<p><strong>The Approve New User Registration extension, for WooCommerce and WordPress, allows you to manually validate new user registration requests for specific, or all, user roles.</strong></p>
<p>This tool, therefore, assists in deterring both unwelcome fake registrations and spam by isolating your digital store for selective customers.</p>
<div class="woo-sc-box normal">If you want to add custom registration fields and user roles dropdown along with approve new user, please buy our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/custom-user-registration-fields-for-woocommerce/">Custom Registration Fields Extension</a>. See FAQs below for more details.</div>
<p>The areas where the extension can help include:</p>
<p><strong>Limiting Access </strong></p>
<p>If you are a B2B merchant, or sell unique products, limiting access could require extensive customer verification — but permitting customers to peruse your website before you grant permission might not be secure. Manual approval, therefore, is an effective way for you to restrict access and take control of new users until they have been properly verified and approved.</p>
<p><strong>Avoid Fake/Spam Accounts</strong></p>
<p>With spamming and fake accounts a real concern for merchants, it’s important to be able to identify true prospective customers from the start.  This plugin will help you filter out potential clients and maintain a valuable consumer base for recurring business.</p>
<h2><strong>Features:</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>Employ manual approval for specific user roles or all new registrations</li>
<li>Customize user status notifications</li>
<li>Email notifications to customers and admins</li>
<li>Add approval/disapproval link in admin email</li>
<li>Bulk user approval option available on <em>Users Listing</em> page</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Manual approval for particular or all user roles</strong></h3>
<p>When you require your user to wait for approval in order to visit your site this plugin will come to the rescue with its manual approval function. You can choose to apply this to a particular type of user role, or you may want to apply it to all user roles. The plugin will support you in either scenario.</p>
<p>Limiting your users’ access to the website, based on user roles is particularly helpful if you have specialized products, prices, and other offers associated with VIP user roles.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> To display user roles dropdown on your registration form you can use our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/choose-user-role-at-registration/">Choose User Roles at Registration</a> extension or the <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/custom-user-registration-fields-for-woocommerce/">custom user registration fields</a>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6403748" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Approve-new-user-registration-1-2.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="566" /></p>
<h3><strong>Customize email notifications</strong></h3>
<p>Easily convey the message of a pending approval, or a declined request, with completely tailored email templates communicating all the details you want of the registration process to your customer. Effective communication between site owners and customers is a great start to a healthy business-consumer relationship. Use the customizable email notifications to additionally alert your admin account users of all pending registration requests.</p>
<p><strong>Approve and disapprove link in the email</strong></p>
<p>The extension automatically adds user approval and disapproval link in the admin emails to let merchants approve or disapprove new user requests on the go.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6403798" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Email-Settings.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="801" /></p>
<h3>Customize Error Messages</h3>
<p>Along with email notifications, this extension allows you to display custom messages to inform customers about their account status. You can show messages in the following instances:</p>
<ul>
<li>When a new account is created and awaiting approval</li>
<li>When a user tries to login but the account is pending for review</li>
<li>When a user tries to login but the account is delined</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6403792" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Approve-new-user-custom-messages.jpg" alt="Approve new user custom messages" width="855" height="555" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6403781" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Custom-Notifications.jpg" alt="" width="847" height="622" /></p>
<h3>How to get started?</h3>
<p>To get started with WooCommerce approve new user registration, install the extension and go to WooCommerce > Approve New User Registration and navigate to the general settings tab. Here you can,</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable approve new user option</li>
<li>Select the user roles for which you want to enable this manual approval</li>
</ul>
<p>Go to the custom message tab to configure the error messages that will be displayed to users who are waiting for pending approval or their request has been declined.</p>
<p>Navigate to the email settings tab to enable email notifications for admin and customers. You can customize emails as per your requirements and include the approval link in the admin email.</p>
<h2>FAQs:</h2>
<p><strong>If I need to approve new users and add custom fields as well, do I need to buy 2 extensions?</strong></p>
<p>No, just purchase <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/custom-user-registration-fields-for-woocommerce/">custom user registration</a> fields as the approve new user feature is available in custom registration fields.</p>
<p><strong>Does it work for WordPress only?</strong></p>
<p>Yes, if WooCommerce is not installed, the extension will help you approve/disapprove users created from WordPress.</p>
<div></div>

Approve New User Registration

<p>Manually validate new user registrations.</p>

<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li><strong>Signup Verification</strong></li>
<li><strong>Checkout Verification</strong></li>
<li><strong>Login Authentication</strong></li>
<li><strong>Customizable Verification Experience</strong></li>
</ul>
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<h3>Signup Verification</h3>
<p>When a user registers on your WooCommerce store, they must verify their email before their account is created. As soon as they complete the signup form, an automated verification email with a unique OTP (One-Time Password) is sent to their inbox. A verification popup appears on the registration page, prompting users to enter the OTP. If they do not verify their email, their account remains uncreated, ensuring that only valid customers can register. Users can request a new OTP if needed, and the verification process remains seamless and secure. This feature helps prevent fake registrations, spam accounts, and unauthorized signups, improving your store’s security and data accuracy.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734004926401" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/signup-verification.png" alt="" width="527" height="489" /></p>
<h3>Checkout Verification</h3>
<p>For guest users who want to make a purchase, email verification is required before completing the checkout process. This ensures that only genuine users can place orders, reducing fraudulent and spam purchases. When a guest user enters their email on the cart or checkout page, a verification email with an OTP (One-Time Password) is sent to their inbox. They must enter the OTP to proceed with the order.</p>
<p>Additionally, there is an option to <strong>require checkout verification only for free orders</strong>, ensuring that users claiming free products verify their email before completing the order.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734004926411" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/checkout-verification.png" alt="" width="534" height="506" /></p>
<h3>Login Authentication</h3>
<p>Enhance the security of your WooCommerce store with Login Authentication, ensuring that only verified users can access their accounts. This feature provides two levels of authentication to protect user accounts from unauthorized access.</p>
<p>The first option sends an email notification whenever a user logs in, informing them of the login activity, including details such as the device and location. This helps users stay informed and take action if any suspicious activity is detected.</p>
<p>The second option adds an extra layer of security by requiring email verification when a user logs in from a different browser, a new device, or after a certain period of inactivity. In this case, an OTP (One-Time Password) is sent to the registered email, and the user must enter it to complete the login process. Without verifying the OTP, they will not be able to access their account, ensuring protection against unauthorized logins.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734004926416" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/login-authentication.png" alt="" width="636" height="489" /></p>
<h3>Customizable Verification Experience</h3>
<p>Enhance the user experience with a fully customizable verification popup and email design. Store admins can personalize the verification popup’s layout, colors, text, and styling to match their brand identity, ensuring a seamless and professional look.</p>
<p>Additionally, the verification email content can be customized to include personalized messages, branding elements, and clear instructions for users to complete their email verification. These customization options help create a cohesive and branded experience while improving user engagement and trust.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734004926417" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/customizable-verification-experience.png" alt="" width="641" height="381" /></p>

Customer Email Verification

<p>The Customer Email Verification will verify your customers’ email addresses during registration and checkout to reduce registration and spam orders.</p>

Approve New User Registration vs Customer Email Verification