<h1 class="p1" style="text-align: center">Manually Approve Orders</h1>
Order Approval for WooCommerce extension offers you a seamless solution to manually validate new orders based on user roles or specific products or categories in shopppers’ carts.
With this extension, you can choose to receive payment before or after orders confirmation. Add custom messages on your checkout page to notify customers about order approvals, and display a visual order-status update on My Account pages.
<h2 class="p1">Why do you need Order Approval for WooCommerce?</h2>
Some customers and orders require special handling. Order Approval for WooCommerce helps you manage your shop and ensure customer satisfaction with their orders. 
B2B orders
For wholesale bulk orders, you may want to review the orders and check the availability status before you confirm the order.
Custom products
Custom orders require special handling. Enable manual validation on made-to-order products where the availability, delivery time, custom details, and other aspects of the items may need to be checked and finalized.
Items available to specific customer types
Some products can only be sold and shipped to authorized dealers or qualified customers (sometimes restricted by age or location). You can automatically require manual validation on orders for these products. After a customer orders, you can validate customer information and move the order to the next stage or cancel it.
<h2>Features:</h2>
<ul>
<li class="li1">Manually approve new orders</li>
<li class="li1">Receive payment before or after validation</li>
<li class="li1">Validate all or specific orders based on
<ul class="ul1">
<li class="li1">User roles</li>
<li class="li1">Products in carts (products, product categories, tags or brands)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="li1">Display order status information on the order detail page (My Account)</li>
<li class="li2">Email notifications for admin and customers about order statuses</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Easily exclude any item from the approval list via Product-level settings </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Enable cart restriction & prevent mixing of approved and unapproved items </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Approve orders in bulk from WooCommerce orders’ bulk actions</li>
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<h2>Creating multiple rules for order approvals:</h2>
Create multiple rules to approve orders before or after payment based on various conditions like user roles and products or categories in the cart.
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<h2>Conditions-based order approvals:</h2>
Pay and Wait for approval
The Pay and Wait for Approval option enables you to receive the payment first and move the order to the validation stage. Then, the store admin can review the order and validate it or reject it. Once rejected, the order moves to canceled status, and a refund is issued. If approved, the admin can move the order to processing or any other relevant order status.
Wait for Approval and Pay
With the Wait for Approval and Pay option, you can choose to receive payments after approvals. You can even run both simultaneously for different products, categories, product tags, and user roles.
Enable approval based on user roles
You can choose to trigger approval based on selected user roles. You may want to manually validate bulk orders placed by wholesalers and allow general customers to place orders without manual validations.
Validate orders for specific or all products:
Trigger validation based on specific products in customers’ carts. You can choose to enable validation for all or selected products, categories, and tags.
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<h2>Checkout messages, visual timeline and order-approval flow:</h2>
The extension offers multiple customizable messages to display on checkout and Thank You pages. They notify customers about the order approval during the checkout process.
When a customer places an order, a visual status update can display on the order detail page to notify customers about the current status of their orders. The pay button would appear only when the Wait for Approval and Pay option option is selected.
<ul class="ul1">
<li class="li2">Enable or disable the timeline</li>
<li class="li2">Customize order statuses and updates</li>
<li class="li2">Disable cancel button</li>
<li class="li2">Add custom labels and colors for cancel and pay buttons</li>
<li class="li1">Customize checkout and Thank You page messages</li>
</ul>
For more details on customization options, please see the documentation.
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<h2>Email notifications for admins and customers:</h2>
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<li class="li1">Email notifications for admins when a new order is placed and requires approval</li>
<li class="li2">Email notifications for customers when a new order requires manual approval</li>
<li class="li2">Email notifications for customers when an order is approved</li>
<li class="li1">Email notifications for customers when an order is rejected</li>
</ul>
All email notifications will automatically include standard order details including the billing and shipping addresses. To customize email subject lines and headings, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Emails.
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<h3>Requirements</h3>
Minimum PHP version: 5.2

Order Approval

Manually validate new orders based on user roles and products in cart. Receive payment before or after order approval.

Take full control of your payment gateway titles and descriptions to create a smoother, clearer, and more trustworthy checkout experience.
A successful online store isn’t just about selling products — it’s about creating a seamless buying journey.
And the most critical step of that journey? Checkout.
Default payment method names and descriptions can sometimes be technical, unclear, or too generic, which often leads to customer confusion. A small misunderstanding at checkout can be the difference between a completed purchase and an abandoned cart.
With Rename Payment Methods for WooCommerce, you can customize both payment method titles and their descriptions — giving your customers a clearer, friendlier, and more transparent experience.
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<h2>Why this extension is essential</h2>
Imagine replacing robotic-sounding labels with human-friendly titles and explanations:
Before: “Direct Bank Transfer”
After: “Bank Transfer — Send your payment securely using online banking”
Before: “Cash on Delivery”
After: “Pay When You Receive Your Order — Simple and secure”
Before: “Stripe”
After: “Credit/Debit Card — Fast & Secure Payments”
Before: “PayPal”
After: “Pay with PayPal — Use your balance or linked cards instantly”
By customizing both the title and the description, you guide your customers confidently through the payment step, making it easier for them to choose the right option without second-guessing.
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<h2>Features</h2>
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<li>Rename any payment gateway – Customize titles and descriptions for all payment methods, including third-party extensions.</li>
<li>Make payment options friendlier – Replace confusing or technical labels with clear, human-readable names and short explanations.</li>
<li>Seamless third-party support – Compatible with PayPal, Stripe, Square, Amazon Pay, Authorize.net, Braintree, Klarna, Afterpay, and more.</li>
<li>User-friendly, zero-code interface – Built for non-technical store owners; no coding or complicated setup required.</li>
<li>Lightweight and optimized< – Designed for performance; it won’t slow down your checkout flow or overall site speed.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Why store owners love it</h2>
<ul>
<li>Enhances the checkout experience by making payment options more transparent.</li>
<li>Reduces customer confusion with clear labels and explanations.</li>
<li>Improves trust and credibility through better communication.</li>
<li>Complies with local regulations where specific payment labels are required.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Real-world example</h2>
Let’s say your store offers three different card gateways: Stripe, PayPal, and Amazon Pay.
By default, your checkout might just display:
<ul>
<li>“Stripe”</li>
<li>“PayPal”</li>
<li>“Amazon Pay”</li>
</ul>
Not very helpful, right?
With this extension, you could make them far more human-friendly and informative:
<ul>
<li>“Pay Using Credit/Debit Card — Securely processed via Stripe”</li>
<li>“Pay with PayPal — Use your balance or linked cards instantly”</li>
<li>“Amazon Pay — Fast checkout using your saved Amazon payment details”</li>
</ul>
Not only are the titles clearer, but the short descriptions give customers the confidence they need to complete their purchase.
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<h2>Why you need it</h2>
<ul>
<li>The payment step is where trust matters the most.</li>
<li>Customers want to feel secure, informed, and confident about how they’re paying.</li>
<li>By customizing both the titles and descriptions, you remove uncertainty, guide your customers better, and increase your checkout completion rate.</li>
<li>Whether you’re running a small WooCommerce shop or managing a large-scale global ecommerce business, this extension gives you the control and flexibility you need to deliver a cleaner, friendlier, and more optimized checkout experience.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Benefits at a glance</h2>
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<li>Customize titles and descriptions for all payment methods.</li>
<li>Works perfectly with third-party gateways.</li>
<li>Makes payment options clearer, friendlier, and more human.</li>
<li>No coding needed — simple, intuitive, and powerful.</li>
</ul>

Rename Payment Methods

Rename and customize titles and descriptions for all WooCommerce payment methods — including third-party gateways — to improve clarity, comply with local regulations, and enhance the checkout experience.

Order Approval vs Rename Payment Methods