Magento 2 Order Tracking

Magento 2 Order Tracking extension allows customers to check the status of their orders using order ID and Email address without having to log in. 

Table of Content

1. Extension Installation Guide
2. Manage Tracking Carriers
3. Configuration
4. Custom Carrier Trackers
5. Shipment Generation from Backend
6. Order Tracking from Frontend
7. Order Tracking Link in Email

1. Extension Installation

• For Magento Marketplace Customers
  •  Find the Composer name and version of the extension in the extension’s composer.json file.
  • Login to your SSH and run:
    • composer require meetanshi/magento2-order-tracking
  • Enter your authentication keys. Your public key is your username; your private key is your password.
  • Wait for Composer to finish updating your project dependencies and make sure there aren’t any errors.
  • To verify that the extension installed properly, run the command:
    • php bin/magento module:status Meetanshi_OrderTracking
  • By default, the extension is probably disabled.
  • Enable the extension and clear static view files:
    • php bin/magento module:enable Meetanshi_OrderTracking --clear-static-content
    • php bin/magento setup:upgrade
    • For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
    • For Magento version 2.2.x & above - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy –f
    • php bin/magento cache:flush

• For Meetanshi Customers
  • Extract the zip folder and upload our extension to the root of your Magento 2 directory via FTP.
  • Login to your SSH and run below commands step by step:
    • php bin/magento setup:upgrade
    • For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
    • For Magento version 2.2.x & above - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy –f
    • php bin/magento cache:flush

2. Manage Tracking Carriers
   Add tracking carriers prior to configuring the extension from Reports > Manage Tracking Carriers grid. All the already added and saved carrier trackers seen enlisted here.

• • Add New Tracker
    On click of “Add New Tracker” button from the Manage Tracking Carriers grid, the admin can add a new carrier tracker.
     
• Tracker Title: Add a custom title from the tracker you are adding.
• Tracking URL: Add tracking URL, use the custom variables to create a tracking URL.
• Status: Activate the custom carrier tracker to show under the “Select Tracker” dropdown.

3. Configuration
   To configure the extension, login to Magento 2, move to Stores à Configuration à Meetanshi à Order Tracking where you can find various settings to enable the extension.

• Order Tracking: Enable the order tracking extension from here.
• Add Order Tracking link in Top Link: Set “YES” to add order tracking link in Top Link section.
• Add Order Tracking link in Top Menu: Set “YES” to add order tracking link in Top Menu.
• Send Order Tracking Link in Email: Set “YES” to send order tracking link in order confirmation Email.
• Custom Validation Message: Set custom validation message for unavailable order tracking information.

4. Custom Carrier Trackers
   The extension facilitates to add up to 10 custom carrier trackers to add while shipment generation which will allow customers for tracking from the frontend.

• Custom Carrier Tracker 1: The extension allows to add and enable up to 10 carrier trackers.
  • Enable: Set YES to enable the custom carrier tracker.
  • Tracker Title: Enter a tracker title.
  • Select Tracker: Here, you can see all the custom carrier trackers you have added from Manage Tracking Carriers grid. Select an appropriate tracker and save configuration. You can add up to 10 custom carrier trackers from here.

5. Shipment Generation from Backend
   To allow customers track shipment along with the order status from the frontend, the admin selects the shipping carrier, adds title and tracking number while generating the shipment.

6. Order Tracking from Frontend
   Once you have configured the extension successfully, the “Track Your Order” link is displayed in the top link and top menu section. Add order ID and registered email ID in the Order Tracking section and click “Track Order” button to get the order and shipment tracking information with the tracking number and shipping method. The customers can click shipment tracking number to view the order tracking details.

• Custom Validation Message
  If a customer adds invalid order or email ID, it will show order unavailability message as set under the custom validation message from the extension configuration.

7. Order Tracking Link in Email
   The extension sends the order tracking link in order confirmation email to customers if enabled from the configuration. The customer can click the link to track the order.