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Dokan 4.0 Introduces AI & WooCommerce Brands Integrations
Rabbir from Dokan has just announced the long-awaited release of version 4.0 of the popular multi-vendor marketplace plugin for WooCommerce, introducing Dokan AI, a new WooCommerce Brands integration, a new UI and more.
Dokan AI

Dokan AI helps vendors create professional product listings with automatically generated titles and descriptions using AI. It’s now available in both Dokan Lite and Pro!
Check out the benefits:
- Get instant, professional product content that appeals to customers,
- Ensure consistent quality across all marketplace listings and
- Automate product creation with AI integration into vendor dashboards.
Simply connect your OpenAI or Gemini API key to the Dokan settings and start creating AI-powered content.
WooCommerce Brand Integration

With the new WooCommerce Brands integration, which is now included in the WooCommerce core (see The Pier #70), vendors can easily categorize their products by brand directly from their dashboard, improving product discoverability and providing a professional shopping experience.
Check out the benefits:
- Organize products by brands customers trust and search for,
- Help shoppers find exactly what they need by introducing brand-based filtering and
- Ensure brand consistency across your marketplace.
Marketplace admins now have control over brand management, while vendors have the flexibility to assign brands to products. Also available in Dokan Lite and Pro!
Manual Order Creation

Dokan’s new manual order creation feature allows sellers to place orders on behalf of customers and also test the functionality of their shop directly from their dashboard.
Check out the benefits:
- Create custom orders for customers,
- Test your ordering system and
- Manage special orders with customized fees, shipping and costs all in one place.
Admins can enable this feature in Dokan Settings > Selling Options, with options to restrict access to certain subscription packages.
What’s More?
In other news, Dokan Pro now allows vendors to bulk edit products, import or export them along with brand information, and filter data on the WooCommerce Analytics dashboard to see stats specific to their own store.
Dokan Lite brings a new vendor analytics feature that works with WooCommerce analytics, as well as a new onboarding guide for admins.
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