Checkout Builder – WooCommerce Checkout Field Editor

Checkout Builder is a simple WooCommerce checkout field editor add-on for shops that need two extra answers from every buyer: how to deliver the parcel, and any reference the buyer wants to give. It adds a Delivery instructions field and a Reference / note field to your checkout and saves both with the order.

It works on the WooCommerce classic checkout and on the Themeve Commerce checkout.

Why two small fields make a big difference

In Bangladesh, many addresses are described rather than numbered. Near the mosque, third floor, blue gate. Behind the school, ask for the tailor shop. Couriers rely on these details, and when they are missing, parcels come back marked address not found.

A clear Delivery instructions field gives buyers a proper place for these details, instead of squeezing them into the address line or forgetting them completely.

The Delivery instructions field

Buyers can write landmarks, a preferred delivery time, a second contact person or a note such as call before coming. The text is checked when the order is placed and saved with the order.

Your team sees it on the order screen and can copy it onto the courier booking, so the rider gets the same instructions the buyer wrote.

The Reference / note field

The second field holds anything else the buyer wants you to know. Some write the name of the person who recommended your shop. Some add a gift message. Office buyers often add a purchase reference for their accounts team.

Like the first field, it is validated and saved with the order, so nothing gets lost between the checkout and the packing table.

On Themeve Commerce

On Themeve Commerce stores, the same two fields are added to its checkout and saved with each order, so your process stays the same whichever shop system you use.

What this WooCommerce checkout field editor add-on is, and is not

Checkout Builder adds two fixed, ready-made fields. It is not a drag-and-drop form builder and it does not let you design new fields from scratch. For most small shops, these two fields cover what is missing from the standard checkout.

On WooCommerce, the fields appear on the classic checkout, not on the block checkout. Many themes still use the classic checkout, and switching to it is a simple WooCommerce setting.

A quick example

A furniture shop delivers sofas to apartment buildings. Buyers now write lift available, fourth floor or call the guard first in the Delivery instructions field. The packing team prints those notes on the delivery slip, and the delivery team arrives prepared instead of calling the buyer from the street.

Who uses these fields most

Fashion and gift shops use the note for gift messages and the name of the person receiving the parcel. Grocery shops use delivery instructions for preferred delivery times, because nobody wants frozen food left at a locked gate. Electronics shops use the reference note for warranty names or office purchase numbers.

Shops outside Dhaka find the instructions field most useful of all. Riders in smaller towns often work from landmarks, and a buyer who writes opposite the high school, ask for Rahim saves the rider a phone call and saves you a return.

Training your team

Make one simple rule: whoever books the courier copies the delivery instructions into the courier's remarks box. With this WooCommerce checkout field editor add-on, the buyer's words travel from the checkout to the rider without being retyped from memory or lost on a sticky note.

How it fits with other tools

A shorter, clearer checkout means fewer people leave halfway. If some still do, Abandoned Cart Recovery saves the email they typed so you can follow up. To decide when cash on delivery is offered, Smart Checkout Rules can hide COD by order total or district.

For background on WooCommerce checkout types and fields, see the WooCommerce documentation.

Licence, updates and setup

Checkout Builder needs an active Themeve licence key. Without it, the fields are not added and only the lock screen and License screen open. Enter the key from My Account › Licenses and the fields appear on your checkout. Updates arrive in Dashboard › Updates while the licence is active.

After activation, open your checkout page in a private window and place a test order with something in both fields. Open the order in your admin and you will see the instructions and the note saved with it.

That is all a small shop usually needs from a WooCommerce checkout field editor: the right questions on the checkout, and the answers where your team can read them.