{"id":513,"date":"2021-09-07T13:24:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T13:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice-new\/?p=513"},"modified":"2023-10-05T15:25:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:25:40","slug":"invoice-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/settings\/invoice-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Invoice options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From the <strong>General Options<\/strong> tab you can configure the plugin&#8217;s general options. Here, we&#8217;re going to focus on the <strong>Invoice options <\/strong>section:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/10\/04.invoice-general-options.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1316\" height=\"1172\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/10\/04.invoice-general-options.jpg\" alt=\"Invoice general options\" class=\"wp-image-1172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/10\/04.invoice-general-options.jpg 1316w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/10\/04.invoice-general-options-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/10\/04.invoice-general-options-1024x912.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/10\/04.invoice-general-options-768x684.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1316px) 100vw, 1316px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Invoice creation:<\/strong> either manually or automatically. For more details on how to generate an invoice, refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/settings\/manage-invoice-generation-premium-version\/\">this post<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Date of invoice creation: <\/strong>this option only appears when choosing &#8216;Automatic&#8217; invoice creation. It consists of the following options:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date of <strong>order creation.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date of the invoice, when the order changes to <strong>processing<\/strong> status.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date of the invoice, when the order changes to <strong>completed<\/strong> status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date to show in the invoice: <\/strong>date to show on the invoice:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date of <strong>order creation.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date the order is <strong>completed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date of<strong> invoice creation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Invoice numbers: <\/b>how to generate invoice numbers:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use order number.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use order ID.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start sequential numbering from a specific number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enforce minimum invoice number length: <\/strong>set a minimum invoice number length. In case the invoice number won\u2019t match this value, a prefix with zeros will apply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Number of digits: <\/strong>minimum number of digits for the invoice number.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avoid invoice generation for orders with value \u201c0\u201d:&nbsp;<\/strong>This prevents invoices from being generated if the order value is &#8220;0&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Enable electronic invoice (Italian customers): <\/strong>specific options for <em>Italian<\/em> <em>customers<\/em> that comply with the Italian standards to sell goods online. For more details regarding this option, you can refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/settings\/electronic-invoicing-for-italian-companies\/\">this post<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Viewing generated documents: <\/strong>decide if the customer can:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the files as a PDF.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the file in the same browser tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the file in a new browser tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sequential numbering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/09\/5.sequential-numbering.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/09\/5.sequential-numbering.jpg\" alt=\"Sequential numbering options\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/09\/5.sequential-numbering.jpg 997w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/09\/5.sequential-numbering-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/265\/2023\/09\/5.sequential-numbering-768x693.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When selecting &#8220;<strong>Start sequential numbering from a specific number<\/strong>&#8221; in the &#8220;<strong>invoice numbers&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>dropdown, you will see a set of new options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Start invoice number from:<\/strong> the invoice numeration is sequential and begins from the value specified in this field (if empty, the first invoice will be &#8220;1&#8221;).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Reset on 1st January: <\/b>reset the numeration and restart its cycle at the beginning of the new calendar year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avoid duplicate invoices: <\/strong>old invoice numbers will be checked before creating a new one, to avoid duplication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The value specified in the image automatically increases and shows the next invoice number that will be generated.<br>If you change the value and save new settings, the first new invoice will no longer follow the previous numeration, but it will begin from the new specified value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the General Options tab you can configure the plugin&#8217;s general options. Here, we&#8217;re going to focus on the Invoice options section: Sequential numbering When selecting &#8220;Start sequential numbering from a specific number&#8221; in the &#8220;invoice numbers&#8221;&nbsp;dropdown, you will see a set of new options. The value specified in the image automatically increases and shows &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/settings\/invoice-options\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Invoice options<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-options-tab","category-settings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>YITH PDF Invoice: Invoice options<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-pdf-invoice\/settings\/invoice-options\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"YITH PDF Invoice: Invoice options\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From the General Options tab you can configure the plugin&#8217;s general options. 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