Preordly Documentation

Overview

Sell products before they are released or back in stock: release date and countdown, Pre-order button, pre-ordered orders released automatically.

• Sell before the release or the restock
• Release date and countdown
• Orders released automatically

Best for: New collections, launches, books, limited editions

Installation

1. Download preordly-pre-orders.zip from My account › My plugins or from your order email. Do not unzip it.
2. In WordPress, go to Plugins › Add New Plugin › Upload Plugin, choose the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.

Requires WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+, WooCommerce 7.0+. Works with any theme, block themes and page builders.

Features

• Pre-order option and release date per product
• Pre-order button, availability text and countdown on the product page
• Works when the product is out of stock or not yet released
• “Pre-order: ships from …” in the cart, checkout, order and emails
• Paid orders get the “Pre-ordered” status
• Automatic release: orders move to Processing on the release date and the customer is emailed
• Pre-orders ordered separately from other products (option)
• Classic and block checkout

For developers

Customize the plugin from your theme’s functions.php or a small plugin, without editing its files (your changes survive updates).

Filters

• preordly_release_ts
• preordly_sanitize
• preordly_show

add_filter( 'preordly_release_ts', function ( $value ) {
	// Change $value here.
	return $value;
}, 10, 1 );

Actions

• preordly_admin_after_form
• preordly_admin_before_form
• preordly_admin_form_end
• preordly_released

Updates

Updates are free. When a new version is out, it appears in Dashboard › Updates of your WordPress site and you can install it in one click, or turn on automatic updates in Plugins. This works for the zip downloaded from your Woo-Plugins account; older copies can be replaced by downloading the latest version from My plugins. See the changelog.

Frequently asked questions