Installation

Supplyline is free and listed on WordPress.org, so you can install it straight from your dashboard.

Install the plugin

1. Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active. Supplyline won't activate without it.
2. Go to Plugins → Add New Plugin and search for Supplyline.
3. Click Install Now on "Supplyline – Purchase Orders & Suppliers for WooCommerce", then Activate.

If you have the zip file instead, use Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, choose the file, then Install Now and Activate.

A new Purchase Orders item appears under WooCommerce in the admin menu. There's also a Purchase Orders link under Supplyline on the Plugins screen.

Your first ten minutes

1. Add a supplier. Go to WooCommerce → Purchase Orders, open the Suppliers tab and click Add supplier. Enter the name, and at least their lead time: how many days a delivery usually takes. See Suppliers.
2. Set up a product. Edit a product you buy in, open its Inventory tab and make sure Track stock quantity is on. Below the stock settings, choose the Supplier and enter a Reorder point: the stock level at which you want to reorder. A Cost price and Reorder quantity help too. See Purchasing fields on products.
3. See what to reorder. Go to WooCommerce → Purchase Orders → To reorder. Every product at or below its reorder point is listed under its supplier. If the list is empty, set a product's reorder point above its current stock to try it out.

4. Make a purchase order. Click Create purchase order for… under a supplier. You get a draft with the products and quantities from the list, ready to check and order. See Purchase orders.

What's next

• To reorder explains how the list and its suggested quantities work.
• Purchase orders covers drafts, ordering, cancelling and printing.
• Receiving stock covers adding what arrived to your stock, in one go or in parts.