WooCommerce Integration

Plugin Chauffeur Taxi Booking System offers integration with WooCommerce, allowing you to use WooCommerce’s payment gateways during the booking process. Using WooCommerce is entirely optional – the plugin includes its own built-in payment methods and does not require WooCommerce to function.

How to Enable WooCommerce Integration

1. Navigate to ‘Booking Forms’ menu, ‘General’ -> ‘WooCommerce’ tab.
2. Enable the ‘WooCommerce Support’ option.

WooCommerce Configuration

1. Go to ‘WooCommerce’ -> ‘Settings’ -> ‘Advanced’.
2. Make sure to set the following pages correctly:
   • Cart page – set to the page with [woocommerce_cart] shortcode.
   • Checkout page – set to the page with [woocommerce_checkout] shortcode.
   • My Account page – set to the page with [woocommerce_my_account] shortcode.
   • Terms and conditions (optional) – select the page with your store’s policies.

Configuring Payment Methods

Once WooCommerce support is enabled, go to ‘WooCommerce’ -> ‘Settings’ -> ‘Payments’ tab and enable the desired payment gateways (e.g. Stripe, PayPal, bank transfer, etc.). These methods will replace the plugin’s native options.

Booking Process with WooCommerce Enabled

After completing step #4 of the booking form and clicking the Book Now button, the customer will be redirected to a Thank You page confirming the booking in the plugin. From there, a button leads directly to the WooCommerce checkout page.

Optional Configurations

Bypassing the Thank You Page

Go to ‘Booking Forms’ menu, ‘General’ -> ‘Look & Feel’ -> ‘Step #5’ tab and locate the option ‘Thank You Page’. You can enable or disable this intermediate page.

Disabling Payment Method Selection on Step #3

Go to ‘Booking Forms’ menu, ‘Payments’ -> ‘General’ tab and adjust the ‘WooCommerce Payments on Step #3’ option. If enabled, WooCommerce payment methods appear in step #3 of the booking form. If disabled, customers choose their payment method directly on the WooCommerce checkout page.

Merging Order Items by Tax Rate

Navigate to ‘Settings’ -> ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘General’ -> ‘WooCommerce’ and locate the ‘WooCommerce Order Items’ option. This setting allows you to enable or disable merging booking items with the same tax rate into grouped order lines within WooCommerce.

Using Native WooCommerce Templates

In the same section – ‘Settings’ -> ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘General’ -> ‘WooCommerce’ – you’ll find the ‘WooCommerce Templates’ option.

• Enabled (default) – the plugin uses its own WooCommerce templates (e.g. for the checkout page).
• Disabled – the plugin uses the default WooCommerce templates.

Booking Statuses Synchronization

Go to ‘Settings’ -> ‘Chauffeur Booking System’ -> ‘Payments’ and locate the ‘Booking Statuses Synchronization’ option. You can choose one of three modes:

• No synchronization – default mode. Changes to booking statuses in either system are not reflected in the other.
• One way: from WooCommerce to plugin – changes in the WooCommerce order status will be automatically reflected in the booking status within the plugin.
• One way: from plugin to WooCommerce – changes in the plugin’s booking status will also update the corresponding WooCommerce order status.

By default, when a booking is made, it appears in both systems:

• In the plugin’s ‘Bookings’ list with status Pending.
• In WooCommerce orders with a similar default unpaid status.

When the customer completes the payment through a WooCommerce gateway, the order status is updated to a paid status in WooCommerce only. The plugin’s booking status remains unchanged unless synchronization is enabled.

Synchronization from WooCommerce to Plugin

Enabling this mode ensures that when a WooCommerce order is paid and its status changes (e.g. to Processing or Completed), the corresponding booking in the plugin will also update (e.g. to Confirmed).

Synchronization from Plugin to WooCommerce

This mode allows manual changes made to a booking’s status in the plugin (e.g. from Pending to Confirmed) to also update the WooCommerce order status. This is useful in niche scenarios where WooCommerce is used for payment only, but booking management is handled from the plugin’s interface.