I’ve released a free/open-source WooCommerce plugin on WordPress.org called Custom Order Workflow for WooCommerce.

I built it to address a common requirement on WooCommerce projects: the standard WooCommerce order statuses don't always match the actual workflow a business needs.

For example, instead of only:

Pending → Processing → Completed

a store may need something like:

New Order → Review → Approved → Processing → Ready → Completed

The plugin provides a way to create and manage a more customized order workflow within WooCommerce.

🔗 WordPress.org:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/iamgsbala-custom-order-workflow-for-woocommerce/

Why I built it

I've worked on several WooCommerce projects where the order process was more complicated than the default statuses. In many cases, the choices were either custom development or adding multiple plugins to handle different parts of the workflow.

I wanted to create a simple, focused solution that could be useful to other WooCommerce site owners and developers as well.

I'm looking for feedback

Since this is still growing, I'd particularly appreciate feedback from the WordPress/WooCommerce community:

• What custom order statuses do you commonly need?
• How do you currently handle custom order workflows?
• Are there workflow transitions you would expect to automate?
• What integrations or actions would make this more useful?
• Are there any WooCommerce edge cases I should consider?

I'm the developer of the plugin, so this is a genuine community promotion, and I'm mainly hoping to get feedback from people who work with WooCommerce.

Thanks!