Woo Revenue By Product Category

woo-revenue-by-product-category

Purpose

Compute net revenue (gross minus refunds) per WooCommerce product category for a specified date range. Identifies which categories are driving the most revenue and which are underperforming. Read-only.

Prerequisites

• WooCommerce store with REST API enabled
• Consumer Key with Read scope
• Minimum WooCommerce version: 3.5.0

Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | store_url | string | yes | — | Base URL of the WooCommerce store | | consumer_key | string | yes | — | WooCommerce REST API consumer key (ck_...) | | consumer_secret | string | yes | — | WooCommerce REST API consumer secret (cs_...) | | dry_run | bool | no | false | No effect — read-only skill | | format | string | no | human | Output format: human or json | | date_after | string | yes | — | Start date (YYYY-MM-DD) | | date_before | string | yes | — | End date (YYYY-MM-DD) |

Authentication

WooCommerce uses OAuth 1.0a for HTTP and Basic Auth over HTTPS.

For HTTPS stores (recommended):

Authorization: Basic base64(consumer_key:consumer_secret)

For HTTP stores (development only): Use OAuth 1.0a — include oauthconsumerkey, oauthnonce, oauthsignature, oauthsignaturemethod=HMAC-SHA1, oauthtimestamp, oauthversion=1.0

Never log or output consumerkey or consumersecret values.

See docs/AUTHENTICATION.md for full setup instructions.

Safety

Read-only skill — no mutations are executed. Safe to run at any time.

Workflow Steps

Step 1 — Build product → category map

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products?status=publish&per_page=100&page=1
GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products/categories?per_page=100&page=1

Map each product_id to its category IDs and names.

Step 2 — Fetch completed orders in range

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/orders
  ?status=completed&after=T00:00:00Z&before=T23:59:59Z&per_page=100&page=1

For each order's line_items: add line_item.total to each of the product's categories.

Step 3 — Subtract refunds

Same process for status=refunded orders.

Step 4 — Sort by net revenue and export

API Endpoints Used

GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/orders                — order line items for revenue
GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/products              — product to category mapping
GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/products/categories   — category names

Pagination Strategy

WooCommerce REST API uses page/per_page pagination (not cursor-based).

Standard pattern:

page = 1
while True:
  response = GET /endpoint?per_page=100&page=page
  process(response)
  if len(response)                       ║
║  TIME:                     ║
║  MODE:  READ-ONLY                        ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

PER-OPERATION (emit after each API call batch):

[N/TOTAL]   →  records | params: =

COMPLETION (human format):

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  COMPLETE: woo-revenue-by-product-cat.   ║
║  RECORDS PROCESSED:                   ║
║  OUTPUT:                       ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

COMPLETION (json format):

{
  "skill": "woo-revenue-by-product-category",
  "store": "",
  "completed_at": "",
  "records_processed": ,
  "output_file": "",
  "dry_run": false
}

Output Format

CSV filename: woo-revenue-by-product-category__.csv Columns: category_id, category_name, units_sold, gross_revenue, refunds, net_revenue, revenue_share_pct

Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Resolution | |-------|-------|------------| | 401 Unauthorized | Invalid credentials | Verify consumerkey and consumersecret | | 403 Forbidden | Key lacks Read scope | Regenerate with Read scope | | 429 Too Many Requests | Rate limit | Wait 2 seconds and retry |

Best Practices

• Products assigned to multiple categories appear in revenue for each — note that category totals may not sum to overall store total.
• Use this report for quarterly category performance reviews and catalog investment planning.
• Compare category share % year-over-year to detect strategic shifts in customer purchasing patterns.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: navarroido
• Source: navarroido/Woocommerce-skill
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.