Rental Counter: changelog

Release history for the Rental Counter plugin. The newest release is listed first. What the Counter does is on the Rental Counter & POS page.

Version 1.0.0 – November 15, 2026 #

• New featureThe Counter screen. A point of sale for your WooCommerce store at /counter/ on your own domain, made for tablets and phones. Staff sign in with their WordPress account; the Counter staff role opens the Counter and the person’s own profile, nothing else in wp-admin. A Counter staff role, five permissions and an optional PIN switch for shared tablets keep each person to their own job.
• New featureEvery product type in one sale. Simple, variable, grouped, virtual and downloadable products, Sales Igniter bundles, WooCommerce Product Bundles and Composite Products, subscriptions and memberships, and rentals can all go on the same sale with one payment and one receipt. Search, scan with a keyboard-style barcode scanner, or tap.
• New featureRentals by date. Set the dates first, see what is free and the price for those dates on every card, and put rentals on the sale with the unit held while you take payment. Works with Sales Igniter Rentals & Bookings.
• New featureWays to pay. Cash with change and rounding, a card on your own terminal, a Stripe card reader driven from your server, a pay link or QR code, a typed-in card on the store’s payment page, and the WooCommerce app. Split a payment across ways, take part now and the rest later, and keep a card on file for later charges when the customer agrees.
• New featureShifts and the cash drawer. Open a shift with a float, record paid in, paid out and cash drops, see the cash expected, close with a counted amount and see the difference. An end of day report for one register or all, on screen, printed or as a CSV.
• New featureReceipts and printers. Print through the browser, or straight to Epson (ePOS-Print) and Star (WebPRNT) receipt printers on your network, 80 mm, 58 mm or A4. Email the receipt. Open a cash drawer plugged into the printer.
• New featureReturns, refunds and exchanges. Take sold items back by order number or receipt QR code, put them back in stock, and send the money back the way it was paid, in cash from the drawer, or on your own card terminal. Exchange items for credit on a new sale: the button charges or gives back only the difference (“Charge $X” when the new items cost more, “Give back $X” when they cost less, “Finish the exchange” for an even swap). Print a refund slip, and look up a customer’s orders, rentals and balance.
• New featureRental jobs from the counter. Hand over and take back by serial number with condition notes, meter readings and photos, extend a rental, swap a unit or an item, collect late fees and balances, charge damage, and keep or give back a security deposit. With Maintenance & Inspections, every damage charge is recorded there with the unit.
• New featureAdd-ons ask at the counter. Questions, damage waivers, ID checks, signed contracts, late-fee consent and subscription renewals appear on a Before payment sheet, with a signature pad for the customer.
• New featurePrice changes, discounts and parked sales. Staff with permission change a line’s price or discount the sale, with a reason kept on the order. Park a sale for the next customer and resume it later.
• New featureCustomer screen. Show the customer the sale on a second monitor, a paired tablet or phone, or the card reader’s own screen.
• New featureRegisters and locations. Run several registers, each with its own address, tax number, printer and card reader. With Multi Location Inventory, each register sells from its own location’s stock.
• New featureSaved scans. A hand-over or return scanned with no connection is saved on the device and sent when the connection is back.
• New featureCamera scanning. With Sales Igniter Rentals & Bookings Regular, scan barcodes and QR labels with the phone, tablet or laptop camera, with a torch and a camera switch. Needs the site on https.
• New featureThe rental calendar on the date bar. The date box opens the same calendar customers see on the product page, with each day’s price and free stock for a chosen product.
• New featurePick-up and returns board. A screen for the back room or the wall with what to get ready, what is due back today and what is overdue, first names and last initials only. Mark pick-ups ready on the Counter and the board shows it. Needs Rentals & Bookings Regular.
• New featureTranslations and the Text screen. Every word goes through WordPress translations, and the words customers see (receipts, refund slips, the customer screen, signing and consent) can be changed on the Text screen.
• Known limitationSelling needs a connection. Availability, prices and payments come live from the server, so selling does not work offline.
• Known limitationHardware. The Counter has been tested with simulated card readers and simulated printer data. See Hardware we tested for the current list.