Smart Stock Notifications

Smart Stock Notifications for WooCommerce allows your WooCommerce store to capture some lost sales by allowing customers to subscribe to stock alerts and get notified instantly when products are back.

Smart Stock Notifications helps you capture some of the sales that would otherwise be lost due to out-of-stock products by offering WooCommerce back-in-stock notifications. It allows customers to subscribe to stock alerts on individual products or product variations. When the item is restocked, the plugin automatically sends an email notification to interested customers.

It works out of the box — no complex setup required. Just activate the plugin to start sending product availability alerts. Store admins can customize the email templates, manage customer subscriptions, and control notification behavior directly from the WooCommerce dashboard.

Make sure your store meets the following minimum requirements:

• WordPress 6.0 or newer
• WooCommerce 8.0 or newer
• PHP 7.4 or higher
• Outgoing email delivery configured (via your host or a third-party service like SendGrid, Mailgun, etc.)

⚠️ Strongly recommended: Configure Google reCAPTCHA v3 to prevent spam or bot signups on the WooCommerce stock alert plugin form.

1. Download the plugin .zip file from the WooCommerce Marketplace.
2. In your WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
3. Upload the .zip file and click Install Now.
4. After installation, click Activate Plugin.
5. Navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Notifications to access plugin settings.

When a product is out of stock, the product page will display a “Notify me when available” form.

Customers simply enter their email and click Notify Me. Once subscribed, the UI confirms:

This confirms the Smart Stock Notifications plugin has recorded the alert request.

Admins can manage all customer stock notifications directly from the WooCommerce dashboard:

• Go to WooCommerce > Notifications
• View all active subscriptions
• Filter by product or customer email
• Edit or delete subscriptions
• Manually send or resend back-in-stock alerts

Notifications are automatically triggered when a product or variation is marked “In stock” with a quantity greater than zero.

While the plugin requires no mandatory setup, store owners can fine-tune its functionality from WooCommerce > Settings > Stock Notifications.

• Enable: Toggle the plugin on/off.
• Stock Check Frequency: How often the inventory is scanned for restocks.
• Log Retention Period: Choose how long customer stock alert logs should be kept.

Customize your WooCommerce back-in-stock email notifications from the Email Templates tab.

• Edit the subject line, email body, and footer content.
• Use dynamic placeholders like {user_name}, {product_name}, {product_url} to personalize the email.

To protect the stock alert subscription form from spam, you can enable Google reCAPTCHA v3:

1. Go to the reCAPTCHA tab in the plugin settings.
2. Enable reCAPTCHA.
3. Enter your Site Key and Secret Key.
4. Click Save changes.

🛡️ Get your reCAPTCHA v3 keys:

Visit https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create and:

• Choose reCAPTCHA v3
• Enter your domain name (e.g., example.com)
• Accept the terms of service
• Generate and copy your Site Key and Secret Key

Paste these into the plugin settings to enable invisible spam protection.

Note: reCAPTCHA v3 operates silently in the background and evaluates user behavior using score-based detection — no checkbox is shown.

There are currently no known issues.

This section will be updated as we identify common problems or edge cases reported by users. If you encounter unexpected behavior, please reach out via the support channel listed below.

If you need help using Smart Stock Notifications, encounter a bug, or want to suggest a feature, please contact us.

We aim to respond to all inquiries within 1–2 business days.