UPS - General Settings

UPS Live Rates and Access Points PRO plugin explainer video

Watch our UPS General Settings dedicated video:

Since the version 1.15.2 we introduced an onboarding process for easier and more efficient plugin configuration.

You can reach the plugin settings by choosing the WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping → UPS from the sidebar.

API Settings

In order to offer your customers the available UPS services you need to own a UPS account with an access to the API. Enter your credentials (User ID, Password, Access Key and Account Number) in the plugin's API Settings section fields below:

If you do not have a UPS account yet or haven't gained the API access, please check our guide on how to register a UPS account and how to get the UPS API Access Key →

Origin Settings

The UPS plugin uses the shop's origin entered in the WooCommerce settings at WooCommerce → Settings → General → Store Address by default. However, if you want the live rates to be calculated for the different shipper's address than your shop's because e.g. you ship your products not from the shop but directly from the warehouse located somewhere else, you can define the Custom Origin using the fields below:

Custom Origin is fully optional for WooCommerce 3.2 and later releases. If for some reason your shop still uses the WooCommerce pre-3.2 version defining the Custom Origin in the plugin settings above is mandatory.

Please be advised that each shipping method that uses UPS plugin can have its own Custom Origin. To learn more about Multiple Custom Origins feature – read this article →

Advanced Options

Measurement Units

- this option allows you to change the measurement units used to calculate the UPS live rates. The plugin uses the units selected in the WooCommerce settings by default. ( WooCommerce → Settings → Products → Measurements).

Use this option if you get the This measurement system is not valid for the selected country error. Once it is changed the plugin will recalculate the units used in your shop to the ones supported by your UPS account.

Please also mind that if the individual product's weight has not been entered in the WooCommerce Product data → Shipping → Weight field for each of the products in your shop, the 0.1 kg / lbs weight value will be used by default in order for the UPS API to be able to calculate the shipping rates.

Debug Mode

- enabling the Debug Mode will let you identify and analyze the problems with UPS services price calculation. All the requests, responses and the error messages coming back from the UPS API will be displayed in the cart and on the order summary page:

Please mind that if you have the UPS SurePost services active on your UPS account, the UPS SurePost Live Rates shipping method has been added within a shipping zone and the Debug Mode enabled, it will display each UPS SurePost service as a separate request:

All the notices and data coming from enabled Debug Mode will be visible only for the Site Administrators and Shop Managers. Your customers, no matter if they are guests or logged in, won't see any unnecessary info on the shop's front.

API Status

- once your login credentials were entered and Save changes button hit, the API Status should change to OK and turn green as a confirmation the API connection has been established:

If for some reason the plugin is not able to establish the connection with the UPS API, you will see the error message coming from the API with the detailed information on the cause of the problem, e.g.:

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