The R+L Carriers Shipping Rates for WooCommerce plugin connects WordPress and WooCommerce with your R+L Carriers account so store owners can offer live LTL freight rates within cart and checkout.
Endlessly flexible and customized with small businesses in mind, the R+L Carriers Shipping Method allows store owners to grow their online WooCommerce store by offering products of all shapes and sizes.
Your rates, every time
Rates specific to your MyRLC account are retrieved for each customer shopping cart session, and are based on cart product shipping attributes and quantities.
Support for standard weight and NMFC-based rates as well as negotiated rates. Optionally include special delivery services, such as liftgate or inside delivery, to each shipping charge.
Custom-tailored to your needs
Configure rate behavior and service controls to match your fulfillment requirements:
- Account-based LTL freight rate retrieval
- Service-level enablement and pricing adjustments
- Origin and destination accessorial controls
- Freight weight thresholds and forced freight handling
- Multi-origin warehouse routing
- Custom pallet definitions
- Optional inclusive maximum pallet count per shipping origin
- Multi-piece freight configuration
- Local Delivery and Store Pickup options from eligible origins
- Optional Google Maps address autocomplete, address normalization, and distance-assisted routing
- Order-level freight metadata storage
- Structured quote and Google API logging for troubleshooting
Need More Features?
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R+L Carriers website offers additional freight platform capabilities:
- Seamless Rate Quotes
- Bill of Lading Generation
- Pickup Request Scheduling
- Shipment Tracing
- Pickup Notification Emails
- Freight Classifications and Hazmat Support
This full-featured shipping platform is the complete solution for all of your freight shipping needs. R+L Carriers has you covered.
- Ensure your environment meets the minimum requirements:
- WordPress 6.3 or greater
- WooCommerce 8.3 or greater
- PHP 7.4 or greater
- MySQL 5.7 or greater
- An R+L Carriers MyRLC account with a valid B2B API Key
- Install and activate the R+L Carriers Shipping Plugin from the WordPress Plugins screen.
- Open the dedicated setup hub at WooCommerce → R+L Carriers.
This overview/status page shows remaining setup tasks and links directly to the correct configuration areas.
4. Use the setup hub to complete required setup:
- Connect your MyRLC B2B API Key
- Add an optional Google Maps API key for address autocomplete, address normalization, and distance-assisted routing
- Configure shipment origins
- Confirm pallet settings
- Configure product freight data
- Add the R+L Carriers shipping method to the desired WooCommerce Shipping Zones
- Review optional shipping rules
5. Configure each Shipping Zone instance. Each instance can use plugin defaults or custom overrides for:
- Shipment origin
- Shipment construction
- Destination accessorials
- Delivery estimates
- Rates and services
- Availability
6. Ensure each freight product has the required freight configuration:
- Freight mode
- Freight pieces or package dimensions
- Weight (lbs)
- Dimensions (inches)
- NMFC freight class when required by the selected strategy
7. Return to WooCommerce → R+L Carriers to confirm setup status, then test rates at cart or checkout.