Returnable Assets Ledger

Returnable Assets Ledger (RAL) helps WooCommerce stores track physical reusable assets that leave the business with customers and are expected to be returned. Use it for pallets, crates, kegs, containers, cylinders, reusable packaging, or other returnable assets. The Free plugin includes:

• Returnable asset types and business accounts.
• Manual outgoing and incoming asset movements.
• Explicit corrections without rewriting confirmed history.
• Customer balances and transaction history by asset type.
• WooCommerce order references for operational traceability.
• Import of business accounts from WooCommerce customers.
• CSV balance and history exports.
• Manual Opening Balance entry for assets already held when tracking starts.
• Read-only Integrity and Diagnostics, balance recalculation, and backup download.

Confirmed movements form an append-only history. Corrections are recorded explicitly instead of rewriting confirmed movements. WooCommerce order status changes do not automatically record physical returns. A return must be recorded when the asset is actually received back. Business accounts are separate from WordPress user accounts, so ledger history can be preserved even if a website login is removed. The Free version has no license requirement, usage quota, or time limit. An optional Returnable Assets Ledger Pro add-on is distributed separately, is not included in this WordPress.org package, and requires the Free plugin to remain active. RAL Pro provides Customer Portal access and operational user linking, bulk/resumable opening-balance CSV import, reconciliation, expected-balance comparison, advanced Dashboard and Needs Attention views, JSON recovery/restore, product mappings and order planning, Photo Evidence, and automated return reminders. Manual Opening Balance, backup download and CSV export remain Free.

1. Install and activate WooCommerce 11.0 or later.
2. Install and activate Returnable Assets Ledger.
3. Open Returnable Assets in the WordPress administration menu.
4. Create the returnable asset types your business tracks.
5. Create business accounts or import them from WooCommerce customers.
6. Record outgoing and incoming physical asset movements as they occur.
7. Optionally install the separate RAL Pro add-on for Customer Portal access and advanced operational workflows.

Returnable Assets Ledger requires WordPress 7.0 or later, WooCommerce 11.0 or later, PHP 8.2 or later on a 64-bit PHP environment, and InnoDB for its ledger tables.

0.1.3

• Separate premium workflows from the Free plugin.
• Remove the Free plugin's commercial SDK and licensing runtime.
• Improve request validation and compatibility of prefixed identifiers and translations.

0.1.2

• Initial public release.
• Returnable asset types and business accounts.
• Outgoing and incoming movements with explicit corrections.
• Customer balances, history, and CSV exports.
• WooCommerce customer integration.
• Manual Opening Balance entry.
• Read-only Integrity and Diagnostics, balance recalculation, and backup download.