SAIA Freight is a holding of SAIA Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIAW) and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. SAIA Worldwide has a comprehensive network in North America, and offers shipping of industrial, commercial and retail goods. The plugin retrieves
the LTL freight rates you negotiated SAIA Freight, takes action on them according to the plugin settings, and displays the
result as shipping charges in your WooCommerce shopping cart. To establish a SAIA Freight account call 1-800-610-6500.
Key Features
- Displays negotiated LTL shipping rates in the shopping cart.
- Provide quotes for shipments within the United States and to Canada.
- Custom label results displayed in the shopping cart.
- Display transit times with returned quotes.
- Product specific freight classes.
- Support for variable products.
- Define multiple warehouses.
- Identify which products drop ship from vendors.
- Product specific shipping parameters: weight, dimensions, freight class.
- Option to determine a product's class by using the built in density calculator.
- Option to include residential delivery fees.
- Option to include fees for lift gate service at the destination address.
- Option to mark up quoted rates by a set dollar amount or percentage.
- Works seamlessly with other quoting apps published by Eniture Technology.
Requirements
- WooCommerce 6.4 or newer.
- A SAIA Account Number .
- A SAIA Account Number Postal Code.
- A Third Party Account Number.
- Your username and password to SAIA Freight online shipping system.
- A license from Eniture Technology.
Installation Overview
Before installing this plugin you should have the following information handy:
- Your SAIA Freight Business ID.
- Your username and password to SAIA Freight's online shipping system.
If you need assistance obtaining any of the above information, contact your local SAIA Freight office
or call the
SAIA Freight corporate headquarters at 1-800-610-6500.
A more comprehensive and graphically illustrated set of instructions can be found on the
Documentation tab at
eniture.com.
1. Install and activate the plugin
In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins => Add New. Search for "LTL Freight Quotes - SAIA Edition", and click Install Now.
After the installation process completes, click the Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.
2. Get a license from Eniture Technology
Go to
Eniture Technology and pick a
subscription package. When you complete the registration process you will receive an email containing your license key and
your login to
eniture.com. Save your login information in a safe place. You will need it to access your customer dashboard
where you can manage your licenses and subscriptions. A credit card is not required for the free trial. If you opt for the free
trial you will need to login to your
Eniture Technology dashboard before the trial period expires to purchase
a subscription to the license. Without a paid subscription, the plugin will stop working once the trial period expires.
3. Establish the connection
Go to WooCommerce => Settings => SAIA Freight. Use the
Connection link to create a connection to your SAIA Freight
account.
5. Select the plugin settings
Go to WooCommerce => Settings => SAIA Freight. Use the
Quote Settings link to enter the required information and choose
the optional settings.
6. Enable the plugin
Go to WooCommerce => Settings => Shipping. Click on the link for SAIA Freight and enable the plugin.
7. Configure your products
Assign each of your products and product variations a weight, Shipping Class and freight classification. Products shipping LTL freight should have the Shipping Class set to “LTL Freight”. The Freight Classification should be chosen based upon how the product would be classified in the NMFC Freight Classification Directory. If you are unfamiliar with freight classes, contact the carrier and ask for assistance with properly identifying the freight classes for your products.
2.3.7 - 2026-01-01
Update: Added Residential Pickup feature to enhance pickup service options.
Update: Added parent product checks to properly handle empty product variants.
Update: Added receiver address validation to prevent invalid quote requests.
Update: Removed deprecated warnings for full compatibility with the latest WooCommerce version.
Fix: Updated shipment logic to handle virtual products as single-shipment cases instead of multi-shipment cases in both cart and checkout.
2.3.6
- Update: Improved shipment handling: virtual products are now treated as single-shipment cases instead of multi-shipment cases in both cart and checkout.
2.3.5
- Update: Added location-specific Residential and Liftgate Pickup feature.
- Update: Resolved compatibility warnings with the latest version of WooCommerce.
2.3.4
- Update: Added support for Backup Rates feature to ensure shipping quotes are available when carrier APIs are temporarily unavailable.
2.3.3
- Update: Added support for offering Limited Access Delivery on frontend if Always Quote Residential Delivery is enabled.
2.3.2
- Update: Enhanced the hide Shipping Rule feature to include support for filter by coupon code
- Update: Implemented "Limited Delivery" feature
2.3.1
- Update: Enhanced the Override Shipping Rule feature to include support for overriding additional services such as Residential delivery and Lift gate delivery
2.3.0
- Update: Introduced Shipping Rules feature for advanced rate control.
- Update: Added "Review Plugin" button for quick feedback access.
- Update: Implemented an additional user capability check to prevent unauthorized access.
- Update: Enabled quote request caching to improve performance.
- Update: Added a check for empty or invalid receiver addresses to ensure accurate rate calculation.
- Update: Added support for Truckload Shipping Class products.
- Update: Enhanced the Order Widget to display shipment weight.
- Update: Displayed rate limit notifications on blocked stores for better transparency.
- Update: Implemented fallback to simple quotes for international addresses when using auto-detected RAD
2.2.11
- Update: Fix: Security Enhancements: Resolved vulnerability issues for improved plugin security and compliance.
2.2.10
- Update: Introduced a new insurance feature
2.2.9
- Update: Updated connection tab according to WordPress requirements
2.2.8
- Fix: Fixed issue with origin markup for certain customers.
2.2.7
- Update:Introduced a new hook used by the Microwarehouse add-on plugin
2.2.6
- Update: Introduced capability to suppress parcel rates once the weight threshold has been reached.
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress version 6.5.3
- Update: Compatibility with PHP version 8.2.0
- Fix: Incorrect product variants displayed in the order widget.
2.2.5
- Update: Display "Free Shipping" at checkout when handling fee in the quote settings is -100% .
- Update: Introduce the Shipping Logs feature.
2.2.4
- Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce HPOS(High-Performance Order Storage)
2.2.3
- Update: Modified expected delivery message at front-end from “Estimated number of days until delivery” to “Expected delivery by”.
- Fix: Inherent Flat Rate value of parent to variations.
2.2.2
- Update: Added compatibility with "Address Type Disclosure" in Residential address detection
2.2.1
- Fix: Fixed handling fee/ markup not being included
2.2.0
- Update: Introduced origin level markup and product level markup
2.1.11
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress version 6.1
- Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce version 7.0.1
2.1.10
- Fix: Fixed variable type conversion in php 8 and greater.
2.1.9
- Fix: Product variant was not picking it's parent freight class.
2.1.8
- Update: Included product parent id along with variant ID required by freightdesk.online
2.1.7
- Update: Introduced connectivity from the plugin to FreightDesk.Online using Company ID
2.1.6
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress version 6.0.
- Update: Included tabs for freightdesk.online and validate-addresses.com
2.1.5
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress multisite network
- Fix: Fixed support link.
2.1.4
- Update: Compatibility with PHP version 8.1.
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress version 5.9.
2.1.3
- Update: Added feature "Show terminal information for HAT option".
2.1.2
- Update: Revised 2.1.1. code optimization about freight class.
2.1.1
- Update: Relocation of NMFC Number field along with freight class.
2.1.0
- Update: Updated compatibility with the Pallet Packaging plugin and analytics.
2.0.0
- Update: Compatibility with PHP version 8.0.
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress version 5.8.
- Fix: Corrected product page URL in connection settings tab.
1.4.1
- Update: Bug fixed.
- Update: Origin terminal address's content updated.
1.4.0
- Update: Added feature "Weight threshold limit".
- Update: Added feature In-store pickup with terminal information.
1.3.0
- Update: Microwarehouse.
- Update: FDO images URL.
- Update: Virtual product at order widget.
- Update: CSV columns updated.
1.2.1
- Update: Introduced new features, Compatibility with WordPress 5.7, Order detail widget for draft orders, improved order detail widget for Freightdesk.online, compatibly with Shippable add-on, compatibly with Account Details(ET) add-don(Capturing account number on checkout page).
1.2.0
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress 5.6
1.1.3
- Update: Introduced product nesting feature.
1.1.2
- Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce 5.5.
1.1.1
- Update: Introduced weight of handling unit and maximum weight per handling unit.
1.1.0
- Update: Compatibility with shipping solution freightdesk.online
1.0.6
- Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce 5.4.
1.0.5
- Update: Introduced SAIA account type[Sender/Receiver] in account specific warehouse
1.0.4
- Update: compatibility with custom programming.
1.0.4
- Update: compatibility with custom programming.
1.0.3
- Fix: Removed extra files and rename class name.
1.0.2
- Update: Introduced Account Number on warehouse tab
1.0.1
- Update: Introduced Account Number Zipcode and Third Party Account Number fields on connection settings
1.0.0