Item-level production tracking
ProdQueue
A WooCommerce extension that turns every made-to-order line item into a production job the workshop can actually follow.
ProdQueue / authentic interface
The production queue inside WooCommerce
Individual jobs retain their order context while adding status, priority and production controls.
Live product UI01 / The problem
An order is too large a unit for the workshop.
WooCommerce knows an order was placed. It does not know that four personalised products in that order are four separate jobs, each moving through production at its own pace.
ProdQueue / data model
One ordered unit becomes one trackable job
Quantity expansion makes the physical unit—not only the order—the useful production record.
- 01Order #4821Two line items
- 02Line item ×3Quantity is operationally significant
- 03Three jobsEach unit gets its own state
- 04Production queueFilter, prioritise and reconcile
02 / The observation
The physical item needs its own state.
A single order can contain several products, quantities and custom options. Each physical item can reach the next production stage at a different time, so the useful unit of work is not always the order.
03 / The product decision
Add a queue, not another operating system.
Keep the workflow inside WordPress, preserve store ownership of the data, and add only the operational layer the team needs: jobs, status, priority, filtering and reconciliation.
ProdQueue deliberately stops short of becoming an ERP. It closes the production visibility gap without asking a small team to move its commerce data or adopt another system.
ProdQueue / queue controls
State, priority and filters keep the floor legible
The queue adds a small operational layer without replacing WooCommerce as the system of record.
- 01PendingNew work
- 02In progressOn the floor
- 03BlockedNeeds attention
- 04CompleteReconciled