Gift Wrap & Gift Messages for WooCommerce

Overview

A gift is more than a parcel. Gift Wrap & Gift Messages lets shoppers wrap a single item or the whole order, choose the paper from pictures, add a card with To, From and a message, and ask for a gift receipt without prices. Your team gets a price-free packing note with every wrap and message; the gift wrap is charged as one clear fee line.

Key features

• Wrap papers with pictures and prices: six bundled patterns (kraft, gold foil, festive red, navy stars, sage leaves, blush dots) or any image from your media library. Switch papers on and off any time; past orders keep their wrap.
• Per item on the product page (a wrapped item is its own cart line) and for the whole order in the cart and at checkout, in the classic checkout and in the Cart and Checkout blocks.
• Gift message with To and From names, a character limit that matches your cards and a list of blocked words.
• Gift receipt without prices: a printable page for the buyer (link on the thank-you page and in My Account) and a "Gift receipt" e-mail when the order is completed, optionally also to the recipient.
• Packing note for your team: every wrapped item with its paper and message, no prices; one click from the order screen.
• One "Gift wrap" fee line: per wrapped unit or per cart line, free above an order amount, taxable with the tax class you choose. Prices always come from your wrap list on the server.
• Rules: offer on all products except chosen categories, or only on products you mark; virtual products are never wrapped; a product can override the store setting.
• Shows everywhere: wrap, names and message appear in the cart, checkout, order e-mails, the order screen and My Account; a "Gift" mark in the orders list.
• Report: wrapped orders, wraps and gift wrap revenue per paper, last 30 days.

Compatibility

• WordPress 6.7+, WooCommerce 10.1+ (tested with WordPress 7.1.3 and WooCommerce 11.2.1), PHP 7.4 - 8.3.
• Classic cart and checkout, Cart and Checkout blocks (order summary panel, Store API), mini cart.
• High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) and the legacy order storage; block and classic themes.
• Only the gift receipt e-mail has its own template (theme override in woocommerce/emails/); no WooCommerce template is replaced.

What it does not do

• It does not sell gift cards or vouchers.
• It does not ship parts of one order to different addresses.

Installation

Requirements

• WordPress 6.7 or later, WooCommerce 10.1 or later (tested with 11.2.1), PHP 7.4 - 8.3
• No database tables; gift details are stored with the orders

Install

1. Download kv-gift-wrap-kv.zip from My licences > Downloads on woocommerce.kaviolabs.com.
2. In WordPress: Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin, choose the zip, Install Now, Activate.
3. Three starter wraps are created (Kraft paper and twine $3, Gold foil and satin ribbon $5, Festive red $4). Change them in WooCommerce > Settings > Gift wrap > Wraps.
4. Enter your licence key at the bottom of WooCommerce > Settings > Gift wrap. The plugin works for 14 days without a key.

Update

Upload the new zip the same way and choose Replace current with uploaded. Settings and wraps are kept.

Uninstall

Deactivating hides the panels and stops the fee; orders keep their gift details. Deleting the plugin removes the settings and the wrap list only when Remove data on uninstall is ticked. Orders are never changed.

Configuration

WooCommerce > Settings > Gift wrap has three sections: General, Wraps and Report.

General

Wraps

One row per paper: picture (bundled pattern or Upload image), name, short description, price and Offered. Add a wrap adds a row; the x removes one. Up to 30 wraps. Prices are entered like your product prices.

Product setting

Every product has a Gift wrap field in its General tab: Use the store setting, Offer gift wrap, Do not offer gift wrap.

Gift receipt e-mail

WooCommerce > Settings > Emails > Gift receipt: enable or disable, subject, heading, additional content and format, like every WooCommerce e-mail.

For developers

How it works

For shoppers

One item. On the product page, switch on Gift wrap this item, pick a paper, fill in To, From and the message, and add to cart. The wrapped item becomes its own cart line, so the same product can be in the cart wrapped and unwrapped.

The whole order. In the block cart and checkout the Gift wrap the whole order panel sits in the order summary; in the classic checkout it sits under the address fields. The fee updates as soon as a paper is chosen. At checkout shoppers can tick Include a gift receipt (no prices).

After the order the thank-you page and My Account > Orders show the gift wrap with a Print the gift receipt button.

For your team

• The order screen has a Gift wrap box: the whole-order wrap, every wrapped item with paper and message, the gift wrap charged and two buttons: Packing note (staff only: papers and messages, no prices) and Gift receipt.
• The orders list has a Gift column, so wrapped orders stand out.
• Order e-mails to you and to the customer list the wrap and the message.
• When the order is completed, the Gift receipt e-mail goes to the buyer (and the recipient, when enabled), once.

Report

WooCommerce > Settings > Gift wrap > Report: wrapped orders, number of wraps and gift wrap revenue in the last 30 days, and the same per paper.

FAQ

Does it work with the block checkout?

Yes. The whole-order panel is part of the order summary in the Cart and Checkout blocks and is saved through the Store API; per item wraps come from the product page and show in every cart.

How is gift wrap charged?

As one "Gift wrap" fee line: the sum of the item wraps (per unit or per cart line) and the whole-order wrap. It can be taxable and free above an order amount. Prices always come from your wrap list on the server.

Can I use my own paper photos?

Yes. Each wrap can use a bundled pattern or any image from the media library.

Does the gift receipt show prices?

No. The gift receipt page and e-mail list the items, quantities, names and message only.

Can customers send the receipt to the recipient?

When Recipient e-mail is on, the checkout asks for the recipient's address and the gift receipt e-mail goes there too when the order is completed.

What happens to gift messages in a privacy request?

They are part of the WooCommerce order export, and the WooCommerce order eraser removes names, messages and the recipient e-mail (the chosen paper stays for your report).

Which products are wrapped?

All physical products by default; exclude categories, offer only on chosen products, or set a single product to offer or not offer. Virtual products are never wrapped.