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How Do I Limit Countries in WooCommerce?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 11:55 pm

If you’re using WooCommerce to sell products or services online, you may want to limit the countries to which you ship. By default, WooCommerce ships to all countries.

But you can use the built-in settings to limit shipping to specific countries. In this article, we’ll show you how to do that.

Log into your WordPress site and go to WooCommerce > Settings. On the General tab, scroll down to the Shipping Location(s) section. Here, you’ll see three options:

  • Ship to all countries: By default, this option is selected and WooCommerce ships to all countries.
  • Ship to specific countries: Select this option and then choose the specific countries to which you want to ship from the drop-down list.
  • Do not ship to any countries: If you select this option, WooCommerce will not ship products to any country.

If you want to limit shipping to specific countries, select the Ship to specific countries option and then choose the countries from the drop-down list. You can select one country or multiple countries by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard while selecting additional countries.

If you want to disable shipping altogether, select the Do not ship to any country option. This is useful if you’re not selling physical products or if you’re only selling products in your local area.

How do I limit countries in WooCommerce?

“If you’re using WooCommerce to sell products or services online, you may want
to limit the countries to which you ship,” according Lee Gilmore of DoitWooCommerce.com . By
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PRO TIP: If you are using the WooCommerce plugin for WordPress, you may want to limit the countries that can place orders on your site. This can be done in the WooCommerce settings under the ‘General’ tab. Simply select the countries that you want to allow orders from, and save your changes.
  1. Log into your WordPress site and go
    to WooCommerce > Settings. On
    the General tab, scroll down to the Shipping Location(s) section.
  2. There are three options available for
    configuring shipping locations – “Ship To All Countries,” “Ship To Specific Countries,” and “Do Not Ship To Any Countries.”

    (see image at right). By default “Ship To All Countries “is selected.

  3. To limit shipping destinations – i.,e., those areas of the world where customers can order items from your store – simply select “Ship To Specific Countries “from the drop down menu and then check off those locales from a list of available choices that appear below it (see image at right). You can check off multiple selections by holding down “” color:#000000>” color:#000000>” color:#000000>” color:#000000>” color:#333333>” color:#666666>” span style=’font:” color=”#000000>” font:” sans=\”\” sans=\”\” helvetica’,sans=\”\” arial’,sans=\”\” calibri’,sans=\”\” verdana’,sans=\”\” georgia’,serif’;font-” 11px;’=\”\”>Ctrl key on your keyboard while making additional selections from among those listed below it..
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