You open WooCommerce orders every morning and see the same wall of data. Every order, every status, every customer – all in one undifferentiated list. Your support person scrolls past shipping-ready orders to find the pending ones. Your warehouse manager ignores refund requests to find what needs packing. Everyone’s looking at the same screen, but nobody’s seeing what they need.
The fix isn’t a new plugin or a complex dashboard. It’s views – saved configurations of your orders list that show the right columns and filters for each job. One click, and the orders list reshapes itself for the task at hand.
Here are seven views that cover the daily work of most WooCommerce stores. Each one takes about two minutes to set up.
1. The fulfillment queue
Who uses it: Warehouse staff, fulfillment team
What it shows: Orders that are ready to ship, with product details front and center.
Filters:
– Status: Processing
Columns:
– Order number, Products (popup preview), Tracking number, Ship to country, Ship to state
The popup preview column is the standout here. Hover over the eye icon and you see product thumbnails, SKUs, quantities, and prices in a popup table. Your pickers can verify items without opening each order.
Sort by Ship to state to batch shipments by region. West Coast orders go in one pile, East Coast in another.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 📷 SCREENSHOT NEEDED │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Show: Orders list with fulfillment view loaded │
│ State: Status filter set to Processing, popup │
│ preview visible on one order │
│ Size: Full screen │
│ Annotations: Arrow pointing to popup preview │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
2. The support queue
Who uses it: Customer service reps
What it shows: Recent orders with full contact details and notes.
Filters:
– Date preset: Last 7 days
Columns:
– Order number, Date, Recipient, Phone, Email, Products (text list), Status, Order notes
When a customer calls, your support person needs three things fast: what they ordered, what’s happening with it, and how to reach them. This view puts all of that on one line.
The Order notes column shows a note icon with a count. Hover to read internal notes without opening the order. No more “let me pull that up” while the customer waits.
Variation: Add a Status filter for Pending payment and Processing to focus on orders that are most likely to generate support tickets.
3. Problem orders
Who uses it: Store manager, operations lead
What it shows: Orders that need attention – failed payments, holds, refunds.
Filters:
– Status: On hold + Failed + Refunded
Columns:
– Order number, Recipient, Status, Status history, Order notes, Total
Status history is the column that makes this view useful. It shows the full timeline: “Pending → Processing (Jan 15) → Failed (Jan 16).” You see exactly where things went wrong without clicking into each order. One thing to know: OrderFusion starts recording status changes when you activate it, so older orders show history from that point forward.
Pair this with the Order notes column and you have a complete audit trail. Failed payment at 2 AM, customer called at 9 AM, agent put it on hold at 9:05 AM. The whole story, visible from the list.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 📷 SCREENSHOT NEEDED │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Show: Orders list with problem orders view │
│ State: Status filter showing On hold + Failed, │
│ status history column visible with timeline │
│ Size: Full screen │
│ Annotations: Highlight the status history column │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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4. Missing tracking numbers
Who uses it: Fulfillment manager, shipping coordinator
What it shows: Completed or shipped orders that still don’t have a tracking number assigned.
Filters:
– Status: Completed
– Tracking number:
1 | - |
Columns:
– Order number, Date, Recipient, Products (text list), Tracking number, Processed by
This is the “what slipped through the cracks” view. An order marked Completed but missing a tracking number means either someone forgot to add it, or the tracking plugin didn’t sync properly.
The Processed by column tells you who completed the order, so you know exactly who to ask. Like status history, this column tracks changes made after you activate OrderFusion.
Check this view at the end of each day. If it shows zero orders, your shipping process is clean. If it shows ten, you have a gap to fix.
5. High-value orders
Who uses it: Store owner, VIP account manager
What it shows: Orders above a dollar threshold that deserve extra attention.
Filters:
– Order total: $500 minimum (adjust to your store’s average)
– Date preset: This month
Columns:
– Order number, Date, Recipient, Total, Products (text list), Status, Customer role
A $2,000 order from a wholesale customer gets different treatment than a $30 impulse buy. This view surfaces the orders worth a personal follow-up, a hand-written note, or priority shipping.
The Customer role column helps you distinguish wholesale buyers from retail customers at a glance. Guest checkout orders show blank here, which is itself useful information – a $500 guest order might be worth a “create an account” follow-up.
6. Accounting and reconciliation
Who uses it: Bookkeeper, accountant, finance team
What it shows: Financial data for month-end reconciliation or audit prep.
Filters:
– Date preset: This month (or use Date range for a specific period)
Columns:
– Order number, Date, Total, Coupon, Invoice number, Customer type, Status
Accountants don’t care which products shipped or where. They care about totals, discounts, invoice references, and whether the buyer has an account.
The Coupon column shows which discount codes were applied. When your accountant asks “why is revenue down 8% this month,” you can filter by coupon code and see exactly how much each promotion cost you.
The Invoice number column connects WooCommerce orders to your accounting software (you’ll need an invoicing plugin like PDF Invoices & Packing Slips, since WooCommerce doesn’t generate invoice numbers on its own). Search for an invoice number in your books, find the matching order in ten seconds.
7. New customer welcome list
Who uses it: Marketing, customer success, store owner
What it shows: First-time buyers for personal outreach or onboarding.
Filters:
– New client: New clients
– Date preset: Last 7 days
Columns:
– Order number, Date, Recipient, Email, Products (text list), Total, New client
Every store says they value new customers. This view is how you actually act on it. Run through this list once a week and send a personal thank-you, a discount code for their next order, or a product recommendation based on what they bought.
The New client column shows a checkmark icon for first-time buyers. Combined with the date filter, you get a clean weekly list of people who just discovered your store.
How to build these views
Setting up a view takes four steps:
- Enable the columns you need in Screen Options
- Set your filters in the filter row
- Click the + button in the custom views bar
- Name it, pick a color, and save
Every view you create is visible to your whole team. But loading a view is personal – your support person loads “Support Queue” while your warehouse loads “Fulfillment Queue” at the same time. They don’t interfere with each other.
Pin the views you check most
Once you have your views set up, pin the two or three you use constantly. Pinned views appear as badges above the orders list with live counts.
Imagine starting your day and seeing: (3) Problem Orders · (47) Fulfillment Queue · (12) Missing Tracking
You know exactly what needs attention before you click anything. The counts update every time the page loads, so they always reflect current data.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 📷 SCREENSHOT NEEDED │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Show: Pinned view badges above the orders list │
│ State: 2-3 pinned views visible with live counts │
│ Size: Cropped to the pinned badges area │
│ Annotations: None needed │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Start with two, not seven
You don’t need all seven on day one. Pick the two that match your biggest daily friction. For most stores, that’s the fulfillment queue and one of the problem-detection views (problem orders or missing tracking).
Build those two. Use them for a week. Then add the next one when you notice a new pain point.
. The demo store has sample views pre-configured, so you can load them and see how they work before setting up your own.
Want step-by-step setup instructions? The OrderFusion documentation covers view creation, pinning, and team sharing in detail.