Shoplex
- Plugin page: https://plogins.com/shoplex/
- Documentation: https://plogins.com/shoplex/docs/
- Author: WPPoland.com
- WordPress.org contributor: motylanogha
- WordPress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/shoplex/
What it does
Section titled “What it does”Selling to consumers in the European Union comes with a fixed list of things that have to appear on a product page and at checkout. Shoplex implements that list as twenty-one modules, each switched on separately, and each naming the directive or regulation it comes from so you can check the claim rather than trust it.
Nothing switches itself on and nothing writes copy for you. You enable the modules your shop needs, fill in the trader details once and the per-product fields on the products that need them, and the storefront renders what you entered.
Screenshots
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The modules
Section titled “The modules”| Module | What it prints | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Unit price | Price per kilogram, litre or piece next to the selling price | Directive 98/6/EC |
| Lowest price in 30 days | The previous lowest price when a product goes on sale | Directive 2019/2161 (Omnibus) |
| VAT notice | Whether the price includes VAT, with a small-business variant | German PAngV § 6(1); Directive 2011/83/EU art. 6 |
| Shipping cost notice | The “plus shipping” line when delivery is charged separately (PAngV page link) | Directive 2011/83/EU art. 6(1)(e) |
| From-price | A single lowest price instead of a range on variable products | No specific legal provision |
| Delivery time | A per-product or shop-wide delivery time | Directive 2011/83/EU art. 6(1)(g) |
| Legal guarantee and durability | Guarantee of conformity (adapted to 3 years in Spain), durability, repair info | Directives 2019/771, 2019/770 |
| Country-specific EU rules | Button-Lösung button text (DE/AT, FR, IT, ES, PL) and register numbers (LUCID, EPR, BDO) | § 312j BGB, Art. L. 221-14, RDL 7/2021 |
| 14-day right of withdrawal | Basic withdrawal declaration form [shoplex_withdrawal_form] (not the art. 11a withdrawal function), guest lookup via magic links, email confirmations | Directive 2011/83/EU art. 9; art. 6(1)(h) and Annex I(B) (model form) |
| Intra-EU VAT (VIES) | Real-time VIES API validation, 0% tax exemption for B2B, audit consultation number | Directive 2006/112/EC art. 138 |
| Complaint form template | Printable/embeddable form [shoplex_complaint_template] for conformity defects | Directive (EU) 2019/771 |
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) | Security disclosure policy endpoint at /.well-known/security.txt (RFC 9116) |
RFC 9116 (not a CRA requirement for shops) |
| Digital Services Act (DSA) | Public illegal content reporting mechanism [shoplex_dsa_report] | Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 art. 16 |
| Product safety (GPSR) | Manufacturer, EU responsible person, warnings, instructions | Regulation (EU) 2023/988 |
| Checkout consent | Terms, privacy, digital-content waiver, newsletter, carrier | Directive 2011/83/EU art. 8, GDPR art. 7 |
| Trader identity | The seller details a distance contract must state | Directive 2000/31/EC art. 5 |
| Dispute resolution | Configurable notice about applicable out-of-court dispute options | Directive 2013/11/EU, amended by Directive (EU) 2025/2647 |
| Packaging deposit (Pfand) | Deposit fee and product-page notice | German VerpackDG § 46 (formerly VerpackG § 31); EU PPWR |
| Food information (LMIV) | Ingredients, allergens and nutrition information | Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 |
| Cookie consent | Consent banner, Google Consent Mode v2 and media embed blocking | GDPR art. 7; ePrivacy; TDDDG § 25 |
| Local fonts | Downloads Google and Bunny fonts locally, removes external IP transfers, preloads key WOFF2 fonts | GDPR art. 6(1), art. 44 (LG Munchen Az. 3 O 17493/20), TDDDG § 25 |
Ten are on by default. Eleven are off by default, including delivery time, from-price, GPSR, withdrawal, VIES, complaint form, CRA, DSA, packaging deposit, food information and local fonts, because they depend on what you sell and your operational workflow.
For in-depth technical references and configuration guides, see:
- Comprehensive Modules Reference: Technical options, database schema, shortcodes, and security endpoints for all 21 modules.
- Country Compliance Guide: National consumer protection rules (DE/AT, FR, ES, IT, PL) and packaging registers (LUCID, EPR, BDO).
Multilingual & Translation Support
Section titled “Multilingual & Translation Support”Shoplex works natively with multilingual setups:
- WPML & Polylang: Includes
wpml-config.xmlto automatically register all admin options and custom wording for string translation. - TranslatePress & Loco Translate: Built with standard gettext functions for full compatibility.
Setting it up
Section titled “Setting it up”- Install and activate WooCommerce 8.0 or newer, then Shoplex.
- Open WooCommerce > Shoplex and switch on the modules your shop needs.
- Fill in the trader details under WooCommerce > Shoplex settings. Every notice wording is editable there, so the plugin never puts words in your mouth.
- Fill in the per-product fields on the Shoplex tab of each product: content amount and unit for the unit price, the GPSR, food information and deposit fields, delivery time, durability and repair information.
A module that is on but has no product data behind it prints nothing. That is by design, not a fault: an empty safety block is worse than none.
Where the data lives
Section titled “Where the data lives”Product fields, delivery-time terms, price history and consent records are stored in your WordPress installation. The optional VIES module contacts the European Commission service to validate VAT numbers, and the Swiss UID register for Swiss numbers. If Google tags are installed, the consent manager can send them Consent Mode signals.
Two things worth knowing
Section titled “Two things worth knowing”The lowest-price notice is not retroactive. It starts from the first price change recorded after you switch the module on, because no shop stores a price it never wrote down.
A consent box limited to certain products, countries or payment methods is shown on the classic checkout only. A block checkout field is registered once for the whole shop, so a digital-content waiver would otherwise appear for someone buying a chair.
What it is not
Section titled “What it is not”It is not legal advice, and it does not decide anything for you. It renders what you enter and records what your shop does. Whether your shop complies is your call and your responsibility.
It does not cover national law on top of the EU baseline, such as invoicing rules, national VAT registers or waste registers. The deposit module handles configured deposit fees and notices, but does not track physical packaging returns or issue deposit refunds.