Hi,
The definition of the hikashopShippingPlugin class is in the HikaShop helper.
It provides all basic features for the shipping plugins (that's why the manual shipping plugin is empty ; all features are already provided by the hikashopShippingPlugin class).
Regards,
Jerome - Obsidev.com
HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team.
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