GLS Shipping for WooCommerce

73 Quality Score

Active Installs

15/30

With roughly 2,000 active installs it is a niche plugin, but it still earned a popularity boost above baseline because it carves out a clear carrier-specific role.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance is a perfect 100, reflecting an update within the last few days (June 2026) that keeps it current with the latest WordPress and WooCommerce releases.

User Rating

11/15

The 76 out of 100 user score from 5 ratings is decent but based on too few reviews to be statistically reassuring.

Support Health

8/15

Support health sits at 50 because only 7 threads exist and 85.7% are resolved, which is healthy resolution-wise but the sample is too small to confirm reliability.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility scores 100 thanks to confirmed testing against WordPress 6.9.4 and a lenient PHP 7.1 floor that covers most hosts.

Scores higher than 32% of indexed plugins

About

GLS Shipping plugin for WooCommerce

Active Installs 2k+

Rating ★★★½ 3.7/5

Last Updated 2026-09-24 6:26am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.9+

Tested Up To 6.9.9

Requires PHP 7.1+

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Medium

Most recent: May 13, 2026

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What It Does

GLS Shipping for WooCommerce integrates the General Logistics Systems (GLS) parcel network directly into a WooCommerce store, allowing merchants to display GLS shipping rates at checkout, print GLS labels, and generate tracking numbers for orders shipped via GLS. It is purpose-built for stores that ship physical parcels through GLS's European courier network and need native carrier rate and label functionality rather than a generic table-rate setup.

Who It's For

This plugin is best suited for small to mid-sized WooCommerce stores based in or shipping into GLS-served European countries that want a carrier-specific rate and label solution without juggling external portals. It fits operations that ship domestic parcels through GLS as their primary or secondary carrier and need basic tracking parity with the carrier's native tools.

Who Should Skip It

Stores that do not ship via GLS, are located outside the carrier's coverage area, or already use a multi-carrier aggregator like Packlink PRO or Montonio should skip this plugin since the rates, labels, and pickup scheduling will be of no use. Merchants looking for flexible table-rate logic, weight-based rules, or non-GLS carrier integration will also find better fits in the alternatives below.

The Bottom Line

GLS Shipping for WooCommerce is a focused, well-maintained carrier integration that does its narrow job and tests against the latest WordPress release, but its tiny user base and limited rating pool make it hard to recommend unconditionally. It is worth adopting if GLS is your primary carrier; everyone else will be better served by a more versatile shipping plugin.

Pick this instead if you need flexible weight, price, or destination-based shipping rules for any carrier, not just GLS, and want a much larger install base and community.

Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce 83/100

Choose this when your shipping logic is purely weight-driven and you want a simpler, broadly compatible rule engine rather than a carrier-specific integration.

Table Rate Shipping for WooCommerce 81/100

Use this if you want granular table-rate calculations by weight, price, or destination across multiple carriers without committing to GLS.

Montonio for WooCommerce 80/100

Choose Montonio if you ship across multiple Baltic or European carriers and want an aggregator that already includes GLS alongside others.

Packlink PRO for WooCommerce 80/100

Pick Packlink PRO when you want a multi-carrier marketplace for discounted rates and labels, including GLS in some markets, rather than a single-carrier plugin.