How to Use Dokan Kits to Enhance Your Dokan Marketplace

Dokan Kits is a feature toolkit for Dokan marketplaces that helps you control vendor behavior, product options, cart and checkout flow, and shipping behavior from one settings area.

Overview

Use Dokan Kits when you want to:

• Customize vendor registration and vendor dashboard behavior
• Restrict or allow specific product types and product fields
• Improve cart and checkout flow and auto-complete digital orders
• Fine-tune shipping behavior for multi-vendor orders

Requirements

Before setup, make sure your site has:

• WordPress 6.4.2+
• WooCommerce 9.8+
• Dokan Lite 3.9.7+ (also compatible with Dokan Pro)
• PHP 7.4+ (8.0+ recommended)

Installation

1. In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Add New.
2. Install and activate Dokan, WooCommerce, and then Dokan Kits.
3. After activation, open the Dokan Kits menu in wp-admin.

Initial Setup (Recommended)

After opening Dokan Kits, configure in this order:

1. Vendor Management
   • Enable or disable vendor registration controls
   • Configure “Become a Vendor” visibility
   • Set default seller role behavior
2. Product Management
   • Control allowed product types (for example: Variable, External, Grouped)
   • Hide or show selected product fields for vendors
   • Configure direct publish or restricted publish flow
3. Order and Cart
   • Enable auto-complete for digital orders (if needed)
   • Adjust cart and checkout related controls
4. Shipping
   • Configure split shipping and shipping calculation behavior
5. Save settings and test with a vendor account.

How to Test Your Configuration

Use this quick validation checklist:

• Create or log in as a vendor test account
• Go to vendor dashboard and create a product
• Confirm only expected product types and fields are visible
• Place a test order from the storefront
• Verify checkout and cart behavior and shipping calculation
• For digital products, confirm auto-complete logic works as intended

Best Practices

• Enable only the modules you actively use
• Test changes on staging before applying to production
• Recheck vendor permissions after Dokan and WooCommerce updates
• Keep Dokan Kits, Dokan, and WooCommerce updated for compatibility

Troubleshooting

Settings Not Saving

• Update Dokan Kits to the latest version
• Clear any page, object, or browser cache
• Retry saving from wp-admin and confirm there are no plugin conflicts

Option Not Affecting Vendors

• Confirm you are testing with a vendor role, not an admin role
• Check whether Dokan Pro modules are overriding the same behavior
• Re-save Dokan Kits settings and retest with a clean browser session

Unexpected Field Visibility

• Review product restrictions in Dokan Kits
• Confirm product edit screen is from vendor dashboard, not wp-admin
• Check for theme or custom code overrides

Shipping Behavior Mismatch

• Validate WooCommerce shipping zones and methods first
• Then re-check Dokan Kits shipping related settings
• Run a test order with products from multiple vendors

Contact Support

If you need help configuring Dokan Kits or troubleshooting a specific issue, please contact our support team through the official support channel and include:

• Screenshots or screen recordings (if available)
• Your Dokan Kits version
• Your WooCommerce and Dokan versions
• A short description of the issue
• Steps to reproduce the issue