
Waitlist WooCommerce allow users to add the out of stock products to the waitlist and they get informed through email when the product is in stock.
Live Demo
Waitlist for WooCommerce lets you create a waiting list for your products.
Send email notifications to your waiting list to keep customers informed and engaged.
Track demand for your products and understand what your customers really want. Use this demand data to make better stocking decisions, plan product launches, and prioritize the items that matter most to your audience.
Features And Options:
- ????️ Control waitlist button visibility by stock status (out of stock, backorder, or in stock) or by specific products.
- ???? Notify customers via email when an item becomes available for purchase
- ???? Track registered users, guest entries, and interest quantity
- ???? Two template designs – Popup & Inline form
- ???? Email log to review sent notifications
- ???? Option to enable or disable guest users
- ⚙️ Customizable waitlist form fields
- ???? Shortcode to display the waitlist button or form anywhere
- ???? Lightweight and seamless integration with WooCommerce
Add-ons:
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Waitlist manager – Enable unsubscribe links in emails for easy opt-out.
Provide users with a dedicated dashboard to view and manage all their waitlisted products (GDPR-compliant).
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Email Booster – Send notification emails to customers and admins (or a specified email address) when someone joins a waitlist.
Automatically send Back in Stock emails when a product’s stock status changes to In Stock.
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Custom Form Fields – Add extra fields to the waitlist form to collect additional data from users. Customize these fields and change the form’s appearance from the ‘Fields’ page
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Export/Import Waitlist – Easily export and import waitlist users and their data into a CSV or Excel file
How to translate?
Screenshots

The waitlist modal.

Back in stock email.

The Waitlist admin settings page.

The Waitlist admin settings page.


FAQ
How to setup?
Everything is already setup.Just activate the plugin & you are done.
How to translate?
- Download PoEdit.
- Open the watilist-woocommerce.pot file in PoEdit. (/plugins/waitlist-woocommerce/languages/
watlist-woocommerce.pot)
- Create new translation & translate the text.
- Save the translated file with name “waitlist-woocommerce-Language_code”. For eg: German(waitlist-woocommerce-de_DE)
, French(waitlist-woocommerce-fr_FR). — Language code list
- Save Location: Your wordpress directory/wp-content/languages/
Working
- Waitlist button shows when product is out of stock.
- As soon as the product is in stock again , it sends email to all the users in waitlist.
ChangeLog
2.8.8
- Fix: Add field button not showing
- New add-on – Unsubscribe and manage waitlist
2.8.7
2.8.6
2.8.5
- New waitlist design and filters
- Improved email options
2.8.4
- Fix – “Auto send back in stock emails” triggering for empty waitlist.
= 2.8.3=
* New – Added widget for elementor
* Fix – Shortcode text not working
* Fix – Force check stock status not working
= 2.8.2=
* Settings UI Update
* New fields support
* Settings UI Update
* Store manager can now access waitlist
= 2.8.1=
* Translatepress compatibility
= 2.8.0=
* Fix – Plugin works now with server cron
2.7.9
- Fix – PHP 8.2 deprecated warning
2.7.8
- Fix – WP rocket recent update fix
- Auto send back in stock email add-on fix
2.7.7
2.7.6
2.7.5
2.7.4
- Fix – deprecated warning for PHP 8.2
- Fix – Not showing for block themes
2.7.3
- New – Clear email log button
- Update – Select2 library optional under field settings
2.7.2
- New – added option to show waitlist button irrespective of stock status
2.7.1
- Fix – Cron Warning notice
2.7
- New – Email Styling options
- New – Keep waiting list after sending the emails
- New – Email Footer content
- New – Form field styling options
- New – Improved UI
2.6.1
2.6
- New – Added shortcode [xoo_wl_form] for showing waitlist button
- New – Export/Import settings
2.5.3
2.5.1
2.5.1
- Fix – “Do not show waitlist button option under inventory”
2.5
2.4
- Tweak – Changed capability to shop manager
2.3
- Fix – Site Favicon goes missing
- Fix – Popup quick flash on page load
- Fix – Other minor bugs.
2.0
**** MAJOR UPDATE ****
Almost everything is changed, from design to settings.
It is coded all over again.
- New – Customizable Form fields
- New – Sent email history page
- New – Inline form option
- New – Customize email texts from the settings
- New – Show button on backorders
- New – More styling options
- Tweak – Highly optimized
- Tweak – Popup design changes
1.5
- Notification for 2.0 update
1.4
- New – Improved “View Waitlist” design
- New – Delete user from waitlist.
- Fixed – Translation Bug (Thanks to Jerome)
1.3
- New – Added Custom “SEND EMAIL” button.
- New – Option to disable auto email.
- New – Premium release.
1.2
1.1
- Fixed Bugs
- Fixed – Missing product name in Email.
- Fixed – Now works in quick edit too.
1.0