to function correctly.

= Where do I get help? =

You can post a support question on the support tab - [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-vendors](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wc-vendors)

Also be sure to visit our documentation [https://docs.wcvendors.com/](https://docs.wcvendors.com/?utm_campaign=faq&utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web)

= Does WC Vendors Marketplace work with Multisite? =

WC Vendors Marketplace does not work with multisite WordPress. There are no plans to support this.

= How can I report security bugs? =

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. [Report a security vulnerability.](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/9e5fba29-b791-439b-84ed-46fa509549e1)

== Screenshots ==

1. General Options - Configure your general marketplace settings here
2. Commission Option - Set your percentage commission here
3. Capabilities General - Product and order functionality
4. Capabilities Product - Configure what to hide from the vendor on the product edit screen
5. Capabilities Order - Configure what the vendors can do with their orders
6. Display Options - Set the pages used for WC Vendors
7. Vendor dashboard
8. Setup Wizard General options
9. Setup Wizard Capabilities
10. Setup Wizard Pages
11. Setup Wizard complete
12. Email notifications for admins, customers and vendors

== Changelog ==

= Version 2.6.8 - 31st March 2026 =
 * Improvement: Replace strpos() with str_contains() across the codebase
 * Improvement: Redesign the submenu for the Vendor Dashboard settings page
 * Improvement: Add product quantity as a separate column in the Orders CSV file exported from the Vendor Dashboard
 * Improvement: Show sale price and sale badge on the Vendor Dashboard product table
 * Improvement: Update display description in settings to show new [wcv_pro_vendorslist] shortcode
 * Bug Fix: Incorrect negative percentage displayed when current value is higher than last month
 * Bug Fix: Call to undefined function format_commission_rate during update routine
 * Bug Fix: Quick Edit option displays incorrect vendor name
 * Bug Fix: Attribute value field missing for non-select/text attribute types

= Version 2.6.7 - 10th March 2026 =
 * Feature: Scheduled automated emails to vendors when a product is out of stock
 * Improvement: Remove cart and checkout blocks notice
 * Improvement: Make the menu bar sticky and add a scroll to top button
 * Improvement: WC cart/checkout blocks compatibility
 * Bug Fix: Vendors cannot create new tags
 * Bug Fix: Allow HTML in vendor shop description, stripping HTML content
 * Bug Fix: Empty categories do not appear in product add/edit form for checklist category display
 * Bug Fix: Date filter timezone mismatch on vendor dashboard

= Version 2.6.6 - 10th February 2026 =
 * Feature: AI-powered product moderation and review system
 * Bug Fix: Cannot close the new vendor setup wizard
 * Bug Fix: Vendor shop name can be empty in backend, causing broken vendor link
 * Bug Fix: Vendor product auto-published despite publish approval being disabled due to Trusted Vendor feature
 * Bug Fix: Missing validation for date range on vendor reports page
 * Bug Fix: Vendors can still edit products when allow vendors to add/edit products is disabled
 * Bug Fix: SKU and taxes still show on variable product when Hide SKU & Taxes feature for vendors is enabled
 * Bug Fix: Commission field does not accept decimal value when comma is used as decimal separator in WooCommerce
 * Bug Fix: Adding tracking number does not override previous unshipped status message
 * Bug Fix: Cross-sell and up-sell products not saving in vendor dashboard
 * Bug Fix: Issues with vendor registration, approval, and denial emails

= Version 2.6.5 - 17th December 2025 =
 * Feature: Introduce hooks for WC Vendors signup.
 * Improvement: Add a "This Month" filter option and set it as the default for the WC Vendors admin dashboard reports.
 * Bug Fix: Resolve code quality issues found during plugin checks.

= Version 2.6.4.1 - 3rd December 2025 =
 * Bug Fix: Fatal error while deactivating WooCommerce immediately
 * Bug Fix: Security issues
 * Security Fix: Prevent unauthorized vendor order access



