Add full online ordering to your menu with cart, checkout, payment processing, and order management. Turn your website into a direct ordering channel and stop paying delivery platform commissions.
Multi-item cart with quantity management, live totals, and session persistence. Customers browse, add, remove, and checkout without losing their order.
Tax and Delivery Calculation
Automatic tax calculation (fixed or percentage), delivery fee integration, and real-time total updates as customers modify their order.
Payment Gateway Integration
Plug in Stripe, PayPal, or any Joomla-compatible payment gateway via the payment_gate_id field. Customers pay online and the order is confirmed automatically.
Customer Information Capture
Checkout collects name, email, phone, and order comments for every order. Data flows into the admin panel and triggers confirmation emails.
Modifier and Price Variants
Carries modifier groups and price tiers through to the order. Pizza toppings, portion sizes, and add-on surcharges all appear in the final order total.
Order Status Workflow
Track orders through a configurable status workflow (new, confirmed, preparing, ready, completed). Each status change triggers a customer email notification.
Dashboard Revenue Reporting
Admin dashboard shows recent orders and monthly revenue totals at a glance. Know your daily and monthly performance without opening reports.
Yes. FWFM Order Online is included in the Professional and Agency tiers of the FW Food Menu subscription. You get the add-on plus updates and support as long as your subscription stays active.
No. Orders go directly to your website and your kitchen. The only fees are your payment gateway processing (typically 2-3%) and your own operating costs. There is no platform commission.
The addon uses the Joomla payment gateway system, so any gateway with a Joomla plugin works (Stripe, PayPal, Square, and others). Custom gateways can be added through our services.
Yes. Each order status change triggers a customer email using configurable templates. New order, confirmed, ready, cancelled, and completed each have their own email.
Yes. The plugin adds order management screens plus a dashboard card showing recent orders and monthly revenue totals. You can also filter orders by status, date, and customer.
Replace flat TripAdvisor menu photos with a rich image gallery for every dish. Upload multiple photos per meal and let visitors browse them right from the menu.
Handle every pricing scenario restaurants actually need: portion sizes, add-ons, extras, and discounts. Each meal can carry unlimited price variants and modifier groups.
Serve your menu, take online orders, and build a loyal customer list from a restaurant website you fully own.
Online menu and ordering platform for independent restaurants. Replace your TripAdvisor menu with a real website on your own domain. Full addon library covering photos, multi-language menus, online ordering, delivery zones, QR table service, and AI-enhanced food photography.
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Version 5.3.10 (15 Apr 2024)
Updates:
added [delivery] placeholder to all emails
Version 5.3.9 (13 Apr 2024)
Bug Fixes:
fixed problem with WordPress integration regarding moving downloaded files and addons to the WP uploads folder
Version 5.3.8 (12 Mar 2024)
Updates:
admin emails settings tweaks
Version 5.3.7 (07 Mar 2024)
Bug Fixes:
displaying all published meal
Version 5.3.6 (20 Feb 2024)
New Features:
added meal batch operations
Bug Fixes:
hiding non available for online order meal in the menu
Version 5.3.5 (19 Feb 2024)
Updates:
changes in emails configuration
Version 5.3.4 (31 Jan 2024)
Updates:
front-end and back-end orders management design updated
Version 5.3.3 (30 Dec 2023)
Updates:
Removed Advanced add-ons configuration on menu pages
Version 5.3.2 (29 Nov 2023)
Bug Fixes:
using overriden language constants from admin language file
Version 5.3.1 (13 Nov 2023)
Updates:
Joomla! v.5.x compatibility
Version 5.3.0 (18 Jul 2023)
Updates:
Admin Dashboard new design
Version 5.2.0 (14 Jun 2023)
Updates:
all templates moved to design addons
Version 5.1.0 (10 May 2023)
Updates:
Full admin design update
Version 5.0.2 (09 Jan 2023)
Bug Fixes:
fixed plus/minus quatity buttons on a meal popup
Version 4.10.4 (07 Dec 2021)
Updates:
Translation update to work with a new Overrides system.
Version 4.10.3 (24 Nov 2021)
New Features:
New parameter for email template to Display Meal Number for new orders.
New parameter for email template to Display Meal Quantity for new orders.
Version 4.10.2 (14 Oct 2021)
New Features:
Install demo notification email templates for orders when status is changed.
Bug Fixes:
Delivery time selection button was blocking the whole field when clicked for Later option.
VAT was not cleared in Order summary when all items were removed.
Version 4.10.1 (08 Oct 2021)
Updates:
Modal windows optimization for older versions of Bootstrap.
Version 4.10.0 (06 Oct 2021)
New Features:
New language concept uses one language file for all add-ons.
Version 4.9.1 (23 Sep 2021)
Updates:
Meal badges filter on Order layout improved.
Bug Fixes:
Cart was resetting delivery fee if it was empty - bug fixed.
Version 4.9.0 (21 Sep 2021)
New Features:
Delivery type placeholder is shown on Order total when delivery is not selected.
Order time placeholder is shown on Order total when time is not selected.
Delivery and Time popup will not close until Delivery and Time are not selected.
If Courier delivery is selected, an address text field will show up to record a delivery address.
Checkout form will show only one section opened at a time.
Bug Fixes:
Order emails templates are refined and fixed.
Version 4.8.1 (01 Sep 2021)
Updates:
Checkout process design and responsive layouts update.
Version 4.8.0 (31 Aug 2021)
New Features:
Your Order column on the right side of Order Online view, that transforms into order badge on tablets.
Order time section with ASAP and Later options.
New FWFM Delivery add-on integration.
Updates:
Revised checkout form with improved design and more intuitive navigation.
Added date of creation to Orders list in admin to avoid date confusions.
Order shift can now be a decimal value like 0.5 hours, which will convert into 30 mins.
Orders section design revision.
Bug Fixes:
Overall order process design and optimization.
Version 4.7.0 (05 Aug 2021)
New Features:
Completely renewed Admin -> Orders design with a detailed order layout and order tracking stages.
New categories sidebar script that helps to track visible menu category and transforms into horizontally scrolling menu on mobile screens.
Slick scroll to a selected category, when it is clicked in a side menu.
New site Order button design.
New Go to top button for site menu categories when scrolled down the list.
Site Checkout now shows incorrectly filled fields with an error message.
Version 4.6.2 (11 Mar 2021)
Updates:
Show Cash parameter in admin moved to Payment section.
Admin Settings Payment section language constants update.
Version 4.6.1 (10 Mar 2021)
Updates:
Code structure review and update.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed the bug for creating missing tables for new installations.
Version 4.6.0 (07 Mar 2021)
New Features:
Bottom order status block with a popup order total list and checkout. Will appear as soon as a first item is added to an order and will disappear is all items are deleted. Stays visible on top of items and easy accessible.
Version 4.5.0 (02 Mar 2021)
New Features:
Selected delivery is added to order notification email.
Selected payment method is added to order notification email.
Customer gets order notification after checkout.
New Show Cash parameter that allows to show/hide cash payment option.
Order total notifications added for removing items from order on a website.
Updates:
Design update for order total notifications on a website.
Major update for Delivery settings in admin.
CSS update for delivery selection on Checkout page to prevent long names from disappearing.
Bug Fixes:
Critical bug fixed for Delivery settings.
Version 4.4.0 (26 Feb 2021)
New Features:
Added translation to calendar months at checkout.
Updates:
Order emails comes form a customer address so you can simply reply to it with details.
Slight updates to date format on checkout page.
Bug Fixes:
Products get deleted on Checkout page. They were not before.
Made sure zero price delivery is not shown with a price, disregarding format it is written into.
Version 4.3.0 (22 Feb 2021)
New Features:
Show address parameter for delivery options to hide delivery field for some types of delivery if not needed.
Show in total parameter for delivery options to hide delivery line in Order total. Can be helpful or takeaways or other free options.
Works with new FW Food Menu Date format parameter.
Updates:
Checkout button was active even when no items were added to an order. Now you can only checkout if at least one item is there.
Bug Fixes:
Date at checkout was set to 1900s , rather than 2000s. Fixed.
Version 4.2.0 (19 Feb 2021)
Updates:
Full Checkout mobile view revision and update.
Increased slightly Order buttons size.
Removed zero price display for free delivery options.
Bug Fixes:
Design was broken if Categories were turned off on Online Order layout.
Remove button sometimes didn't work in Checkout total list.
Version 4.1.0 (16 Feb 2021)
Updates:
Disabled Stripe and PayPal payment by default to avoid Javascript errors related to empty keys. Make sure you fill payment fields when you enable payment systems.
Version 4.0.0 (08 Feb 2021)
New Features:
Joomla! 4.0 compatibility. Add-on will only work with FW Food Menu v4.0 or higher!
Stripe payment integration. Accept Visa and Mastercard, American Express, Discover and Diners online.
Version 3.0.0 (24 Dec 2020)
New Features:
PayPal online payments for orders.
Payment status indication with a date of payment in admin Orders section.
Sending a confirmation email when payment is made (similar to order emails).
Broke all FWFM Order online settings in 3 blocks in admin for easier navigation.
Added a separate Checkout lightbox window.
Updates:
Price options are now set as absolute values and not as a modifier to the main price.
Version 2.1.0 (17 Sep 2020)
New Features:
- Integration into new component to work in unified admin system with improved context help.
Updates:
- Updated language constants to match new concept.
- Updated Admin design styles for layout consistency.
- Hover options for Admin parameters explaining the need and options.
Version 2.0.0 (26 May 2020)
New Features:
Order layout: new layout with 3 columns (categories on the left, menu list and total order on the right.
New design and concept of choosing meal options.
Editing selected meal items to choose different meal options if available.
Tax calculation for meals.
Configurable shipping options.
Version 1.0.1 (19 May 2020)
Bug Fixes:
Update to make Order Online add-on with FW Food Menu version 2.4.0. Dropdown with price options was not showing meals modifications after last update. Now all work as it should.
Version 1.0.0 (20 Mar 2020)
New Features:
Activates Orders section in component.
Enables FWFM Order Basket module.
Allows to receive online orders with booking/delivery time.