Title: Status no automatic
Last modified: May 6, 2020

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# Status no automatic

 *  Resolved [Sonia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soniik/)
 * (@soniik)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/status-no-automatic/)
 * Hi,
 * I have a problem with order status with PayPal IPN.
 * The order status is always “in progress”, but in notes results IPN payment completed(
   [screenshot monitor](http://icecream.me/217800df226f58cd707e3b69f42a324d))
 * i checked steps on this tutorial [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/paypal-standard/#section-9](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/paypal-standard/#section-9)
 * port 443 is open
 * WooCommerce 4.1.0
    Products: course (virtual)
 * I use WooCommerce + tutor LMS
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Support [Riaan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riaanknoetze/)
 * (@riaanknoetze)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/status-no-automatic/#post-12791011)
 * Hi there,
 * When looking at the screenshot, everything seems to be working as expected: “
   Processing” means the order has been paid for and the goods now need to be shipped
   to the customer. Once the goods have been shipped, the shop owner should manually
   change the order status to “Completed”.
 *  Thread Starter [Sonia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soniik/)
 * (@soniik)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/status-no-automatic/#post-12791177)
 * Hi [@riaanknoetze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riaanknoetze/)
 * there is no shipping, is a virtual product.
 * In this case the change should be automatic?
 * I have set up Woocommerce on other sites, and the status change is automatic 
   with paypal.
 * thanks 🙂
 *  Plugin Support [Stuart Duff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuartduff/)
 * (@stuartduff)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/status-no-automatic/#post-12791367)
 * Hey Sonia,
 * For clarification with WooCommerce only products which are configured as Virtual
   and Download will return a status of Completed after a successful payment has
   been verified via IPN.
 * [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/digital-downloadable-product-handling/#section-6](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/digital-downloadable-product-handling/#section-6)
    - If items in the order are all downloadable + virtual, the order is completed.
 * If a product is marked only as Virtual, the payment has been successful and the
   order does not contain Digital or Downloadable products, the order will be set
   to Processing.
 * [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-orders/#section-21](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-orders/#section-21)
 * Even if you do not have a download on the product you can still mark that as 
   Virtual and Downloadable, that will set the order status to Completed after payment
 *  Thread Starter [Sonia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soniik/)
 * (@soniik)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/status-no-automatic/#post-12791416)
 * [@stuartduff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuartduff/)
 * ahh okay… Thank you very much!
 * 🙂

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 * Status: resolved