Barcode Scanner (+Mobile App) – Inventory manager, Order fulfillment system, POS (Point of Sale)
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About
Manage and sell (POS) your inventory. It reads barcodes & finds woocommerce products/orders. Create orders right from the wp-admin.
Security History
What It Does
This plugin turns a WordPress admin into a basic point of sale system that pairs with a companion mobile app for scanning product barcodes. Once a barcode is scanned, it pulls the matching WooCommerce product or order, allowing the user to look up inventory, fulfil orders, and create new orders directly from wp-admin.
Who It's For
This is built for small WooCommerce-based retailers who already handle sales and stock on a phone or tablet and want barcode-driven order creation without investing in a dedicated POS. It fits shops with around 1,000 active installs' worth of complexity, such as a single-location store, pop-up seller, or warehouse doing manual fulfilment.
Who Should Skip It
Anyone running a multi-location retail operation, needing real-time multi-user POS syncing, or processing high transaction volume should skip this, since the install base is small and there is no public support track record. Sites that are not on WooCommerce will get no value, as the plugin is entirely dependent on WooCommerce products and orders.
The Bottom Line
Barcode Scanner is a tightly focused, well-rated niche tool that does exactly what it says: scan barcodes and link them to WooCommerce products and orders. With 1,000 installs, a 100/100 rating, and a very recent update, the fundamentals look healthy, but the zero-thread support history means you are betting on a small user community. It is a sensible pick for small WooCommerce shops that want lightweight POS behaviour, and a poor fit for anything larger or more mission-critical.
Related Plugins
Pick Wordfence instead if you actually need security, since Barcode Scanner is an inventory and POS tool, not a firewall or malware scanner.
Choose Anti-Malware Security when you want a dedicated malware scanner and brute-force firewall, which Barcode Scanner does not provide.
Opt for Vigilant if you want a bundled free security suite covering firewall, 2FA, and login hardening, none of which Barcode Scanner covers.
Pick EAN Barcode Generator when you only need to generate and print product barcodes in WooCommerce, without the scanning or POS features.
Choose NinjaScanner if your priority is a lightweight virus and malware scanner, not barcode-based inventory management.