Overview
Customers ask to be emailed when a product gets cheaper; Dropply sends the alert as soon as the price drops, sales and scheduled sales included.
- Email when the price drops
- Sales included
- Consent and unsubscribe
Best for: Stores with high-priced or seasonal products
Installation
- Download dropply-price-drop-alerts.zip from My account › My plugins or from your order email. Do not unzip it.
- 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
- “Notify me if the price drops” button under the price
- Email field with consent checkbox, no account needed
- Email sent as soon as the price drops (sales and scheduled sales included)
- Minimum drop and alert duration of your choice
- Unsubscribe link in every email
- Number of alerts per product in the settings
- Spam protection, shortcode [dropply]
Shortcodes
Paste a shortcode in any page, post, widget or page builder text block.
[dropply]
Options of each shortcode are described in the Features above and in the plugin settings page.
For developers
Customize the plugin from your theme’s functions.php or a small plugin, without editing its files (your changes survive updates).
Filters
dropply_activedropply_sanitizedropply_show
add_filter( 'dropply_active', function ( $value ) {
// Change $value here.
return $value;
}, 10, 1 );Actions
dropply_admin_after_formdropply_admin_before_formdropply_admin_form_end
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
When is the email sent?
As soon as the product price is lower than when the customer subscribed, by at least the minimum drop you set.
Is it GDPR friendly?
Customers tick a consent box, receive one email per alert and can cancel it in one click.
Still stuck?
Write to us with your WordPress and WooCommerce versions and what you tried: we answer by email.