Pre-Orders – Extended Stock Status for WooCommerce

Description

The Pre-Orders – Extended Stock Status for WooCommerce plugin allows you to manage pre-orders for your products within the WooCommerce platform. It enables customers to pre-order products before they are available, helping you gauge demand and manage inventory efficiently.

Features

• New Stock Status: Adds a new On preorder stock status for both Simple and Variable products.
• Flexible Arriving Date: Allows you to choose the available date for the pre-order products.
• Custom Add-to-Cart Buttons: Displays Pre-order now button for both Simple products and Variations of the products.
• Visual Display for Customers: Shows the pre-order label and available date at product pages, product lists, cart, and checkout pages.
• Easy to Manage: Shows the icons for the orders within the only or mixed On preorder product at order lists and order pages.
• New Pre-order Email: The customers will receive the new pre-order email with only On preorder items or mixed one.
• Notice with Details: Included the On preorder status and available date at the order table in order email notifications.
• Smart Automate: Automatically updates stock status from On preorder to In stock on the available date.

Plugin Integrations

Order Splitter – Split & Duplicate orders for WooCommerce: Split orders within product stock status, and automatically split orders with On preorder product status by Order Splitter Premium.

Usage

1. Enable Pre-Orders: Navigate to the WooCommerce product edit page and set the stock status to ‘On preorder’.
2. Set Availability Date: Choose the available date for the pre-order product in the product data section.
3. Manage Orders: Pre-order products will display a ‘Pre-order now’ button on product pages and variations, showing the availability date in the product details, cart, and checkout pages.

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Installation

1. Upload Plugin: Upload the wc-pre-orders folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate Plugin: Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Prerequisites: Ensure that WooCommerce is installed and activated.

FAQ

Q: How do I enable pre-orders for a product?

A: To enable pre-orders, navigate to the WooCommerce product edit page and set the stock status to ‘On preorder’. You can then select the availability date for when the product will be in stock.

Q: Can I enable pre-orders for variable products?

A: Yes, you can enable pre-orders for both Simple and Variable products. Simply set the stock status of each variation to ‘On preorder’ and select the available date for each variation.

Q: Will customers see the availability date of a pre-order product?

A: Yes, the availability date will be displayed on the product page, product list, cart, checkout pages, and even in email notifications, ensuring customers are aware of when the product will be available.

Q: What happens when the availability date is reached?

A: When the availability date is reached, the stock status will automatically update from ‘On preorder’ to ‘In stock’. Customers can then purchase the product as a regular in-stock item.

Q: How can I change the button, message, and content texts?

A: You can do that easily with the third party translation plugin such as Loco translate etc…

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Changelog

1.0.4 (Nov 26, 2024)

• Fixed: Schedule is not created at first time set product as onpreorder.
• Improved: The schedule will be updated after the available date is changed.

1.0.3 (Nov 13, 2024)

• New: Pre-order (only preorder items) email to the customer.
• New: Mixed pre-order (mixed preorder items) email to the customer.
• Improved: Changed the Pre-order icons color.
• Improved: Corrected Pre-order item meta at order table.

1.0.2 (Oct 29, 2024)

• New: Added the available date and time in products list.
• New: Added the Pre-order info at order table in order email notifications.
• New: Added icons for the orders with the only or mixed product stock statuses.

1.0.1 (Oct 23, 2024)

• New: Added time in the available date fields.
• Improved: Changed the cron functions to automatically update product stock status.
• Improved: Minor css updated.
• Fixed: Variation available date cannot be saved.

1.0.0 (Oct 21, 2024)

• First released.