YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce

Let your customers buy products before they are released and generate cash flow in advance to cover costs.

6K+ active installs

3.1

(16 ratings)

Has a paid tier

View on WordPress.org Support forum

Will this break my store?

What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce running.

WordPress compatibility

Tested to 7.0.2

Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.

Last updated

4 days ago

At least 1.1 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.

Requires PHP

8.0

Your host must be running at least this version.

Requires WordPress

6.8

Requires other plugins

woocommerce

These must be installed and active first.

Contributors

1

A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.

6K+ active installsWordPress.org reports installs in bands, not exact counts.

Maintenance & trust

Scored on how YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce is looked after — not on how many stores run it.

88

out of 100

SolidSome ratings or support history.

Maintenance

35 / 35

Updated 4 days ago.

WordPress compatibility

20 / 20

Tested to WP 7.0.2 (current).

Support responsiveness

Not enough data

Only 0 support thread(s) — not enough to judge.

Merchant satisfaction

6 / 15

3.1/5 across 16 rating(s).

Listing transparency

10 / 10

Provides: screenshots, description, homepage

1 of 5 measures had too little evidence to score. They are left out of the total rather than counted as zero — otherwise a plugin would be marked down for being small rather than for being poorly kept.Measured 2026-08-03 from the WordPress.org plugin registry.

Ratings

3.1

16 ratings

5★6

4★1

3★2

2★2

1★5

Every rating WordPress.org holds for this plugin, not a sample. Written reviews live in the plugin's WordPress.org reviews forum.

With YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce you can enable a pre-sales system in your shop, increase your customers’ interest in soon-to-be-released products and get cash flow in advance to cover the costs of production/promotion.

How does it work?

With this free plugin, you can easily manage the pre-sale of your products and create a marketing strategy similar to that used by large e-commerce stores such as Amazon, Apple, Nike, and Nintendo. You’ll be able to change the “Add to cart” button label to “Pre-order”, set a release date for your products, and send an email notification to your customers when the products they pre-ordered become available in your store.

Do you want to offer an incentive to push customers to pre-order products? The winning strategy is to offer a special discount on the price of your products only to those who pre-order them (e.g. “Get $50 off only if you pre-order the new smartphone now!”).

Free version options

Select in which products to enable the pre-order mode
Disable pre-order mode manually or automatically if you select a release/availability date (and time)
Customize the label and colors of the “Add to cart” button in the “Frequently Bought Together” section
Set a fixed price for products in pre-order mode (e.g. $100 when pre-order mode is enabled, $120 when it is disabled)
Apply a discount (or the opposite, increase the product price) when customers purchase a pre-order product
Charge the product price the moment the customer places the pre-order
Receive an email as admin when a customer pre-orders a product
Send an email to customers when they pre-order a product

Want to see the plugin in action? Check out the live demo >

Need more options? Go for the premium version!

With the premium version, you can unlock advanced features and build an even more effective pre-sale strategy in your shop.
With the premium version, you can:

Enable pre-order mode automatically on all unavailable/out-of-stock products
Hide pre-order prices from unregistered users
Allow only specific users or user roles to pre-order products
Charge an extra fee for each pre-order (e.g. add a $5 fee to all orders that contain a pre-order product)
Offer free shipping for products purchased in pre-order mode
Allow customers to manually pay for the products when they become available in your shop (through the “Pay Later” option at checkout)
Charge the product price automatically to your customers’ credit cards upon release (only available if you use a supported payment gateway)
Receive extra notifications as admin (when pre-order mode is enabled in an unavailable product, when a product release date is approaching, etc.)
Send extra notifications to customers (when the product release date is changed, to remind them about the pending payment, etc.)
Get regular plugin updates and access to the technical support area
… and more!

Try out the premium version live demo >

Is this plugin capable of capturing the order only when the product becomes available or does it charge the payment right away?

In Pre-Order, the payments must be charged at the very moment the order is placed.

I set a product with no stock as Pre-Order. Why can’t it be purchased?

You have to set a stock quantity for the product. That stock should be a quantity that you know you’ll have at your disposal.

Can I customize the “Add to cart” button text for Pre-Order products, in order to make my customers see the actual product status?

Yes! In the plugin options you can enter your own text for the button.

If I set a variable product as Pre-Order, will all variations be set as Pre-Order as well?

No, you can choose which variations setting as Pre-Order separately.

How can I report security bugs?

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

Plugin details

Version3.18.0

Last updated2026-07-30 2:09pm GMT

Added2016-11-28

Requires WordPress6.8

Tested up to7.0.2

Requires PHP8.0

Tags on WordPress.org

pre order

preorder

woocommerce

yith

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YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce

Let your customers buy products before they are released and generate cash flow in advance to cover costs.

6K+ active installs

3.1

(16 ratings)

Has a paid tier

View on WordPress.org Support forum

Will this break my store?

What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce running.

WordPress compatibility

Tested to 7.0.2

Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.

Last updated

4 days ago

At least 1.1 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.

Requires PHP

8.0

Your host must be running at least this version.

Requires WordPress

6.8

Requires other plugins

woocommerce

These must be installed and active first.

Contributors

1

A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.

6K+ active installsWordPress.org reports installs in bands, not exact counts.

Maintenance & trust

Scored on how YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce is looked after — not on how many stores run it.

88

out of 100

SolidSome ratings or support history.

Maintenance

35 / 35

Updated 4 days ago.

WordPress compatibility

20 / 20

Tested to WP 7.0.2 (current).

Support responsiveness

Not enough data

Only 0 support thread(s) — not enough to judge.

Merchant satisfaction

6 / 15

3.1/5 across 16 rating(s).

Listing transparency

10 / 10

Provides: screenshots, description, homepage

Ratings

3.1

16 ratings

5★6

4★1

3★2

2★2

1★5

Every rating WordPress.org holds for this plugin, not a sample. Written reviews live in the plugin's WordPress.org reviews forum.

How does it work?

Free version options

Select in which products to enable the pre-order mode
Disable pre-order mode manually or automatically if you select a release/availability date (and time)
Customize the label and colors of the “Add to cart” button in the “Frequently Bought Together” section
Set a fixed price for products in pre-order mode (e.g. $100 when pre-order mode is enabled, $120 when it is disabled)
Apply a discount (or the opposite, increase the product price) when customers purchase a pre-order product
Charge the product price the moment the customer places the pre-order
Receive an email as admin when a customer pre-orders a product
Send an email to customers when they pre-order a product

Want to see the plugin in action? Check out the live demo >

Need more options? Go for the premium version!

With the premium version, you can unlock advanced features and build an even more effective pre-sale strategy in your shop.
With the premium version, you can:

Enable pre-order mode automatically on all unavailable/out-of-stock products
Hide pre-order prices from unregistered users
Allow only specific users or user roles to pre-order products
Charge an extra fee for each pre-order (e.g. add a $5 fee to all orders that contain a pre-order product)
Offer free shipping for products purchased in pre-order mode
Allow customers to manually pay for the products when they become available in your shop (through the “Pay Later” option at checkout)
Charge the product price automatically to your customers’ credit cards upon release (only available if you use a supported payment gateway)
Receive extra notifications as admin (when pre-order mode is enabled in an unavailable product, when a product release date is approaching, etc.)
Send extra notifications to customers (when the product release date is changed, to remind them about the pending payment, etc.)
Get regular plugin updates and access to the technical support area
… and more!