Paperless Invoicing connects WooCommerce to the Paperless API.
When an order reaches the Completed status, the plugin sends invoice payload data to:
https://api.paperless.tax/invoices/api/create
On success, the returned invoice URL is saved on the order and displayed to the customer on:
– Thank You page
– My Account -> Order details
The plugin is built for a behind-the-scenes checkout flow: customers place orders normally, while invoice creation happens automatically in the background.
Key Features
- Automatic invoice creation when order status becomes Completed
- Hardcoded Paperless endpoint for production use
- API key authentication via
X-API-KEYheader - Product-level mapping with Paperless Product ID
- Invoice URL persistence in order meta
- Customer-facing invoice link display (Thank You + My Account)
- Error logging to WooCommerce logs (
source: paperless-invoicing)
Notes
- Trigger status is fixed to Completed.
- Invoice type is fixed to
2(InvoiceReceipt). - Plugin does not send invoice emails.
- To avoid duplicates, there is no manual retry action in order actions.
External services
This plugin connects to paperless.tax API to create invoices when a sale is completed.
It sends the details of the invoice items, prices and client’s details to paperless.tax so that an invoice will be produced and sent to the buyer on behalf of the seller
This service is provided by “Paperless Bookkeeping LTD”:
terms of use: https://paperless-public-1.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/docs/260205_tos.pdf
privacy policy: https://paperless-public-1.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/docs/251023_privacy.pdf
