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WooCommerce Pre-Orders Plugin: build your own, pay once

Take orders now for products that are not out yet. Describe it and Ora builds a WooCommerce pre-orders plugin for your store.

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Try it on a practice WooCommerce site for 7 days with 2 free changes. Pay from $9 once only if you keep it.

Example: your pre-order product
New album on vinyl
28
Releases 1 March
Charged on release day
Pre-order now
Illustration only. Your plugin follows your own rules.

What your Pre-Orders plugin does

A focused WooCommerce pre-orders plugin. A product can be ordered before its release date and charged upfront or on release.

Release date
Set the date a product becomes available.
Charge timing
Charge upfront, or when the product is released.
Button and notice
Change the button text and add a release date line.
One settings page
Its own item in your WordPress admin menu, so options are easy to find and change.
Good to know: It handles pre-orders for products on your store. A waitlist for sold-out items is a separate build.

Tell Ora what you need. Check the plan before you pay.

Describe your WooCommerce Pre-Orders Plugin in your own words. Ora replies with a plan and a price. Nothing is built until you approve it.

Example request
I sell vinyl records. Let fans pre-order the new album until 1 March, and charge them on release day. Change the button to Pre-order now and show the release date on the product page.
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Here is the plan:
  • Album pre-order open until 1 March
  • Customers charged on release day
  • Button text changed to Pre-order now
  • Release date shown on the product page
  • A settings page in its own menu in your WordPress admin
Standard build · $19 once
In this build: Waitlists for sold-out products are not in this plan. Shipping dates are not tracked.
Want more? Add it to your request:
  • Release email. Email pre-order customers when the product is released.
  • Stock cap. Limit pre-orders to 200 units.
Add these to my request and get a quote
Ora builds it together with the plugin and the quote goes up to match. You see the new price before you pay. One plugin never costs more than $39. If it needs more than one plugin, Ora quotes each one. Or add it later as a separate build.

How to set up Pre-Orders

Here is how to get a Pre-Orders from idea to working plugin on your site. Most of the work is a few decisions, and these steps walk through them.

1. Choose the products
Which products can be pre ordered and the release date.
2. Set the payment
Pay now or charge when the product ships, and what happens if the date changes.
3. Describe it to Ora
Paste your own version of the example request on this page, or start from one of the examples, and change the details. Ora replies with a plan and a price, and nothing is built until you approve it.
4. Test on the practice site
Place a pre order on the practice site, then release the product and check the order.
Common snags:

No yearly fee for your WooCommerce Pre-Orders Plugin

Looking for an alternative to the paid Pre-Orders extension from WooCommerce? It lists at $179 a year. Your own version is a one-off.

the paid Pre-Orders extension from WooCommerce
$179 / year
After 1 year$179
After 3 years$537
Your own WooCommerce Pre-Orders Plugin on Pluginora
$19–$39 once
After 1 yearthe same
After 3 yearsthe same
Includes5 free changes

Paid plugin price is the list price for one site, as shown on the seller's site in October 2026. The price of your build depends on its size. Ora quotes it before you pay. The paid product may do more than the plugin described above.

Start from an example

Pick one to open the builder with it filled in, then change anything you like.

Pre-order button
Change the button to Pre-order now on products that are not out yet.
Charge on release
Charge customers on the release date instead of at order.
Pre-order fee
Add a small fee to pre-orders.

Questions

Is there a free WooCommerce pre-orders plugin?

Free ones may exist. Build your own when you want exact behavior and nothing extra.

When is the customer charged?

You choose: at the time of the order, or on release day.

Do I need WooCommerce?

Yes. This plugin is built for WooCommerce stores and works with your products and orders. You don't need to buy the paid Pre-Orders extension from WooCommerce.

Can I get a refund?

The trial fee is refunded automatically if a build fails. A purchased plugin can be refunded within 14 days if it doesn't do what the approved plan said and Ora can't fix it, as long as it hasn't been downloaded or installed.

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Describe your Pre-Orders plugin. See it working on a practice store.

$1 trial on a practice site. No yearly renewal.

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