JoeBucci Restock Alerts for WooCommerce

Descripció

This plugin adds a simple «Notify me when back in stock» form to any out-of-stock WooCommerce product page. Shoppers enter their email, and the plugin automatically emails everyone on the list the moment you mark the product back in stock.

Also includes a Restock Waitlist page under WooCommerce in wp-admin, showing you exactly which out-of-stock products have the most people waiting — real demand data for deciding what to reorder first.

Features (v0.2.0):

  • Automatic «Notify me» form on out-of-stock product pages, with a live count of how many other shoppers are already waiting
  • Works with simple and variable products — each variation is tracked and notified separately
  • One email per subscriber per product — no duplicate signups
  • Admin waitlist view showing pending-subscriber counts per product, plus a «Mark back in stock» one-click action that flips stock status and triggers notifications immediately
  • Admin settings page to customize the email subject/body/from-name — no code required
  • «Send test email to yourself» button so you can preview the exact email a subscriber would receive
  • Outgoing emails are wrapped in WooCommerce’s own branded email template (same look as order-confirmation emails)
  • One-click, no-login unsubscribe link in every email (GDPR/CAN-SPAM friendly)
  • One-click CSV export of your full waitlist
  • Spam protection via an invisible honeypot field and a disposable-email-domain blocklist — no Google reCAPTCHA account or API key needed
  • Fetches a fresh security nonce immediately before the subscribe form submits, so it keeps working correctly on sites using a page-caching plugin
  • «My Account > Restock Waitlist» tab so logged-in customers can see and self-manage every product they’re waiting on, not just via a one-off emailed link
  • Optional «notify on backorder» mode for stores that sell backordered items
  • Admin «Notified» history tab showing exactly who was emailed and when, in addition to the live «Pending» view
  • Opt-in «delete all data on uninstall» setting (off by default, so your waitlist survives an accidental delete)
  • WPML/Polylang-ready
  • Lightweight — one small database table, no external services required

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Instal·lació

  1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/joebucci-restock-alerts-for-woocommerce, or install directly through the WordPress plugins screen.
  2. Activate the plugin.
  3. Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active.
  4. That’s it — the notify form appears automatically on any out-of-stock product page.

PMF

Does this work with variable products?

Yes — each variation is tracked separately, so a shopper is notified only when the specific variation they wanted is back in stock.

Does this send email through my own WordPress site?

Yes, via the standard wp_mail() function. For reliable delivery, we recommend using an SMTP plugin (e.g., WP Mail SMTP) rather than relying on your host’s default mail setup.

Can customers manage their own subscriptions?

Yes — logged-in customers get a «Restock Waitlist» tab under My Account where they can see everything they’re subscribed to and remove entries themselves. Guests (not logged in) still get a one-click unsubscribe link in every email.

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0.2.0

  • Added admin settings page for email subject/body/from-name customization.
  • Added one-click, no-login unsubscribe link to every restock email.
  • Added CSV export of the full waitlist from the admin page.
  • Added honeypot + disposable-email-domain spam protection (no API key required).
  • Fixed a class of failures where page-caching plugins serve a stale AJAX nonce, causing subscribe requests to silently fail — the subscribe form now fetches a fresh nonce immediately before submitting.
  • Added WPML/Polylang compatibility (wpml-config.xml, textdomain loading).
  • Redesigned the frontend notify box with a clearer, branded look.
  • Fixed a real bug where the notify form and variation-level notifications didn’t work correctly for variable products; subscriptions are now correctly tagged and matched per variation.
  • Added a live pending-subscriber count to the frontend notify form.
  • Added a «Send test email to yourself» button on the Settings page, using the currently saved template and sample data.
  • Outgoing restock emails (real and test) are now wrapped in WooCommerce’s own branded email template.
  • Added a «Mark back in stock» action on the admin waitlist page that flips stock status and triggers notifications with one click.
  • Added uninstall.php with an opt-in «delete data on uninstall» setting (defaults to keeping data).
  • Added a «My Account > Restock Waitlist» tab so logged-in customers can view and remove their own subscriptions without needing the emailed unsubscribe link.
  • Added an optional «notify on backorder» setting for stores that sell backordered products.
  • Added an admin «Notified» history tab (up to 200 most recent) alongside the existing «Pending» view.

0.1.0

  • Initial release: notify form, stock-change email trigger, admin waitlist view.