BuyGuard for WooCommerce

BuyGuard for WooCommerce gives store owners powerful control over who can purchase products and in what quantities. Perfect for wholesale, membership, and B2B stores.

Key Features

• Role-Based Restrictions: Limit products to specific user roles.
• Category-Based Rules: Apply restrictions to entire product categories.
• Quantity Rules: Set minimum and maximum purchase quantities.
• Customizable Messages: Show custom messages to restricted users.
• Visual Controls: Hide product prices and “Add to Cart” buttons.
• Product Visibility: Optionally hide restricted products completely.
• Guest User Controls: Configure permissions for non-logged-in users.
• Rule Scheduling: Set start and end dates for restriction rules.
• Rule Priority: Control how multiple rules interact.
• Easy Management: Intuitive interface for creating and managing rules.
• Cart Validation: Server-side validation on cart and checkout pages.
• Debug Mode: Optional debug mode for troubleshooting.

Perfect For

• Wholesale stores that need to restrict regular customers from wholesale pricing.
• Membership sites that offer exclusive products to members.
• B2B businesses that need to limit certain products to business customers.
• Stores with quantity requirements for certain product lines.
• Tiered customer programs with different purchasing privileges.

Technical Features

• HPOS Compatible (High-Performance Order Storage).
• Compatible with WooCommerce Blocks.
• Clean, well-documented code.
• Performance optimized.
• Responsive design.
• Translation ready.

1. Upload the buyguard-for-woocommerce folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go to WooCommerce > Settings > BuyGuard to configure your BuyGuard rules

1. 

   Rule management interface

2. 

   Creating a new restriction rule

3. 

   General settings

4. 

   Frontend view of restricted product

1.1.0

• Enhanced Security: Improved nonce verification and user capability checks throughout the plugin
• Performance Optimization: Added WordPress object cache flushing to prevent stale data issues
• Code Refactoring: Removed direct inline CSS/JS in favor of proper WordPress enqueuing methods
• Improved UI: Better error handling and feedback during rule management
• Fixed: Intermittent issue when saving rules where updates would occasionally fail
• Fixed: Cache consistency issues when managing multiple rules
• Fixed: Error messages now properly escaped for security and translation
• Added: Better internationalization support with translator comments for placeholders
• Added: Cache buster parameters to admin redirects to prevent browser caching issues
• Compliance: Added “Requires Plugins” header to explicitly declare WooCommerce dependency
• Technical: Added more comprehensive validation for form inputs
• Technical: Enhanced error logging for easier troubleshooting

1.0.0

• Initial release