<h2>Require Order Approval for Made-to-Order Products</h2>
<p>The <strong>Advanced Order Approval for WooCommerce</strong> extension adds order-approval functionality to your WooCommerce store. With the extension, you can create rules regarding and restricting order approval. Prevent customers from placing orders and making payments upfront or have an easy means to refund payments if you cannot fill their orders.</p>
<p>For custom orders, allow customers to <strong>pay upfront and wait</strong> for your approval, or <strong>wait and pay later</strong> after your approval.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Wait and pay conditions</li>
<li>Pay and wait conditions</li>
<li>Option to restrict specific payment methods to Wait and Pay payment mode</li>
<li>Option to set an expiration date for making the payments of approved orders</li>
<li>Option to send payment reminder emails for unpaid approved orders</li>
<li>Paid orders will refund automatically if you do not approve the orders</li>
<li>Includes a separate table to view and manage the orders that require approvals</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2>
<h4><strong>Reduce unnecessary refunds</strong></h4>
<p>If you restrict upfront payments, you can decide when to bill and can avoid making refunds.</p>
<h4><strong>Convenience for Customers</strong></h4>
<p>Your customers can purchase made-to-order products directly from your store.</p>
<h2><strong>How does it work?</strong></h2>
<h4><strong>Pay and Wait order approval</strong></h4>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>A user adds products to their cart.</li>
<li>On the Cart and Checkout pages, a notice will be displayed informing the user that the order needs manual approval before it can be processed.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006587974" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006587974" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006587974 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pay-and-Wait_Cart-notice.png" alt="" width="980" height="674" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006587974" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Approval is needed notice on the Cart page</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_18734006587981" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006587981" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006587981 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pay-and-Wait_Checkout-notice.png" alt="" width="980" height="1274" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006587981" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Approval is needed notice on the Checkout page</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Once the user completes the purchase, they can view the status of the order approval from the My Account page.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006588012" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006588012" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006588012 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pay-and-Wait_Orders-details_Timeline.png" alt="" width="980" height="592" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006588012" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>User Waiting for Approval</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>The Site Admin can review the orders pending approval in the Advanced Order Approval section.</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<h4><strong>Admin post table</strong></h4>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Once the order is approved, the order will be processed. If the order is rejected, the user will be notified.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Wait and Pay order approval</strong></h4>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>A User adds products to their cart.</li>
<li>On the Cart and Checkout pages, a notice will be displayed to inform the user that the order needs manual approval before it can be processed.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006587990" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006587990" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006587990 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wait-and-Pay_Cart-notice.png" alt="" width="980" height="977" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006587990" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Approval needed on the Cart page</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_18734006587995" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006587995" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006587995 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wait-and-Pay_Checkout-notice.png" alt="" width="980" height="1168" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006587995" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Approval needed on the Checkout page</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Once the user completes the purchase, they can view the status of the Order Approval on their My Account page.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006588004" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006588004" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006588004 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wait-and-Pay_Order-Details.png" alt="" width="980" height="582" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006588004" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>User Waiting for Approval</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>The Site Admin reviews orders pending approval in the Advanced Order Approval section.</li>
<li>Once orders are approved, the user can make the payment for their order from their My Account page.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734006588008" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734006588008" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734006588008 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Wait-and-Pay_Order-details_after-admin-approval.png" alt="" width="980" height="705" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734006588008" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Order Approved – payment must be made</strong></figcaption></figure>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Upon successful payment, the order will be processed. If the Order is rejected, the user will be notified.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Extensive Features List</h2>
<h3>Order Approval System</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Route qualifying orders through a <strong>manual approval process</strong> before fulfillment.</li>
<li>Compatible with both <strong>classic checkout</strong> and <strong>WooCommerce Checkout Blocks</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Approval Payment Modes</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Pay and Wait</strong>: Customers <strong>pay upfront</strong> and orders await approval.</li>
<li><strong>Wait and Pay</strong>: Customers place orders <strong>without payment</strong> and receive a <strong>payment link</strong> after approval. Unpaid approvals <strong>expire</strong> after a configurable period.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Approval Statuses</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Track approvals through <strong>New, On-hold, Approved, Rejected,</strong> and <strong>Expired</strong> statuses.</li>
<li>Trigger automated actions and <strong>email notifications</strong> as statuses change.</li>
<li>Allow administrators to manually update <strong>approval statuses</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Rule-Based Approval Criteria</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Create multiple <strong>approval rules</strong> with independent settings and payment modes.</li>
<li>Combine criteria using <strong>AND/OR</strong> logic for advanced workflows.</li>
<li>Configure rules based on:
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Order totals</strong> and <strong>cart subtotals</strong></li>
<li><strong>Product quantities</strong></li>
<li>Included or excluded <strong>products</strong> and <strong>categories</strong></li>
<li>Specific <strong>users</strong> and <strong>user roles</strong></li>
<li><strong>Shipping methods</strong></li>
<li><strong>Date ranges</strong> and <strong>weekdays</strong></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Rule Configuration</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Assign a <strong>payment mode</strong> and eligible payment gateways to each rule.</li>
<li><strong>Activate, deactivate,</strong> and <strong>bulk manage</strong> approval rules.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Cart & Checkout Controls</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Display customizable <strong>approval notices</strong> when approval is required.</li>
<li><strong>Allow checkout only through selected payment gateways</strong>.</li>
<li>Automatically remove <strong>non-qualifying products</strong> from the cart.</li>
<li>Support <strong>dynamic placeholders</strong> to display removed product names in error messages.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Payment Deadlines & Expiry</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Set <strong>payment deadlines</strong> for approved Wait and Pay orders.</li>
<li>Automatically calculate and track <strong>expiry dates</strong>.</li>
<li>Mark approvals as <strong>Expired</strong> when payment is not completed on time.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Payment Reminders</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Send automated <strong>payment reminder emails</strong> before payment deadlines.</li>
<li>Configure <strong>custom reminder schedules</strong>.</li>
<li>Allow administrators to manually <strong>resend reminders</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Approval Management</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Manage approvals from a dedicated <strong>admin screen</strong>.</li>
<li>View and <strong>edit approval details, customer information, order items,</strong> and <strong>payment data</strong>.</li>
<li>Link directly to related <strong>WooCommerce orders</strong> and customer approvals.</li>
<li>Display <strong>approval statuses</strong> within the WooCommerce Orders list.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Customizable Messages</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Configure customer-facing <strong>notices</strong> and <strong>error messages</strong>.</li>
<li>Personalize <strong>approval-related checkout messages</strong>.</li>
<li>Support <strong>dynamic placeholders</strong> for product information.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Wait and Pay Gateway</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Include a dedicated <strong>Wait and Pay payment gateway</strong>.</li>
<li>Customize the gateway’s <strong>title</strong> and <strong>description</strong>.</li>
<li>Display the gateway only when applicable <strong>approval rules</strong> are matched.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Custom Styling</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Apply <strong>Custom CSS</strong> to modify frontend and admin appearances without editing plugin files.</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Download the <strong>Advanced Order Approval</strong> extension to streamline the order-approval process for made-to-order products.</p>
<h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.6</p>

Advanced Order Approval

<p>Streamline the order-approval process for made-to-order products with the Advanced Order Approval extension for WooCommerce.</p>

<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Update the regular price or sales price of all variations of products within one selected product category.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Bulk add/update sales price based on regular price.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Increase or decrease all prices in a category by a set percentage (%) or dollar($) value.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Bulk add sale prices to products that do not currently have sale prices active.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Bulk add product tags.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Update SKU and stock of all simple products that have a particular price.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">During the sale, the period changes the sale price of your products in a particular category.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Update attributes/prices for those products that start/end/contain a specific string in the title or match a specific regular expression (RegEx).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Bulk update dimensions for all products except for a particular category of products.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Revert the last completed bulk edit operation to the original state in case of a mistake.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Schedule a discount sale for certain days and automatically lift the discount after the specified timeline.</span></li>
</ul>
<hr />
<h2><b>Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Editing the title or image of one or two products in a store is easy! But what if you need to do the bulk edit to a massive number of products? You may need to modify the same products over and over again, and this tedious task will exhaust our time. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">But, worry not! With WooCommerce Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes plugin you can easily and quickly bulk edit more than 10,000 WooCommerce products at a time, whether it’s Simple, Variable, or External. Also, you can filter products, create variations, schedule automatic bulk edit jobs, and undo the most recent changes partially or entirely before the session expires.</span></p>
<h2><b><br />
Easily Edit Bulk Products<br />
</b></h2>
<p>You can bulk edit four types of product variations including Simple, Variable (Parent), Variable (Variations), and External by simply selecting them from the dropdown menu.<b><br />
</b></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003492929" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Edit-WooCommerce-Products-in-Bulk-1.jpg" alt="Edit WooCommerce Products in Bulk " width="980" height="564" /></p>
<h2><b>Filter the Products to Edit</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Use the filter options based on a variety of properties to pick specific products or categories to edit. </span>Apply the changes to the required products without affecting other products. You can even exclude some products that come under any filtered categories using their product IDs or exclude the categories from the bulk edit.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493478" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Filter-the-Products-to-be-Bulk-Edited-1.jpg" alt="Filter the Products to be Bulk Edited " width="980" height="417" /></p>
<h2>Preview the Products to be Bulk-Edited</h2>
<div class="""desc""" style="letter-spacing: -0.176px">Do a quick preview to ensure all the products to be edited are filtered. Check any products that do not require to be updated and uncheck the products from the preview page if you do not want to proceed with them to the next step.</div>
<div><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493479" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Preview-the-Filtered-Products-Before-Applying-Bulk-Edit-1.jpg" alt="Preview the Filtered Products Before Applying Bulk Edit " width="980" height="328" /></div>
<div class="""desc""" style="letter-spacing: -0.176px"></div>
<h2></h2>
<h2><b>Bulk Edit Any Produc</b><b>t Properties</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can bulk edit as many products as you want in just one step and edit fields such as SKU, Stock, Regular Price, Sale Price, Weight, Height, etc. This helps you save time for updating multiple product properties.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003498209" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Apply-Edits-to-the-Filtered-Products-1-4.jpg" alt="Apply Edits to the Filtered Products" width="980" height="613" /></p>
<h2><b>Interchange Global Attribute Values for Variable Products</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Quickly interchange global product attribute values for variable products. Enable product attributes like color and swap values, such as changing a ‘Yellow’ shirt to ‘Any Color’, by selecting options from drop-down menus.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493488" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bulk-Edit-Global-Attribute-Values-of-Variable-Products-1.jpg" alt="Bulk Edit Global Attribute Values of Variable Products " width="980" height="195" /></p>
<h2><b>Generate Variations of All Attributes for Variable Products</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Generate all possible variations for selected variable products based on global and custom attributes with a single click. Additionally, you can update regular and sale prices for these variations in bulk.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493492" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Create-Variations-from-All-Attributes-and-Update-Product-Prices-in-Bulk-1.jpg" alt="Create Variations from All Attributes and Update Product Prices in Bulk" width="980" height="222" /></p>
<h2><b>Bulk Delete Products in One Click</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Filter and bulk delete the products permanently or move them to the trash for temporary removal from your store. Further, you can restore the products moved to the trash whenever needed.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493498" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Delete-Filtered-Products-in-One-Click-1.jpg" alt="Delete Filtered Products in One Click 1" width="980" height="200" /></p>
<h2><b>Schedule Jobs for Bulk Updates</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">It is a bit difficult to update the same things over and over again as a routine. Here, you can schedule the bulk edit jobs daily, weekly, or monthly and relax as the plugin will execute the jobs on time for a specific period. Now, if you wish to stop the bulk operation after a certain period, you can schedule that too!</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734000817268 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/scheduling.png-1.gif" alt="bulk edit product prices and attributes" width="858" height="436" /></p>
<h2><b>Filter and Bulk Edit Products using Pattern Matching(RegEx) </b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can use Regular expression (regex) patterns to filter and edit product titles and SKUs in bulk. For instance, if you want to replace titles of products starting with ‘Woo’, enter the pattern as ‘[^Woo]’ (without quotes) in the designated field.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493500" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RegEx-Pattern-Matching.png" alt="Filter and Bulk Edit Products using Pattern Matching(RegEx) " width="980" height="218" /></p>
<h2><b>Apply Bulk Edit to Global Attribute Values & Product Categories</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Add, remove, or overwrite an existing global attribute and its values to the filtered products as well as, use the configured attributes for variation purposes. Just like Product Attributes, you can choose to add, remove, or overwrite existing Product Categories to the filtered products.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493505" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Add-Remove-or-Overwrite-Global-Attribute-Values-in-Bulk-1.jpg" alt="Add, Remove or Overwrite Global Attribute Values in Bulk " width="980" height="315" /></p>
<h2><b>Bulk Edit Custom Product Fields</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Easily update custom product fields from third-party plugins by entering their meta keys in the Custom meta settings. Then, you can bulk edit these fields just like any other product information.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493507" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Remove-Custom-Attribute-Values-in-Bulk-1.jpg" alt="Bulk Edit Custom Product Fields " width="980" height="197" /></p>
<h2><b>Update Product Images & Bulk Edit Images in the Product Gallery</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Just in a single click, add or replace an existing image with a new image to all the filtered products by simply adding the image URL. Additionally, add, remove or replace an image in the product gallery.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493512" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Apply-Bulk-Edit-on-Images-in-the-Product-Gallery-1.jpg" alt="Update Product Images & Bulk Edit Images in the Product Gallery" width="980" height="147" /></p>
<h2><b>Undo the Last Operation</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can completely or partially undo the last bulk operation before the session expires.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493516" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Revert-UNDO-the-Last-Operation-1.jpg" alt="Revert & UNDO the Last Operation " width="980" height="307" /></p>
<h2><b>Tested for 10,000+ WooCommerce Products</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Our WooCommerce Bulk Edit Plugin has been tested to bulk edit more than 10,000 products precisely, making it the most feasible WooCommerce plugin for bulk editing products.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734003493517" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bulk-Update-on-Large-Number-of-Products.png" alt="Tested for 10,000+ WooCommerce Products" width="689" height="630" /></p>

Bulk Edit Products, Prices, and Attributes

<p>With WooCommerce Bulk Edit Products, Prices, and Attributes, you can easily and instantly bulk edit more than 10,000 WooCommerce Products.</p>

Advanced Order Approval vs Bulk Edit Products, Prices, and Attributes