Print product barcode labels directly from your WooCommerce catalogue, or create address labels and packing slips from orders. Pick a starter layout, drag in the fields you need and preview it with an existing order. Generate a PDF for your thermal label stock or an A4 or Letter sheet, then print it at actual size.
What you can do with Free
- Label stock without an order. Find products by name, exact SKU or ID, select individual variations and set copies for each. Print up to 20 products or variations and 100 labels per PDF. Use Products > Bulk actions > Print product labels or choose Product catalogue in the designer. Stock levels and orders stay unchanged.
- Print address and product labels. Add shipping and billing details, product names, SKUs, order fields and supported custom fields. Use Code 128, EAN or QR codes where appropriate.
- Fit your label stock. Set dimensions in millimetres or inches. Use common A4 sticker-sheet layouts, set margins and gaps, and start at the next unused label on a sheet. A calibration PDF helps you check printer offsets.
- Create packing slips, delivery notes and job sheets. Choose the product columns and add your own header and footer. Long order tables continue across pages.
- Save a layout for next time. Start from a ready-made design or build your own. Edit layers, align elements, undo changes and import or export templates as JSON.
- Generate PDFs manually. Choose one label per order, item or whole-number quantity, or combine a batch within the manual PDF limits. PDFs are generated on your own site.
See it in use
Print product barcode labels from WooCommerce order items
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo_TQPHMBbQ
Print shipping address labels from an order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMapf6v0074
Set up and print an A4 sticker sheet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncV60mQbw4
These videos use the Free plugin and sample orders.
Read the setup guide and download sample templates.
When you need automation or invoices
Label and Document Designer Pro is a separate add-on. It can generate PDFs in the background when orders match your rules, keep a private document history and send a PDF by email or put it in a manual print queue. It also adds numbered PDF invoices, refund-linked credit notes, customer account downloads and ZIP export. Explore a fictional order workflow in the Free & Pro tab before deciding.
External services and privacy
Free generates PDFs locally. It does not send analytics, licence checks or order data to
dawsony.com and does not load remote scripts, fonts or images. Links open only when clicked. Templates stay in your WordPress database and the plugin does not retain the PDFs it returns to your browser. Store and share PDFs containing customer details securely.
Source code and build instructions
The archive includes editable JavaScript in resources/, dependency lockfiles and instructions in BUILDING.txt. The PHP dependency build tools are in tools/ and dependency notices are in THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.txt.
An easier first label
Choose New template to browse real starting layouts, or start with a blank label. Choose a preview order or catalogue product, then select an element to change its content, font and colour. Open Position & advanced settings for precise dimensions, rotation and text fitting. Double-click a text element to jump to its content controls. Generate a sample PDF and print at actual size before printing a batch.
1.4.0
- Choose a starting layout with visual previews for address labels, product barcodes, sticker sheets and order documents.
- Edit content first, with precise positioning and advanced settings available when needed.
- Clearly distinguish fixed content from live order and product fields, with a read-only preview.
- Improve field search guidance, keyboard access and narrow-screen controls.
- Keep existing templates, manual PDFs and Pro workflows compatible.
1.3.1
- Added optional honest-review and support links in the dashboard help and after manual PDF generation. All feedback is welcome. No rating gate, pop-up or usage tracking.
1.3.0
- Added product-catalogue label printing without an order, with product and variation selection, SKU/name/ID search and per-product copy counts.
- Added a Products bulk action and a catalogue barcode starter. Existing sheet presets, calibration and partly used sheets work with catalogue labels.
- Added guarded catalogue preview and PDF routes. Printing leaves stock and orders unchanged; order-bound layouts are rejected in catalogue mode.
1.2.3
- Explore how Pro handles order events in a fictional-order walkthrough inside the Free & Pro tab. The walkthrough runs locally and does not create jobs or read customer data.
1.2.2
- Improved plugin directory listing and documentation. Updated relevant directory tags. No functionality changes.
1.2.1
- Improved plugin directory listing and documentation. Added three step-by-step video tutorials for barcode labels, shipping address labels and A4 sticker sheets. No functionality changes.
1.2.0
- Expanded the shared designer with packing slips, delivery notes and job sheets, configurable tables and multi-page documents.
- Added Pro invoice and credit-note issuing with preserved original PDFs, separate retention, account downloads, order email attachments and ZIP export.
- Added document starter layouts and clearer Free and Pro guidance. Existing label templates and plugin identifiers are unchanged.
- Preserved intentional spaces in prefix and suffix formatters.
1.1.5
- Updated the plugin display name with distinctive DawsonyWeb branding. No functionality changes.
1.1.4
- Added an optional Free and Pro comparison with setup links and clearer automation benefits.
- Added a plugin-list shortcut to the comparison. Existing Free features are unchanged.
1.1.3
- Added automatic canvas fitting and three common A4 sheet presets, available in Free and Pro.
- Fixed bundled font loading, mobile layouts, preview feedback and combined-order state.
- Improved recovery from expired sessions, failed template loads and unexpected server responses.
- Shortened the admin menu to Label Designer and clarified batch limits.
- Improved Pro rule validation and trigger summaries; hid the Pro promotion when Pro is active.
1.1.2
- Improved plugin directory listing and documentation.
1.1.1
- Updated the public plugin name and listing text. No feature, settings or data changes.
1.1.0
- Added rotation-aware edge and centre alignment, element geometry locks and whole-template duplication.
- Added optional shrink-to-fit text with a minimum font size and preview overflow warnings.
- Added per-template printer offsets and a customer-free calibration PDF.
- Updated the built-in guide. Pro remains a separate add-on.
1.0.4
The design canvas no longer shifts when selecting or dragging elements: the Element properties panel now scrolls within the workspace. The element Delete button is now red.
1.0.3
Aligned the display name with the DawsonyWeb plugin collection. Existing plugin identifiers, templates and settings are unchanged.
1.0.2
First
WordPress.org release. Fixed preview order searches on sites using Plain permalinks. Added listing screenshots and expanded installation guidance.
1.0.1
Renamed to Dawsony Product & Shipping Label Designer for WooCommerce. Existing templates, settings and extension hooks are retained.
1.0.0
Separated Free designer/manual PDF functionality from the Pro automation add-on. Preserved existing templates and internal extension identifiers.