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Most stores take their first quote request in a few minutes: install, confirm the mode, flag a product, and add the [estimate_quote] page.

Requirements

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  • WordPress 6.5 or newer
  • PHP 8.1 or newer
  • WooCommerce 8.0 or newer, active (HPOS and Cart/Checkout Blocks are both declared compatible)

If WooCommerce is not active, Estimate stays dormant and shows an admin notice rather than loading.

Install

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  1. Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active.
  2. Upload the estimate folder to /wp-content/plugins/, or install from WordPress.org once it is listed. The code and releases currently live at github.com/wppoland/estimate.
  3. Activate the plugin.

Estimate activates enabled and in Selected products only mode, so nothing changes on your storefront until you flag a product, your shop keeps working as normal in the meantime.

Set the mode

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Open WooCommerce → Estimate:

  • Enable quote requests, the master switch, on by default. When off, every product keeps its Add to cart button and the quote list is hidden.
  • Quote mode, Selected products only (default) or All products.
  • Hide price, on by default; hides the price on quote-enabled products.
  • Button text, the label that replaces Add to cart (default Add to quote).
  • Recipient email, where requests are sent; defaults to your site admin email.

In Selected mode, edit a product, open the Product data → General tab, and tick Enable quote requests. In All products mode that per-product toggle is irrelevant, every product is already quote-enabled.

Create the quote page

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Create a page (for example Request a Quote) and add the shortcode:

[estimate_quote]

This page shows the visitor’s current list with editable quantities and per-item removal, then the request form. When the list is empty it shows a short message with a link to the shop instead.

The Add to quote button needs somewhere to send shoppers. It looks for a stored quote-page ID, then falls back to your WooCommerce Shop page, then the site home, so the no-JS link always lands somewhere sensible. To make it land on the page you just built, set that page as your Shop page or link to it directly; there is no admin field for the quote-page ID in this release.

Verify on the storefront

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  1. Open a quote-enabled product, the Add to quote button should replace Add to cart, with the price hidden if you left that on.
  2. Click it. You land on the quote page; the button now reads In your quote on the product.
  3. Add a second product, edit a quantity, remove one, and submit the form.
  4. Confirm the email arrives and a Quote Request appears under WooCommerce → Quote Requests.

If the email does not arrive, the request is still saved, check your site’s mail delivery (an SMTP plugin or your host) before suspecting Estimate, since it sends through WordPress’s own wp_mail.

Need help?

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