{"id":789,"date":"2026-04-30T15:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickshipd.com\/blog\/?p=789"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:32:44","slug":"quickshipd-vs-yith-woocommerce-delivery-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickshipd.com\/blog\/quickshipd-vs-yith-woocommerce-delivery-date\/","title":{"rendered":"YITH WooCommerce Delivery Date Alternatives: Free Options Compared (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YITH WooCommerce Delivery Date is a delivery <em>scheduling<\/em> plugin. Rather than estimating when an order will arrive, it puts a calendar at checkout and lets the customer choose a delivery date and time slot \u2014 then gives you the tools to manage capacity, preparation time and per-slot surcharges behind it. For florists, food businesses and furniture retailers, that is exactly the right shape of tool.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most people searching for an alternative are not looking for a different calendar, though. They are looking because of one of two things.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The first is price.<\/strong> YITH WooCommerce Delivery Date is premium-only, at approximately 109.90 EUR per year. There is no free tier and no listing on the wordpress.org plugin directory, so you cannot install it, try it on a staging site and decide afterwards \u2014 you buy first. For a store that just wants shoppers to see a delivery date, that is a real commitment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The second is fit.<\/strong> Plenty of people land on YITH looking for &#8220;a WooCommerce delivery date plugin&#8221; and discover they have bought a scheduling system when what they wanted was an Amazon-style estimate. Those are different jobs, and the alternatives below split cleanly along that line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are four alternatives that <em>are<\/em> listed free on wordpress.org, with their real install counts and review numbers so you can weigh maturity honestly. One of them is ours, and it is the smallest of the four by a wide margin \u2014 we have said so plainly rather than burying it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The alternatives at a glance&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Plugin<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Free on wordpress.org<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Active installs<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Rating<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>What it actually does<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce<\/strong> (Tyche Softwares)&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2705 Free, with a paid tier&nbsp;<\/td><td>10,000+&nbsp;<\/td><td>4.3 stars (61 reviews)&nbsp;<\/td><td>Customer picks a delivery date at checkout&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Delivery &amp; Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce<\/strong> (CodeRockz)&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2705 Free, with a paid tier&nbsp;<\/td><td>5,000+&nbsp;<\/td><td>4.9 stars (279 reviews)&nbsp;<\/td><td>Customer picks a delivery or pickup date and time slot&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WPC Estimated Delivery Date<\/strong> (WPClever)&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2705 Free, with a paid tier&nbsp;<\/td><td>7,000+&nbsp;<\/td><td>4.0 stars (9 reviews)&nbsp;<\/td><td>Rule-based estimated delivery date display&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>QuickShipD<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2705 Fully free, no paid tier&nbsp;<\/td><td>30+&nbsp;<\/td><td>5.0 stars (6 reviews)&nbsp;<\/td><td>Automatic delivery estimate plus a cutoff countdown&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>YITH WooCommerce Delivery Date<\/strong> (for reference)&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u274c Premium only&nbsp;<\/td><td>Not listed&nbsp;<\/td><td>Not listed&nbsp;<\/td><td>Full delivery scheduling with capacity-limited time slots&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The quickest way to narrow this down: if you need the customer to <em>choose<\/em> a date, look at the first two. If you need to <em>show<\/em> a date, look at the last two.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce (Tyche Softwares)&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the closest free equivalent to what YITH does, and the most established plugin on the list: <strong>10,000+ active installs, rated 4.3 stars across 61 reviews<\/strong>. It adds a delivery date field to the checkout so customers select the day they want their order to arrive, with lead times, minimum delivery intervals and non-delivery days configured on your side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like most plugins in this category it runs a free core with a paid upgrade, and the more advanced scheduling controls sit in the paid tier. But the free version covers the core job \u2014 a working date picker at checkout \u2014 which is the part YITH charges for outright.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Choose it if:<\/strong> you came to YITH for the checkout date picker and would rather not pay 109.90 EUR a year to get one. This is the safest like-for-like swap, and the install base means most problems you hit have been hit before.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Delivery &amp; Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce (CodeRockz)&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smaller than Tyche&#8217;s plugin at <strong>5,000+ active installs<\/strong>, but with by far the strongest satisfaction signal of anything here: <strong>4.9 stars across 279 reviews<\/strong>. That is a lot of reviews for a plugin of this size, and they are overwhelmingly positive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its distinguishing feature is in the name: it handles <em>pickup<\/em> as a first-class option alongside delivery, with date and time slot selection for both. If you run a business where some customers collect in store and others have orders delivered, that saves you bolting two tools together. It also runs a free core with a paid upgrade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Choose it if:<\/strong> you offer both local delivery and in-store pickup, or if time slots matter as much as dates. On review volume and score it is the best-regarded option on this page, and it is the closest match to YITH&#8217;s slot-based model.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. WPC Estimated Delivery Date (WPClever)&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7,000+ active installs, rated 4.0 stars \u2014 but from only 9 reviews<\/strong>, so treat the score as thin evidence rather than a verdict. The install count is the more meaningful number here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first plugin on the list that does the other job: it does not ask the customer anything, it displays an estimated delivery date. It works on a rule-based system \u2014 you build delivery rules and assign them to products, categories, shipping methods or zones \u2014 which makes it the most flexible option here and also the slowest to configure. Advanced rule targeting sits behind the premium tier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Choose it if:<\/strong> you want to show estimates rather than collect dates, and your store genuinely needs different windows per zone, category or shipping method. Expect to spend real time in the settings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. QuickShipD&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full disclosure: this is our plugin, and it is by far the newest and smallest thing on this page. <strong>30+ active installs and 6 reviews, all 5-star.<\/strong> Next to Tyche&#8217;s 10,000 installs or CodeRockz&#8217;s 279 reviews, that is not a rounding error \u2014 it is a different league. If a long production track record is what you are shopping for, pick one of the three above and you will be well served.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What it does have is a narrow, deliberate niche. <a href=\"https:\/\/quickshipd.com\/estimated-delivery-date\/\">QuickShipD&#8217;s estimated delivery date plugin<\/a> shows an automatic delivery window on product, cart and checkout pages with a live countdown to your daily order cutoff, and it is fully free with no paid tier and no license key \u2014 not a free core with the useful parts held back. Every other plugin on this list, and YITH itself, monetises through an upgrade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Automatic delivery date range on product, cart and checkout \u2014 no customer input&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live cutoff countdown: &#8220;Order within 3h 22m for same-day dispatch&#8221;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Per-product delivery day overrides for mixed-lead-time inventory&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weekend exclusion and recurring yearly holiday dates (xxxx\/MM\/DD)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under 1KB frontend footprint&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does <strong>not<\/strong> let customers choose a delivery date. If that is why you were looking at YITH in the first place, this is not the tool \u2014 go back to options 1 and 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Choose it if:<\/strong> you want an Amazon-style estimate with urgency messaging, you want it running in a couple of minutes, and you are comfortable being an early adopter of something small.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/quickshipd\/\" style=\"background-color:#16a34a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get QuickShipD Now!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When YITH is still the right answer&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would be dishonest to write four sections of alternatives without saying where YITH earns its price. It is a full scheduling system, not just a date field: configurable time slots with capacity limits, carrier-specific scheduling rules, delivery fee surcharges tied to particular slots, and compatibility with FedEx, Table Rate Shipping and similar setups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the date a customer picks has real operational consequences \u2014 you need to book a driver, staff a kitchen, or cap how many deliveries go out in a given two-hour window \u2014 then the scheduling depth is the product, and 109.90 EUR a year is cheap next to getting that wrong. The free alternatives above will get you a date picker; they will not all get you capacity management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mismatch only arises when someone buys a scheduling system to solve a display problem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which alternative should you pick?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You want YITH&#8217;s date picker without the price tag<\/strong> \u2192 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce (Tyche). Largest install base, closest like-for-like swap.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You need time slots, or you offer pickup as well as delivery<\/strong> \u2192 Delivery &amp; Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce (CodeRockz). Best-reviewed plugin here at 4.9 stars from 279 reviews.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You want to display estimates and your rules are complicated<\/strong> \u2192 WPC Estimated Delivery Date. Most granular targeting, longest setup.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You want a simple estimate plus urgency, at zero cost, and do not mind a young plugin<\/strong> \u2192 QuickShipD. Smallest install base on this page by a long way; fully free with nothing held back.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delivery scheduling is core to your operations<\/strong> \u2192 stay with YITH. The alternatives do not match its capacity and slot management.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is there a free version of YITH WooCommerce Delivery Date?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. YITH WooCommerce Delivery Date is premium-only, starting at approximately 109.90 EUR per year. There is no free tier. QuickShipD is completely free with no paid upgrade path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can QuickShipD let customers choose a delivery date?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, and that&#8217;s intentional. QuickShipD is built around automatically showing customers when their order will arrive, not letting them choose a date. This covers the vast majority of WooCommerce stores. If your business model requires customer-selected delivery slots, YITH is designed for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does YITH WooCommerce Delivery Date have a countdown timer?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. YITH focuses on delivery scheduling and date selection. It does not include a countdown timer or urgency messaging. QuickShipD&#8217;s live timer is a feature unique to QuickShipD among free WooCommerce delivery plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which plugin works with WooCommerce block checkout?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QuickShipD is fully block checkout compatible out of the box for WordPress 6.0 and above. YITH&#8217;s block checkout compatibility requires WordPress 6.8 and WooCommerce 10.5 or higher, as noted in their most recent release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quickshipd.com\/blog\/quickshipd-vs-wpc-estimated-delivery-date-for-woocommerce\/\">WPC Estimated Delivery Date Alternatives: Free WooCommerce Options Compared<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quickshipd.com\/blog\/best-woocommerce-delivery-date-plugins\/\">5 Best WooCommerce Delivery Date Plugins 2026 (Tested)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quickshipd.com\/blog\/add-delivery-date-woocommerce\/\">How to Add Delivery\/Shipping Date in WooCommerce<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quickshipd.com\/blog\/what-is-an-estimated-delivery-date-guide\/\">What Is an Estimated Delivery Date? 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