Itemise a bundle on the order

Pro feature

Itemise on the order is part of the Builder. It is off by default, and turning it on changes nothing about how the bundle sells or what the customer pays.

A bundle normally reaches the order as one line: the bundle, its price, its tax, with its components listed underneath as detail. That is the right shape for a shop, and it is what the customer recognises from the basket.

It is the wrong shape for a system that reads orders programmatically. An ERP, a stock system or a till that looks at native WooCommerce line items sees one product it does not stock, rather than the six it does.

Itemise on the order records the bundle as one native order line per component, each with its own price and its own tax, so those systems see the parts.

Turn it on

On the bundle’s Pricing tab, next to price and tax, switch on Itemise on the order.

That is all. The product page, the basket and the checkout are unchanged: the customer still buys a bundle, at the bundle price, and sees it as one thing throughout.

What changes, exactly

• Each component becomes a native order line item, the same kind of line a product sold on its own would create.
• The bundle’s price is distributed across those lines, so the order total is identical to the penny. Itemising never changes what anybody pays.
• Tax is calculated per line, from each component’s own tax class. A bundle mixing a zero-rated item with a standard-rated one reports each correctly instead of averaging them.
• The lines still carry their bundle identity, so refunds, stock and the pick list all still know they belong together.

Existing orders are untouched

The setting applies to orders placed after you switch it on. Nothing already in your order list is rewritten.

When you want it

• You run an ERP or accounting system that imports orders and expects to match every line to a product it knows.
• You use a till or point-of-sale that reconciles against native line items.
• Your accountant needs per-product tax rather than one figure for a mixed-rate bundle.
• Your warehouse software picks from order lines rather than from a separate pick list.

When you do not

If nothing downstream reads your orders programmatically, leave it off. One line per bundle is tidier on the order screen and in emails, and it is what most shops want.