<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>

<p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;font-size: 16px">WooCommerce Custom Stock Status extension enables you to add additional stock statuses to communicate important information about your product availability. Add different stock statuses for different stock ranges and trigger them as soon as the product stock count falls within that range.</span></p>
<p>You can add simple text, date, or attractive images, badges, and icons to get customers’ attention. Create rules to attach statuses to multiple products, categories, and user roles. Choose from multiple display statuses on both product and shop pages.</p>
<h2><strong>Use Cases</strong></h2>
<p>Custom Stock Status extension communicates important information about product statuses based on their current stock-quantity. Some useful scenario includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Low stock! Only {stock_qty} left (for a range of 2-20)!</li>
<li>Hurry! Last item (when one item is left)!</li>
<li>Will be available on June 21st.</li>
<li>Coming soon (text or badge).</li>
<li>Next day delivery!</li>
</ul>
<p>Where {stock_qty} is a variable, you can display the exact quantity left in a message.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Create multiple stock statuses</li>
<li>Attach stock statuses to multiple products and categories</li>
<li>Restrict stock statuses by user roles</li>
<li>Create different stock statuses for different quantity ranges</li>
<li>Multiple stock status types
<ul>
<li>Image</li>
<li>Text only</li>
<li>Text with date</li>
<li>Text with icon</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Show stock statuses on products and listing pages</li>
<li>Multiple status-displays with various positions to choose from (for the listing page only)</li>
<li>Customize status text-size and color</li>
<li>Able to show multiple or single stock statuses</li>
<li>An option to hide the default status</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Add quantity-based statuses</h2>
<p>WooCommerce Custom Stock Status extension provides the ability to create different stock statuses for different quantity ranges. For example, you can set “Running Out” status for a quantity of 1 – 20, “Limited Stock” for 21-100, and coming soon with a date when the product is out of stock. The statuses are automatically triggered for the selected products when their stock quantities fall in the defined ranges.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7525400" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Add-quantity-based-statuses.png" alt="" width="980" height="717" /></p>
<h2>Choose from 4 status types</h2>
<p>The extension offers four different types of messages to display about your stock availability which includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Image only</li>
<li>Text only</li>
<li>Text with a date</li>
<li>Text with an icon</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7525399" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Multiple-types-of-statuses.png" alt="" width="980" height="661" /></p>
<h2>Create statuses using rules</h2>
<p>You can create multiple stock messages based on quantity ranges using rules-based management. While creating a rule you can:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Select user roles </strong>—you can display a message to all, guests, or specific user roles</li>
<li><strong>Select products & categories</strong>—you can choose to show the message on all or specific products and categories.</li>
<li><strong>Add messages</strong>—you can choose to add multiple messages for different quantity ranges.</li>
<li><strong>Priority</strong>—you can set a priority to manage the display of multiple messages for one product.</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7525398" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Creating-stock-rules.png" alt="" width="980" height="1408" /></p>
<h2>Extensive display and positions settings</h2>
<p>The extension offers multiple displays and position settings including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Display custom statuses on shop pages</li>
<li>Specify positions to display statuses on shop pages
<ul>
<li>Before or after product titles</li>
<li>After prices</li>
<li>After selecting the add-to-cart button</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Enable default messages on shop pages</li>
<li>Enable custom messages on product pages</li>
<li>Disable default messages on product pages</li>
<li>Show multiple messages (choose to show multiple messages or one message with high priority)</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7525397" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/4-General-Settings.png" alt="" width="980" height="782" /></p>
<p>Customize the font size and color of custom-stock statuses.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7525396" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Display-settings.png" alt="" width="980" height="475" /></p>
<h2>Requirements</h2>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.6</p>

Custom Stock Status

<p>Display custom stock statuses to communicate precise information about your stock availability.</p>

Advanced Order Approval vs Custom Stock Status