Numberly Documentation

Overview

Sequential order numbers with your prefix, suffix, year, month and number of digits: WP-2026-1001 instead of #2041.

• Clean sequential order numbers
• Your prefix and year
• Searchable in the admin

Best for: Stores that want tidy order and invoice numbers

Installation

1. Download numberly-order-numbers.zip from My account › My plugins or from your order email. Do not unzip it.
2. In WordPress, go to Plugins › Add New Plugin › Upload Plugin, choose the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.

Requires WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+, WooCommerce 7.0+. Works with any theme, block themes and page builders.

Features

• Sequential numbers without gaps from other content
• Prefix and suffix with {Y}, {y}, {m} and {d} tags
• Start number and number of digits
• Optional yearly restart
• Shown everywhere: admin, emails, My account
• Search orders by the new number
• Order tracking form accepts the new number

Shortcodes

Paste a shortcode in any page, post, widget or page builder text block.

• [numberly_preview]

Options of each shortcode are described in the Features above and in the plugin settings page.

For developers

Customize the plugin from your theme’s functions.php or a small plugin, without editing its files (your changes survive updates).

Filters

• numberly_active
• numberly_sanitize

add_filter( 'numberly_active', function ( $value ) {
	// Change $value here.
	return $value;
}, 10, 1 );

Actions

• numberly_admin_after_form
• numberly_admin_before_form
• numberly_admin_form_end

Updates

Updates are free. When a new version is out, it appears in Dashboard › Updates of your WordPress site and you can install it in one click, or turn on automatic updates in Plugins. This works for the zip downloaded from your Woo-Plugins account; older copies can be replaced by downloading the latest version from My plugins. See the changelog.

Frequently asked questions