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Subscription Product vs Subscription
WooCommerce Subscriptions & Subscriptions by WooCommerce provides two different, but related items: subscription products; and subscriptions. This guide provides an explanation of the differences between a subscription product and a subscription. It also provides examples to illustrate those differences. If you haven’t already, you should read the Subscriptions guide for Store Managers before continuing to […]
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Subscription Renewal Process
This page provides information about actions that are taken when recurring payments are handled by WooCommerce Subscriptions. There are similarities but not all the details here apply to Subscriptions by WooCommerce Payments. We recommend reading the Store Manager Guide for Subscriptions to get a more general introduction to working with the extension. Recurring Payments & the Renewal Process […]
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Subscription Renewal Synchronization Guide
This guide provides information about synchronizing subscription renewals with the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension as well as Subscriptions by WooCommerce Payments. If you haven’t already, you should read the Subscriptions guide for Store Managers to get a more general introduction to working with the Subscriptions extension. The information here will also be easier to understand if […]
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Subscription Reports
WooCommerce Subscriptions adds a subscription Reports section to the WooCommerce Reports administration screen. Reports in this section provide a number of insights about your subscription store that cannot be easily found in other sources. This guide provides an overview of the Subscriptions Reports feature. It is intended to provide store managers with non-technical details about reports, details how […]
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Subscription Resubscribe Guide
This guide provides information about resubscribing to subscriptions with the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension as well as Subscriptions by WooCommerce Payments. A resubscribe is a special type of subscription renewal that applies only to a subscription that has ended. After a customer’s subscription has expired or been cancelled, she can create a new subscription which extends […]
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Subscription Status Guide
In the same way WooCommerce applies an order status to indicate the current state of an order during its life-cycle, WooCommerce Subscriptions & Subscriptions by WooCommerce applies a status to a subscription. What each the possible subscription statuses represent is not always obvious. This guide details each status, explains when it is applied and what it […]
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Subscription Switching Guide
Customers can upgrade and downgrade their subscriptions, using the WooCommerce Subscriptions switching feature. We recommend reading the Store Manager Guide to get a more general introduction to working with the Subscriptions extension. If you have a question not answered here, you may find answers in the Subscriptions FAQ. Upgrading/Downgrading Subscriptions Subscriptions version 1.4 introduced a […]
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Subscriptions Early Renewal Guide
In WooCommerce Subscriptions 2.3, the option to allow customers to renew subscriptions early was introduced. This means that a customer doesn’t have to wait until the next renewal payment date in order to pay for the next renewal. They can opt to renew early and have the next payment date appropriately adjusted. Enable Early Renewal […]
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Subscriptions Requirements
Requirements In order to use the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension, there are a few requirements. This guide lists those requirements to help everything run smoothly. Also take a look at the WooCommerce requirements and server recommendations. If using subscriptions with WooCommerce Payments, refer to the WooCommerce Payments requirements. Requirements PHP Version 7.0 or greater MySQL Version […]
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Subscriptions Store Manager Guide
This guide provides an overview of the features available to a store manager with the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension. Creating a subscription product Subscriptions lets you create simple subscription products or variable subscriptions products, much like WooCommerce does for normal products. Much of the product creation is familiar if you’ve used WooCommerce before. Simple Subscription ProductVariable […]