Setting Up Price Calculator for WooCommerce

Adding Price Calculator to Your Store

Creating Unlimited Pricing Rules 

To enhance your WooCommerce store with a Price Calculator feature, go to WooCommerce > Price Calculator and click on “Add New Rule”.

Add Title: Provide a unique title for future reference

Select Products and Categories:

• Select Products: Choose the products you want to include in the price calculation
• Select Categories: Select product categories for price calculation

Select Measurement:

• Unit Text: Enter text to display the unit price, and use {unit} as a placeholder for the measurement unit in the text
• Measurement: Choose the unit for price calculation from the dropdown:
  • Weight 
  • Area (L * W)
  • Area (Sq)
  • Surface Area 2 (LW + LH + HW)
  • Volume (L * W * H)
  • Length
  • Box (L * H)

1. Weight: 

Select Unit: Choose a weight unit for price calculation:

• Grams 
• Ounce 
• Pounds (lbs)
• Kilo Grams
• Tonne

Select Input Field Type: Choose a method to show options for weight to user:

• Open Input Field: 
  • Select Input Measurement Unit: Choose a method to show options for weight to user
    • Use Price Measurement Unit
    • Let Customer Select Measurement Unit:
      • Select Unit: Choose the weight unit you want to show the user
    • Min Weight: Enter the minimum weight for the product the user must have to buy
    • Max Weight: Enter the maximum weight for the product to buy

• Show Specific Measurement in Dropdown:
  • Enter Intervals: Enter intervals for weight separated by a comma “,”

2. Area (L * W)

Select Unit for Area: Choose an area measurement unit for price calculation

Select Input Field Type: Choose a method to show options for an area to the user:

• Open Input Field: 
  • Select Input Measurement Unit: Choose a method to show measuring units to the user
    • Use Price Measurement Unit
    • Let Customer Select Measurement Unit:
      • Select Unit: Choose the area unit you want to show the user

• Enable Min and Max for Input Fields: Check if you want to restrict the minimum and maximum vales for individual fields such as length, width
• Min Length: Enter the minimum length for area measurement
• Max Length: Enter the maximum length for area measurement
• Min Width: Enter minimum width for area measurement
• Max Width: Enter maximum width for area measurement
• Enable Min and Max Area Limit: Check if you want to enable an overall area limit for the user to buy the product
• Min Area: Enter minimum area limit
• Max Area: Enter the maximum area limit

• Show Specific Measurement in Dropdown:
  • Select Input Type for Length: Choose a method to show options for length to user
    • Show Open Input Field     
    • Show Specific Values in Dropdown
  • Select Input Type for Width: Choose a method to show options for width to user
    • Show Open Input Field     
    • Show Specific Values in Dropdown

3. Area (Sq)

Select Unit: Choose an area measurement unit for price calculation

Select Input Field Type: Choose a method to show options for an area to the user:

• Open Input Field: 
  • Select Input Measurement Unit: Choose a method to show measuring units to the user
    • Use Price Measurement Unit
    • Let Customer Select Measurement Unit:
      • Select Unit: Choose the sq area unit you want to show the user

• Enable Min and Max Area Limit: Check if you want to enable an overall area limit for the user to buy the product
• Min Area: Enter minimum area limit
• Max Area: Enter the maximum area limit

• Show Specific Measurement in Dropdown:
  • Enter Intervals: Enter intervals for weight separated by a comma “,”

4. Surface Area 2 (LW + LH + HW)

Select Unit: Choose a surface area measurement unit for price calculation

Select Input Field Type: Choose a method to show options for surface area to the user:

• Open Input Field: 
  • Select Input Measurement Unit: Choose a method to show measuring units to the user
    • Use Price Measurement Unit
    • Let Customer Select Measurement Unit:
      • Select Unit: Choose the surface area unit you want to show the user
  • Enable Min and Max Vales for Individuals: Check if you want to enable minimum and maximum limits for surface area such as length, width, height
  • Min Length: Enter minimum length for surface area measurement
  • Max Length: Enter the maximum length for surface area measurement
  • Min Width: Enter minimum width for surface area measurement
  • Max Width: Enter maximum width for surface area measurement
  • Min Height: Enter minimum height for surface area measurement
  • Max Height: Enter maximum height for surface area measurement
  • Enable Min and Max Surface Area Limit: Check if you want to limit overall surface area for price calculation
  • Min Surface Area: Enter minimum surface area for price calculation
  • Max Surface Area: Enter maximum surface area for price calculation

5. Volume (L * W * H)

Select Unit: Choose a volume measurement unit

Select Input Field Type: Choose a method to show options for volume to the user:

• Open Input Field: 
  • Select Input Measurement Unit: Choose a method to show measuring units to the user
    • Use Price Measurement Unit
    • Let Customer Select Measurement Unit:
      • Select Unit: Choose the volume unit you want to show the user
  • Enable Min and Max Vales for Input Fields: Check if you want to enable minimum and maximum limit for volume for individual fields
  • Min Length: Enter minimum length for volume measurement
  • Max Length: Enter the maximum length for volume measurement
  • Min Width: Enter minimum width for volume measurement
  • Max Width: Enter maximum width for volume measurement
  • Min Height: Enter minimum height for volume measurement
  • Max Height: Enter maximum height for volume measurement
  • Enable Min and Max Surface Area Limit: Check if you want to enable overall volume measurement
  • Min Volume: Enter the minimum volume
  • Max Volume: Enter the maximum volume

6. Length

Select Unit: Choose a measurement unit for length

Select Input Field Type: Choose a method to show options for length to the user:

• Open Input Field: 
  • Select Input Measurement Unit: Choose a method to show measuring units to the user
    • Use Price Measurement Unit
    • Let Customer Select Measurement Unit:
      • Select Unit: Choose the length unit you want to show the user
  • Enable Min and Max Length: Check if you want to enable minimum and maximum length for measurement
  • Min Length: Enter minimum length for measurement
  • Max Length: Enter the maximum length for measurement

7. Box (L * H)

Select Unit: Choose a measurement unit for box calculation

Select Input Field Type: Choose a method to show options for area to user:

• Open Input Field: 
  • Select Input Measurement Unit: Choose a method to show measuring units to the user
    • Use Price Measurement Unit
    • Let Customer Select Measurement Unit:
      • Select Unit: Choose box unit you want to show user
  • Enable Min and Max Area Limit: Check if you want to enable minimum and maximum area limit for box measurement
  • Min Area: Enter minimum area for box measurement
  • Max Area: Enter the maximum area for box measurement

Select Price: 

• Choose Price for Product: Select a price type for calculating the product price:
  • Use Standard Price as Unit Price      
  • Use Product Level Price as Unit Price      
  • Add Per Unit Price
• Add Min and Max Price to Purchase: Add minimum and maximum prices for purchasing the product by checking the corresponding boxes

Placing the Pricing Table 

Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Price Calculator > General Settings to customize the placement of the pricing table on your store. 

• Location of Price Table: Set the location by selecting the following options:
  • Show Above “Add to Cart” Button: Enable this option if you want to display the pricing table above the “Add to Cart” button
  • Create Tab on Product Page: Create a tab on the product page for displaying price-related information
• Button text (Shop page):  Add the custom name of the button that is displayed on the shop page.
• Enable stock management: Enable this field to manage the stock by using a price calculator.
• Save changes: Click on the save button to implement all changes.

Configure Measurements for the Table

Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Price Calculator > Table Settings and adjust the measurement for the pricing table. 

• Pricing Table – Set form units: Add the starting unit value of the price range. 
• Pricing Table – Set to Unit:  Add the ending unit value of the pricing range.
• Set unit with regular price: Enter the regular price of each unit that lies between the define range.
• Set unit with sale price: Enter the sale price of each unit if you want to offer the discount rate in the selected range.
• Enable table header style: Enable this option to style the table header. To style the table header, you can:

Set Templates for the Table

By default, no template is selected. You can choose from the available templates using the dropdown menu.

• Design template: Select a template design, such as template 1 or 2, from a dropdown.

You can customize the template by implementing the following settings:

• Enable the Selection option Heading: Enable this to add the heading for the selection option.
  • Heading for selection options: Add the custom heading for the selection option.
  • Heading text color: Add the custom color for heading text.
  • Heading background color: Adjust the custom color for the heading background.
• Enable Result Section Heading: Enable this option to add the heading for the result section.
  • Heading for result section: Add custom heading for result section.
  • Heading text color: Adjust the custom color for text.
  • Heading background color:  Add a custom color for the result section background.
• Enable Information Section Heading: Enable this to add the heading for the information section.
  • Heading for information section: Add the custom heading for the information section.
  • Heading text color: Adjust the custom color for text.
  • Heading background color:  Add a custom color for the information section background.
• Heading font size: Add the custom size for the heading font.
• Field label font size: Select the font size, such as Normal or Bold, from he dropdown.
• Field label text color: Add the custom color for field label text color.
• Save changes: Click on the Save changes option to apply all modifications.

Enabling Product-Level Pricing for Simple Products

Go to WP Admin Panel > Products > Add New. Proceed to create a new product or add product-level pricing to the existing products of your store. 

Choose “Simple Product” in the Product Data field and click on “Price Calculation”. Configure the following settings:

• Regular Price: Enter the regular price per unit for this product
• Sale Price: Enter the sale price per unit for this product
• Create Price Settings: Check this option if you want to create custom price settings on a per-product basis
• Unit Text: Define the text to display the per-unit price, and use {unit} as a placeholder for the measurement unit in the text
• Measurement: Choose the unit for price calculation from the dropdown
• Box Product: Check this option if the product is sold in boxes
• Number of Tiles: Enter the number of tiles in each box
• Each Tile Size: Specify the size of each tile, e.g., 20
• Area Covered by Box ( ): Enter the area covered by a single box
• Enable Price Table: Check this option if you want to enable the price table for this product

In the table, make the following entries:

• From
• To
• Regular Price
• Sale Price

Enabling Product-Level Pricing for Variations

Go to WP Admin Panel > Products > Add New. Proceed to create a new product or add product-level pricing to the existing products of your store. 

Choose “Variable Product” in the Product Data field and click on “Variations”. Configure the following settings:

• Enable Price Table: Check this option if you want to enable the price table for variations

In the table, make the following entries:

• From
• To
• Regular Price
• Sale Price

Customize additional variation details as needed:

• Regular Price: Enter the regular price per unit for this variation
• Sale Price: Enter the sale price per unit for this variation
• Stock Status: Set the stock status for the variation
• Weight (kg): Specify the weight of the variation
• Dimensions (LxWxH) (cm): Enter the dimensions of the variation
• Shipping Class: Assign a shipping class to the variation
• Description: Add a description for the variation