Pre-Order

Take orders for products before they're released.

Switch Pre-order on for a product, give it a release date and, if you like, a pre-order price and a per-order limit. Shoppers see Pre-order now, the release date and a countdown, and can order even with no stock. Cart lines and orders are marked as pre-orders. On the release date the product becomes a normal product again by itself.

Extension · needs WooCommerce

Requirements

• WordPress 6.2 or newer
• PHP 7.4 or newer
• WooCommerce 7.0 or newer

Set it up

1. Switch it on in Moduly → Installed Widgets.
2. Edit a simple or variable product. Under Product data → General:
   • tick Pre-order;
   • set the Release date (date and time, in your site's time zone), or leave it empty for "release date coming soon";
   • optionally a Pre-order price (simple products; below the regular price it shows as a sale until release), Most per order, and the product's own Button text.
3. Update the product.
4. Click Manage on Pre-Order for the store-wide wording, the countdown and the cart rule.

What shoppers see

• Buttons: "Pre-order now" instead of "Add to cart", on the product page and on cards.
• Product page: "Pre-order — available on 3 November 2026" in the stock line, with a countdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds) under it. At zero the page reloads as a normal product.
• Cart and checkout: "Pre-order: available on 3 November 2026" under the line.
• Order: the same on the line (emails, My Account, admin), and an order note listing the pre-ordered products.

While on pre-order a product can be bought without stock, and it doesn't read as "on backorder".

Settings

Shown to shoppers

Cart rules

For themes

<?php if ( mdly_is_pre_order( $product ) ) : ?> … <?php endif; ?>

Accepts a product, a variation or an ID.