Order Limit for WooCommerce

Order Limit for WooCommerce lets you set minimum and maximum purchase limits for quantity and amount, so you control exactly how much shoppers can buy. Set a min/max quantity for a product or a variation, a minimum order amount for the cart, a limit on orders per customer, or a daily order limit for your whole store. Whether you are running a promotional sale, managing limited stock, or setting a wholesale minimum order, this order restriction extension for WooCommerce gives you the tools to define clear rules for your store.

Control order limits at multiple levels: product, variation, category, customer, guest, vendor, cart and the whole store. Count each order on its own, or what a shopper bought earlier the same day, week, month or year. Shoppers see the limit before they buy, and an order that breaks it is stopped at checkout.

I rebuilt version 6 around one idea: a limit should read like a sentence. Every limit is written back to you in plain words, you see the exact message a shopper will get before you save, and nothing in your store changes until you say so.

Why use order limits?

Order limits give you better control over your store’s operations:

• Prevent stock shortages. Set a maximum per order, per day or for all shoppers together, so one buyer cannot clear your shelves.
• Encourage larger purchases. Set a minimum order amount or quantity to raise your average order value.
• Manage wholesale orders. Give wholesale buyers a minimum order by user role, while retail shoppers buy as usual.
• Control promotional sales. Limit how many sale items each customer can buy, and for how long.
• Match your capacity. Take only as many orders a day as you can make, pack or ship.

Features highlight

• Prevent over-ordering during sales or low stock by setting an order limit per product, category, customer or store.
• Enforce min and max purchases for B2B and wholesale customers by user role.
• Limit orders per customer and per guest, per day, week, month or year.
• Create urgency and clarity with quantity notifications on product pages, in the cart and at checkout.
• Start in seconds with 20 ready-made templates, then check every limit in one clear list.

Features

Custom order restrictions at multiple levels

Set a minimum, a maximum, or both, by number of items or by money spent:

• Product limits. Set a min/max quantity or amount for one product, many products or all products. Example: buy 2 to 5 Canvas Tote Bags per order.
• Variation limits. Count all variations of a variable product together, or give each size or color its own limit. A variation can also have its own minimum and maximum. Example: up to 3 T-shirts of each size.
• Category limits. Set rules for whole product categories, sub-categories included. Example: up to 3 hats a week for each shopper.
• Customer limits. Limit how many orders each customer places, or how much they spend. Example: one order a day per customer, or $1,000 a month.
• Vendor limits. Limit what shoppers buy from each vendor on a WC Vendors marketplace. Vendors can change their own limits if you allow it.

Limits for guests, roles and members

Apply a limit to all shoppers, guests only, named customers, user roles like Wholesale buyer, or members of WooCommerce Memberships plans. Guests are recognized by IP address, a browser cookie, billing email or billing phone, so a guest cannot get around a limit by not logging in.

Flexible customization options

• Cumulative rules. Count the products or categories you picked each on their own, or all together as one limit.
• Time-based limits. Count what a shopper bought earlier the same day, week, month or year, in the last few days, or between two dates.
• Payment method limits. Apply a limit only when the shopper pays with certain payment gateways, like Cash on delivery.
• Sell only with other products. Sell a product only together with other products, or with a product from certain categories.
• Date ranges. Run a limit only between two dates, like a launch day.

Limited releases for all shoppers

Count every shopper’s orders against one shared limit. Sell 100 hoodies in total between two dates, and the product is sold out when they are gone.

Global storewide order limitations

• Store limits. Take a set number of orders, or a set amount in sales, each day, week, month, year or between two dates, then stop.
• Close the store. Close the store for a while in one click. Shoppers can still look around and fill their cart.
• Cart total limits. Set a minimum or maximum order total, by money or by items, with or without shipping.
• One category per order. Allow products from only one category per order.

Ready-made templates

Start from 20 templates, like one order a day per customer, minimum order value, pack minimum, a limit for each size, launch day limit, limited release, wholesale minimum, Cash on delivery limit, daily order limit for the store, or close the store for a while. Change anything and save.

Customizable messages

Edit every message shoppers see, with a live preview. Fill-in word buttons add the product name, the minimum, the maximum, what is left, or the date a limit starts again. You can also write a message for one limit only.

Shoppers see the limit first

A short line shows the limit on product and shop pages, and the quantity box stops at the limit. When the cart already holds the most allowed, the page says so and links to the cart.

Shortcode functionality

Show your limits in words on any page or post, with how much the shopper can still buy, using shortcodes like [order-limit-for-woocommerce rules="1,2"] and [wc-order-limit-remaining rule="1"].

Time-based rules

Choose when daily, weekly, monthly and yearly limits reset: at midnight in your store’s time zone, or from each shopper’s own order. Pick the day weeks start on and the day months start on, and which order statuses count as earlier orders.

Exclude products from order limitations

Leave products like gift cards or free samples out of product limits, or give a product its own maximum. Each exclusion has its own on/off switch.

Hide checkout button

Hide the checkout button until the cart meets every limit, and send shoppers back to the cart if they reach checkout. The messages at the top of the cart say exactly what to change.

Every limit in one clear list

See every limit in one list, as a plain sentence. Turn limits on or off, search, filter, copy, export and import, and spot limits that overlap. If a limit is not working, the Why panel shows what stops it and fixes it in one click.

Limits in the product editor

The Order Limit tab on each product, and a panel on each category, list the limits that apply. Add a new limit from there with the product already picked.

Built for modern WooCommerce

Works with the Cart and Checkout blocks, the classic cart and checkout, and High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS). Updating from version 5 moves your rules, settings, messages and exclusions across by themselves.

Use cases for different industries

• Retail. Limit how many sale or limited items each shopper can buy, so more customers get a chance.
• Wholesale and B2B. Set a minimum order of 20 items, or a minimum order value, for wholesale buyers by user role.
• Food and beverage. Cap daily orders to match what your kitchen can make, like fresh bread or meal kits.
• Event planners. Limit tickets or event merchandise per customer.
• Handmade products. Match orders to what you can make by hand each week.
• Seasonal items and launches. Run a limit only between two dates during holidays or a launch.
• Subscription boxes. Limit customers to a set number of items or orders each week or month.
• Marketplaces. Set limits for each vendor shop on a WC Vendors marketplace.

How to use

1. Step 1: Install and activate Order Limit for WooCommerce, then go to Order Limit in the WordPress menu.
2. Step 2: Click Add limit and pick a template, or start from scratch. Choose what you are limiting, set the numbers and who it applies to, check the sentence and save.
3. Step 3: Under Settings, choose what shoppers see, set store limits, and choose how earlier orders are counted.

The documentation walks through every setting, with screenshots.

Installation requirements

• WordPress 6.2 or later.
• WooCommerce 8.0 or later.
• PHP 7.4 or later.

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