Estimated Delivery Date Plugin For WooCommerce, by PluginHive, is a premium extension. It shows delivery estimates at every stage of the buying journey — shop page, product page, cart, checkout, order confirmation emails, and the thank-you page.
The estimate is calculated from processing time, transit days, shipping method, and cutoff times, with weekends and holidays excluded. It also integrates with WooCommerce shipping zones and shipping classes for zone-specific rules.
It is not on WordPress.org. It’s sold directly from PluginHive’s own site, license-only, at $69/year for a single site — that’s the only tier PluginHive lists for this plugin.
There’s no free tier, and no WordPress.org listing to check install counts or reviews against. The price itself is the only public number available, which is worth knowing before you compare it to anything on WordPress.org’s own review system.
People look for alternatives to it for one overwhelmingly common reason: price. $69 a year is a real, recurring cost for a feature that, for most single-store setups, is a date calculation and a line of text on a page. It’s justified if you need PluginHive’s specific depth — multi-touchpoint display plus shipping-zone-level rules, sold and supported as a packaged product. It’s a lot to pay if you don’t.
PluginHive vs. the free alternatives, at a glance
| Plugin | Pricing model | Distribution | What it actually does |
| PluginHive Estimated Delivery Date | $69/year (single site), no free tier | Sold direct, not on WordPress.org | Multi-touchpoint estimate display with shipping-zone/class rules |
| WPC Estimated Delivery Date (WPClever) | Free core, paid tier | WordPress.org, 7,000+ installs | Rule-based estimated delivery date display |
| QuickShipD | Fully free, no paid tier | WordPress.org | Automatic delivery estimate plus a cutoff countdown |
The honest short version: PluginHive earns its price if you need shipping-zone-specific delivery logic at scale, sold and documented as a single supported product. Most stores don’t.
If your store is a typical single-warehouse setup, you can get the same customer-facing result — an accurate delivery estimate on the product and cart pages — from a free plugin instead.
QuickShipD
Full disclosure: this is our plugin. It’s free with no paid tier. It’s also the smallest option on this page — a handful of active installs against a paid product with years on the market.
If PluginHive’s shipping-zone rule depth is what you actually need, QuickShipD isn’t a replacement for it. It’s a much simpler tool aimed at a much simpler job.
What it does cover: a delivery estimate on the product, cart and checkout pages, calculated from your processing time, order cutoff, and excluded weekends and holidays. There’s also a live cutoff countdown — a feature PluginHive’s listing doesn’t advertise.
Configuration is three settings tabs, not a shipping-zone rule builder. Most stores don’t need a shipping-zone rule builder.
- Delivery date range on product, cart and checkout pages
- Live order cutoff countdown (“Order within 3h 22m”)
- Per-product delivery day overrides
- Weekend exclusion plus recurring yearly holidays
- No license key, no recurring cost, ever
What it doesn’t have: per-shipping-zone or per-shipping-class rule targeting, and no order-confirmation-email or thank-you-page display yet. PluginHive covers more of the order lifecycle. If that gap matters to your store, it’s a real reason to stay with PluginHive rather than switch.
Choose it if: you want the core result — an accurate delivery estimate and a bit of urgency messaging — without an annual license, and your delivery logic doesn’t vary by shipping zone.
When PluginHive is still the right answer
If your store ships from multiple warehouses, or delivery timing genuinely differs by shipping zone or shipping class, PluginHive’s rule depth is doing real work. A free, single-ruleset plugin can’t replicate that.
Its coverage is also broader than any free option here — the shop, product, cart, checkout, email, and thank-you page. If you need the estimate to follow the customer through the order-confirmation email, that’s a PluginHive feature, not a QuickShipD one, at least for now.
Paying $69 a year for that is reasonable when the alternative is building and maintaining shipping-zone logic yourself. It’s a harder case to make if your store has one warehouse and one delivery window for everyone.
Which one should you pick?
- Delivery timing genuinely varies by shipping zone or class → PluginHive. Nothing free here matches that targeting depth.
- You want the estimate shown in order confirmation emails too → PluginHive, at least until a free option adds this.
- One warehouse, one delivery window, and you don’t want a recurring cost → QuickShipD.
- You want a free option with more rule flexibility than QuickShipD, short of PluginHive’s price → WPC Estimated Delivery Date is the middle ground.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free version of PluginHive’s delivery date plugin?
No. It’s sold as a paid license only, starting around $69/year, with no free tier and no WordPress.org listing. If you need a free equivalent, QuickShipD or WPC Estimated Delivery Date are the WordPress.org-listed options.
Does QuickShipD support different delivery rules per shipping zone?
Not yet. QuickShipD applies one global delivery ruleset with per-product overrides. If your store needs different delivery timing for different shipping zones, PluginHive is currently the more capable option for that specific case.
Can I show the delivery estimate in order confirmation emails?
PluginHive supports this natively as part of its paid package. QuickShipD currently displays estimates on the product, cart and checkout pages; email display isn’t built in yet.
Is QuickShipD a like-for-like replacement for PluginHive?
No, and it isn’t trying to be. PluginHive is built for stores with shipping-zone-specific delivery logic and broader order-lifecycle coverage. QuickShipD is built for stores that just need an accurate delivery estimate and a cutoff countdown, without an annual license.