PAC Order Bridge for WooCommerce

Description

PAC Order Bridge for WooCommerce is a real-time WooCommerce FileMaker integration that connects WooCommerce orders directly to Claris FileMaker Server through the FileMaker Data API.

When a WooCommerce payment completes, PAC Order Bridge can immediately execute a FileMaker script and pass the WooCommerce order ID as script.param.

No scheduled polling, cron-based order checks or external middleware are required.

This gives you a direct WooCommerce to FileMaker workflow in which WooCommerce tells FileMaker when an order event happens.

Real-time WooCommerce to FileMaker integration

Many WooCommerce and FileMaker integrations rely on FileMaker periodically checking WooCommerce for new or modified orders.

PAC Order Bridge works in the opposite direction.

WooCommerce triggers FileMaker when the configured order event occurs.

Typical Free workflow:

1. A WooCommerce payment completes.
2. PAC Order Bridge authenticates with the configured FileMaker Server.
3. A FileMaker Data API session is opened.
4. The configured FileMaker script is executed.
5. The WooCommerce order ID is passed to FileMaker as script.param.
6. The FileMaker Data API session is closed.

Your FileMaker script remains entirely under your control.

A common pattern is for FileMaker to receive the WooCommerce order ID and then retrieve or process the complete order according to your existing FileMaker business logic.

Free edition

The Free edition provides a complete and usable real-time WooCommerce to FileMaker workflow.

It includes:

• WooCommerce payment-complete trigger
• Immediate FileMaker script execution
• WooCommerce order ID passed as script.param
• FileMaker Data API authentication and session management
• Connection test
• FileMaker script test
• End-to-end WooCommerce order test
• HTTPS certificate verification
• Encrypted FileMaker password storage
• WooCommerce HPOS compatibility
• Duplicate protection

The Free edition does not require a paid license.

It remains usable if Freemius usage opt-in is skipped.

Professional edition

PAC Order Bridge Professional adds advanced delivery, payload and reliability options for FileMaker developers, agencies and production integrations.

Professional WooCommerce triggers include:

• Payment completed
• Order enters Processing status
• Order enters Completed status
• Order created at checkout, even if not paid

Delivery can be:

• Immediate
• Background using Action Scheduler, with fallback scheduling when required

FileMaker script.param can contain:

• WooCommerce order ID
• Displayed WooCommerce order number
• Basic order JSON
• Custom parameter template

Custom templates can use placeholders including:

• {order_id}
• {order_number}
• {status}
• {total}
• {currency}
• {email}
• {transaction_id}

Professional also adds:

• Automatic retries for temporary network or server failures
• Configurable retry attempts and delay
• Duplicate-delivery protection
• Manual send and resend from WooCommerce orders
• Custom CA certificate chains
• Optional HTTPS certificate verification modes
• Advanced diagnostics
• Background delivery

Why use PAC Order Bridge?

PAC Order Bridge is designed for FileMaker solutions that need to react to WooCommerce orders without repeatedly polling WooCommerce.

Benefits include:

• Real-time WooCommerce order notifications in FileMaker
• No cron-based polling for new paid orders
• No repeated searches for modified WooCommerce orders
• No Zapier, n8n or other middleware required
• Direct WooCommerce to FileMaker communication
• Immediate FileMaker script execution
• Lower integration latency
• Existing FileMaker business logic remains under your control

What can FileMaker do with the order ID?

PAC Order Bridge does not impose a specific FileMaker data model.

The FileMaker script receives the parameter and decides what happens next.

For example, your FileMaker solution can:

• retrieve the WooCommerce order through the WooCommerce REST API
• create a new FileMaker order record
• update an existing order
• create or update customer records
• start fulfilment workflows
• perform calculations
• launch additional FileMaker scripts
• synchronize the order with an ERP or management system

This allows PAC Order Bridge to integrate with existing FileMaker solutions instead of requiring a predefined FileMaker schema.

FileMaker Data API

Communication with FileMaker Server uses the standard FileMaker Data API over HTTPS.

The plugin authenticates using the FileMaker account configured by the administrator and executes the selected FileMaker script using the configured database and layout.

The connection is made directly from the WordPress/WooCommerce server to the FileMaker Server configured by the administrator.

No FileMaker plug-in is required.

No PAC Age server acts as an intermediary.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.4 or later
• WooCommerce
• PHP 7.4 or later
• Claris FileMaker Server with the FileMaker Data API enabled
• HTTPS connectivity between WordPress and FileMaker Server
• A FileMaker account with the fmrest extended privilege
• Access to the configured FileMaker database, layout and script

Related PAC integrations

PAC Order Bridge is part of the PAC family of real-time WooCommerce to FileMaker integrations.

If you also need to synchronize WooCommerce product taxonomy data such as categories, global attributes and attribute values with FileMaker, see PAC Taxonomy Bridge for WooCommerce.

PAC Order Bridge handles order events, while PAC Taxonomy Bridge handles WooCommerce taxonomy changes.