YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes is a premium WooCommerce barcode and QR code plugin designed to simplify product identification, inventory workflows, order management, and physical product labeling. It can automatically generate and assign barcodes or QR codes to WooCommerce products and orders, while also providing tools for scanning codes, searching products, updating stock, changing order statuses, and creating printable barcode sheets.
For stores that manage physical inventory, warehouse operations, retail products, event tickets, or point-of-sale workflows, the plugin provides a centralized way to connect WooCommerce data with scannable codes.
YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes for Automated Code Generation
YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes can automatically create codes for both products and WooCommerce orders. Store administrators can also manually assign existing or pre-printed codes when products or orders already use an established barcode system.
This makes the plugin suitable for new stores implementing barcode management as well as established businesses migrating existing inventory processes into WooCommerce.
Key capabilities include:
- Generate barcodes for WooCommerce products
- Generate QR codes for products
- Generate barcodes or QR codes for orders
- Automatically assign codes to new products
- Automatically assign codes to new orders
- Manually enter existing codes
- Generate codes for variable products
- Manage product and order codes from WooCommerce
- Use scannable codes in inventory and fulfillment workflows
Multiple Barcode Formats and Protocols
The plugin supports several commonly used barcode protocols, giving store owners flexibility when choosing a format that fits their inventory or operational requirements.
Supported barcode formats include:
- EAN-13
- EAN-8
- UPC-A
- STD 25
- INT 25
- CODE 39
- CODE 93
- CODE 128
- Codabar
Administrators can choose between traditional barcodes and QR codes depending on how products, orders, or internal processes need to be identified.
Generate Product Codes from WooCommerce Data
YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes provides multiple ways to determine the value used when generating a product code.
Product barcodes or QR codes can be generated from:
- Product ID
- Product SKU
- Custom field values
For QR codes, the product page URL can also be used as the source.
Using the product URL can be useful when a QR code is intended to take customers, employees, or other users directly to the corresponding WooCommerce product page after scanning.
Use Existing Product SKUs as Barcode Values
Stores that already organize inventory using WooCommerce SKUs can use those identifiers as the basis for generated codes.
This can help keep product identification consistent across WooCommerce, printed labels, warehouse processes, and barcode scanning workflows.
Barcode and QR Code Support for Variable Products
The plugin also supports WooCommerce variable products.
This is important for stores where individual variations represent separate physical items, such as different:
- Sizes
- Colors
- Materials
- Styles
- Configurations
Variation support allows barcode and QR code management to be incorporated into more complex WooCommerce product catalogs instead of being limited to simple products.
Generate Barcodes and QR Codes for WooCommerce Orders
YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes extends its code-generation system beyond products by supporting WooCommerce orders.
Order codes can be generated using:
- Order ID
- Order number
- Custom field values
A scannable order code can help staff locate and process WooCommerce orders more efficiently during fulfillment, packing, pickup, or other operational workflows.
Scan Codes to Search WooCommerce Products
The plugin provides a built-in shortcode that can be used to create a dedicated product search page.
From this page, staff can scan a product barcode or QR code to quickly locate the corresponding WooCommerce product.
This can reduce the need to manually search through the WordPress administration area when working with physical products.
A barcode-based product search workflow can be particularly useful for:
- Warehouses
- Stock rooms
- Retail stores
- Order preparation areas
- Inventory audits
- Product receiving
- Physical catalog management
Manage WooCommerce Stock by Scanning Barcodes
One of the plugin’s most useful inventory features is the ability to manage stock using barcode or QR code scanning.
Through the dedicated shortcode interface, administrators can increase or decrease product stock without having to open each product individually in the WooCommerce backend.
The plugin can also be configured to automatically adjust stock when a code is scanned.
This provides a practical WooCommerce inventory management workflow for businesses that regularly receive, move, sell, or count physical products.
Simplify Inventory Updates
Barcode scanning can help reduce repetitive administrative steps during stock management.
Instead of manually searching for a product, opening its settings, locating inventory information, and changing the stock quantity, staff can use the product code as a direct identifier.
This can make routine inventory tasks more efficient, particularly for stores managing larger catalogs.
Search Orders and Change Order Status by Scanning
YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes includes similar functionality for WooCommerce order management.
A dedicated shortcode can create an order search page where staff can scan an order barcode or QR code and locate the corresponding order.
From this workflow, the order status can be changed without manually searching through the complete WooCommerce orders list.
This feature may be useful during:
- Order preparation
- Packing
- Dispatch
- Collection
- Internal processing
- Event check-in workflows
- Retail fulfillment
Display Barcodes and QR Codes on Product Pages
Store owners can choose whether to display generated codes directly on WooCommerce product pages.
Displaying a barcode or QR code may be useful when customers, employees, distributors, or other users need easy access to a product identifier.
The feature can also support websites that operate alongside a physical retail or inventory environment.
Add Product and Order Codes to WooCommerce Emails
The premium plugin can display barcodes and QR codes in order-related WooCommerce emails.
This can provide customers or staff with a scannable reference connected to the relevant product or order.
Order codes may be especially useful for workflows where a customer needs to present an order reference for pickup, verification, check-in, or another offline process.
Create Printable Barcode and QR Code Sheets
YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes includes tools for creating printable PDF files containing product barcodes or QR codes.
This allows store owners to generate codes digitally and then print them for use as physical labels or stickers.
Printing features include the ability to:
- Print product barcodes and QR codes
- Include product variations
- Generate printable PDF files
- Print codes based on product stock
- Print multiple copies of the same product code
- Select which product details appear in the printable document
Customize Information on Printable Labels
The printable output can include selected product information alongside the code.
Available product details include:
- Product name
- Product image
- Product price
- SKU
- Short description
This provides additional flexibility when preparing labels for products, shelves, storage areas, or internal inventory processes.
Generate Codes for an Existing Product Catalog
Stores do not need to create codes manually for every existing product.
The plugin provides bulk functionality that can generate and apply barcodes or QR codes across products, making it considerably easier to introduce barcode management to an established WooCommerce catalog.
This can be useful when adding barcode functionality to a store that already contains a substantial number of physical products.
Import Existing Barcode Values
Existing barcode information can also be incorporated into WooCommerce rather than replaced.
According to the official YITH documentation, barcode values can be imported using WooCommerce’s product importer, while compatible import workflows can also work with barcode data stored in the appropriate product fields.
This gives businesses greater flexibility when migrating products from another inventory or e-commerce system.
Use YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes with Barcode Scanners
The plugin’s scanning workflows are designed to work with code readers that input barcode or QR information into the relevant search interface.
This allows physical products or printed order documents to become direct entry points into WooCommerce management workflows.
Barcode scanners can therefore help staff quickly:
- Find products
- Identify orders
- Adjust inventory
- Change order statuses
- Process physical products
- Support fulfillment operations
Integration with YITH Point of Sale for WooCommerce
YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes integrates with YITH Point of Sale for WooCommerce.
When both premium plugins are installed and configured, generated product barcodes can be used within point-of-sale workflows. Products can be scanned and added to POS orders, helping streamline checkout in physical retail environments.
This makes the barcode plugin especially relevant to WooCommerce businesses operating both an online store and physical sales locations.
The Point of Sale plugin is a separate product and is not included with YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes.
Integration with YITH Event Tickets for WooCommerce
The plugin also integrates with YITH Event Tickets for WooCommerce.
The integration can work with ticket, event, and order barcodes. Codes can be scanned through the available search functionality to support ticket identification and event check-in workflows.
This can be useful for businesses selling:
- Event tickets
- Admission passes
- Workshops
- Conferences
- Classes
- Entertainment experiences
- Other bookable events requiring code-based verification
YITH Event Tickets for WooCommerce is a separate premium plugin and is not included with the barcode plugin.
Benefits of WooCommerce Barcode Management
Adding barcode and QR code functionality can improve the connection between a WooCommerce store and its physical products.
Potential workflow benefits include:
- Faster product identification
- Easier inventory updates
- More efficient order searches
- Simplified order status management
- Printable labels for physical products
- Better organization of large catalogs
- Reduced repetitive product searching
- Support for warehouse and retail workflows
- Integration with compatible POS processes
- Flexible barcode and QR code generation
Who Should Use YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes?
The plugin is particularly suitable for WooCommerce businesses that manage physical products or require scannable identifiers for products and orders.
Relevant use cases include:
- Online retailers
- Physical retail stores
- WooCommerce warehouses
- Wholesale businesses
- Inventory-based businesses
- Stores with large product catalogs
- Click-and-collect operations
- Event businesses
- Businesses using WooCommerce POS systems
- Stores printing physical product labels
It can also be useful for administrators who want to reduce manual inventory operations by using barcode scanning to locate products and update stock.
Streamline WooCommerce Operations with YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes
YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes provides a comprehensive barcode and QR code management solution for stores that connect WooCommerce with physical products, inventory, orders, labels, or retail operations. Automatic code generation, variable product support, scanning tools, stock management, order status controls, printable PDFs, and compatible YITH integrations make it suitable for a wide range of product-based businesses.
For WooCommerce store owners who need an efficient way to generate, print, scan, and manage product or order codes, YITH WooCommerce Barcodes and QR Codes offers a practical premium solution for building a more organized barcode-driven workflow.
