DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce

Reviewers keep praising fast, competent support, while others hit translation gaps, missing tracking features and label generation that doesn't work as expected.

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84 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 18 listed. 66 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

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Crossed into this band 16 months ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ 48DESIGN

   1.0y ago

   Thank you for this plugin. I’m having big issues with the translations. They are often not correct and not everything is translated. It also seems that the existing translations are not correctly implemented as I can’t integrate another PO file for example for the de_DE_formal language. It simply doesn’t get loaded. There are several problems all over the place and this beeing the “official” plugin of DHL is pretty bad.

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2. ★★★★★ Videowiese

   1.5y ago

   Ich hatte ein spezielles Problem mit der Auswahl zwischen „DHL-Paket“ und „DHL-Kleinpaket“ in meinem WooCommerce-Shop: Obwohl meine Kunden „DHL-Paket“ auswählten, wurde immer ein Label für „DHL-Kleinpaket“ erzeugt. Trotz korrekter Plugin- und Versandzonen-Konfiguration ließ sich das Verhalten nicht direkt im Backend lösen. Der Support war jedoch hervorragend – schnell, kompetent und lösungsorientiert! Meine Anfrage wurde ernst genommen, man hat mir genau erklärt, worauf zu achten ist, und wie ich das Plugin korrekt konfigurieren oder bei Bedarf mit eigenen Funktionen erweitern kann, um die Versandart der Kunden korrekt zu übergeben. Besonders positiv: Die Kommunikation war klar, und ich fühlte mich als Anwender wirklich unterstützt. Vielen Dank an das Team – ich kann das Plugin (und den Support) nur weiterempfehlen! Gruß, Dirk

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3. ★★★★★ beatcore

   1.6y ago

   Great and quick support! Was very happy that the first solution they proved worked like a charm!

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4. ★★★★★ janni1887

   1.7y ago

   Thanks for the custom code

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5. ★★★★★ dennisr1

   1.8y ago

   quick support response to plugin conflict much appreciated

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6. ★★★★★ Fabian

   2.3y ago

   The Plugin does, what it says and is very strong with it. But I miss basic features like tracking informations, which I would expect from a shipper plugin. For example, if the shop would get feedback like the tracking site, we would be able to send emails / sms / push / push notifications like “your parcel is on its way” or “is ready to pick up” or, after delivery, “thanks again for ordering, here are your instructions”. I don’t understand why we still need to pay 3rd party companies to deliver this information, which are allready there. Poorly.

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7. ★★★★★ drossmedia

   3.4y ago

   The overall purpose of the DHL WP plugin is nice, but since I have less than 200 shipments per year, I am not qualified to apply for a “business customer” account. However, to select DHL as shipping provider, the Customer Number (EKP) is required, which is not available to private customers/ when having fewer than 200 shipments.

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8. ★★★★★ ThBunte

   3.6y ago

   The plugin does what it is supposed to do, no more and no less.When we had questions / problems, the support helped us quickly and competently.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 4.0.1 Fix: Restrict Deutsche Post waybill label downloads to users who can manage orders. Fix: Store DHL shipping label files in a protected location so they can no longer be downloaded directly through their web address. 4.0.1
2. — Version 4.0.0 Drop SOAP API support. Add: Deutsche Post Internetmarke — buy and print postage stamps for letters directly from a WooCommerce order. Add: One-time admin notice after the SOAP removal prompting stores that were on SOAP t 4.0.0
3. — Version 3.9.8 Fix: Missing customs “shippingConditions” field causing label creation failure for DHL Europaket (V54EPAK) cross-border shipments. Fix: DHL Checkout Blocks text is now translated on the frontend. Fix: Update missing Germ 3.9.8
4. — Version 3.9.7 Fix: Errors appear when trying to save map settings. Fix: Delivery options now correctly appear when shipping to Germany, even if the billing country is different. Fix: Hide Closest drop-point delivery option on Checkout 3.9.7
5. — Version 3.9.6 Tweak: WordPress 6.9 compatibility. Fix: Remove Warenpost National. Fix: Fatal error in needs_shipping() when order contains permanently deleted product. 3.9.6
6. — Version 3.9.5 Add: Added Closest drop-point delivery (CDP) service for France. Add: Postal Delivered Duty Paid (PDDP) service for United States and Puerto Rico. Fix: Delivery Day UI and fee no longer appear on Checkout Blocks for virt 3.9.5

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (4.1.1). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 5.3 DHL for WooCommerce <= 4.0.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Shipping Label Download ↗
   2026-07-27 CVE-2026-16981 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 4.0.0 Patched in 4.0.1
2. Patched Medium · 5.3 DHL for WooCommerce <= 4.0.0 - Unauthenticated Shipping Label Disclosure ↗
   2026-07-27 CVE-2026-16993 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 4.0.0 Patched in 4.0.1

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-16 5K+ → 4K+ down after 488 days in tier
2. 2024-03-15 6K+ → 5K+ down after 239 days in tier
3. 2023-07-20 7K+ → 6K+ down after 188 days in tier
4. 2023-01-13 8K+ → 7K+ down after 163 days in tier
5. 2022-08-03 9K+ → 8K+ down after 149 days in tier
6. 2022-03-07 8K+ → 9K+ up after 320 days in tier
7. 2021-04-21 4K+ → 8K+ up

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DHL Shipping Germany for WooCommerce: 4K+ active installs, 4.0★ (47 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dhl-for-woocommerce