EffectIO WooCommerce Waitlist

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With WooCommerce Waitlist customers can register for email notifications when out-of-stock products become available. Purchase it on EffectIO! Version: 2.4.2 This plugin enables registered users to request an email notification when an out-of-stock product comes back into stock. It tallies these registrations in the admin panel for review and provides details.

Released on: 2025-11-20

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WooCommerce Waitlist 2.4.1 – Keep Customers Happy with Back-in-Stock Notifications

Improve customer satisfaction and boost sales with WooCommerce Waitlist 2.4.1. This powerful extension allows you to track demand for out-of-stock items, ensuring your customers feel informed and more likely to make a purchase. With just a few clicks, you can easily build up a waiting list of interested customers and automatically notify them when products come back in stock.

By offering customers the option to register for email alerts, you increase their likelihood of waiting for the desired product and shopping with you instead of your competitors. Joining a waiting list takes seconds, as customers can simply click a button on the product listing in your WooCommerce store.

Once you update your stock numbers on the site, everyone on the waiting list will automatically receive an email with a direct link to the product, making it super simple for them to make a purchase.

Key Features:

  • Effortlessly track demand for out-of-stock items
  • Automatically notify customers when products come back in stock
  • Encourage customers to wait and shop with you instead of competitors
  • Quickly prioritize restocking based on number of customers on waiting lists
  • Manage waiting lists and contact customers directly from the Edit Product screen
  • Allow users to conveniently manage all their waiting lists in one place on their My Account page
  • Customize the extension to suit your exact needs using WordPress action and filter hooks
  • Benefit from cost-saving updates and premium support through EffectIO

With WooCommerce Waitlist 2.4.1, shop managers can easily sort products based on the number of customers on their waiting list, enabling them to prioritize restocking more efficiently. By accessing the custom product tab on the Edit Product screen, managers can add or remove users from the waiting list, view archived lists, export a CSV of users, and adjust waiting list options for each product.

Users have the convenience of managing all the products they have joined the waiting list for in one place, thanks to the “Your Waitlists” tab on their My Account page.

Customizing the extension to meet your specific requirements is a breeze, as WooCommee Waitlist 2.4.1 offers a wide range of WordPress action and filter hooks. Simply consult the documentation for more information on how to tailor it to your needs.

Take advantage of the GPL code and premium support from EffectIO, a trusted and reliable partner in the WordPress community. Update your items effortlessly via the EffectIO Dashboard, and rest easy knowing that they come pre-activated.

Release Date

7/6/2016

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This plugin enables registered users to request an email notification when an out-of-stock product comes back into stock. It tallies these registrations in the admin panel for review and provides details.

2.5.1 — 2025-11-14
10.3
2.5.0 — 2025-04-28
  • Fix: modified 'wcwl_default_option_enable_waitlist' to properly allow setting default waitlist enable option
  • Fix: removed autoload from options where unnecessary
  • Fix: some admin notices showing for new users that shouldn't be
  • Added: various code improvements to adhere to PHPStan tests
  • Removed: redundant legacy frontend product class
2.4.16 — 2024-11-18
  • Fix: WPML - switching language on waitlist account tab was not updating product names properly
  • Fix: Removing waitlist data from product meta in Cocart plugin
2.4.15 — 2024-09-03
  • Fix: sortable admin column query not working for all values, updated to be simpler and handle edge cases
  • Fix: added update function for waitlist counts when using the update counts tool
2.4.14 — 2024-08-25
  • Fix: user deletion, when processed on the frontend, was not properly removing users from the waitlists
2.4.13 — 2024-07-30
2024.07.02 — Version 2.4.12
  • Fix: Images not displaying correctly on account template page
  • Fix: updated auto login functionality to avoid using discouraged functions
2024.05.29 — Version 2.4.11
  • Fix: Email not always being added to events waitlist form for logged in users causing silent error
  • Added: Various fixes to comply with PHPCS
  • Added: Filters to hide notices on the frontend (wcwl_show_notice_on_frontend)
  • Added: Altered frontend flow to allow join/leave buttons to show without having to dismiss notices
  • Added: Action hook to output custom HTML before submit button for waitlist forms (wcwl_before_form_submit_button)
  • Added: Action hook to apply additional validation to waitlist join/leave requests (wcwl_process_waitlist_request_start)
  • Added: Product ID/object to various frontend filters to allow for easier customisation
  • Added: Deprecation notice for old supported products filter
  • Added: Sorting products by waitlist count in the admin will now show all products (previously it did not return those with no waitlist data)
2024.05.15 — Version 2.4.10
  • Fix: Translations not working for some email strings
2024.04.10 — Version 2.4.9
  • Fix: Updated function to calculate count totals to target variable products as well
2024.04.09 — Version 2.4.8
  • Fix: Updated admin emails to show correct counts for variations
2024.03.21 — Version 2.4.7
  • Fix: Added better error handling when wcwl_options postmeta is corrupted/not as expected
2024.03.12 — Version 2.4.6
  • Fix: Double Opt in not working for all product types
2024.02.26 — Version 2.4.5
  • Fix: Fatal error on new user register due to refactoring core plugin file
2024.02.22 — Version 2.4.4
  • Fix: Deprecated PHP notice for order of function parameters
2024.02.20 — Version 2.4.3
  • Fix: Updated error notice texts to remove instances containing "nonce"
  • Added: various fixes to comply with PHPCS
  • Added: New classes and refactored to aid readability in future
2023.09.18 — Version 2.4.2
  • Fix: Waitlist counts for variations not showing correctly
2023.08.23 — Version 2.4.1
  • Fix: Full pass adding validations where required to correct edge cases where product objects were assumed to be properly loaded, leading to errors
2023.08.01 — Version 2.4.0
  • Fix: Email templates hooks not passed in the correct parameters. "woocommerce_email_header" and "woocommerce_email_footer" now have the email class object passed in as required
  • Added: Notification added to inform administrator that waitlist templates are out of date. This will be added as required on theme switch and plugin update
2023.07.04 — Version 2.3.9
  • Added: Compatibility for HPOS
2023.03.16 — Version 2.3.8
  • Fix: Update to translations template file
2023.01.31 — Version 2.3.7
  • Fix: Waitlist mailouts not always sending for variations when setting stock status
2023.01.10 — Version 2.3.6
  • Fix: Updates for security audit
  • Fix: Double opt-in email escaping allows '+' symbol
  • Added: Optional filter to add extra emails to all waitlist mailouts: 'wcwl_mailout_extra_email_addresses'
2022.10.27 — Version 2.3.5
  • Fix: Invalid product IDs stopping export of waitlist data
  • Fix: Product bundles being ignored by global exporter
  • Feature: Newly created users now force a page reload after they have been added to the waitlist
  • Added: Filter to redirect new users after they have an account created for them (wcwl_redirect_after_account_auto_create)
2022.09.06 — Version 2.3.4
  • Fix: Raw HTML ouputting on user account waitlist page
2022.08.15 — Version 2.3.3
  • Fix: Users not always logged in correctly after account created
  • Fix: Waitlist not updating for private products
  • Fix: SQL optimised for custom exporter
  • Added: Filter around shortcode depending on product type
  • Added: Security improvements
  • Added: Variable products excluded from account template (in case of accidentally joining parent waitlist) 2021.12.17
  • Fix: Added function to switch locale during AJAX calls to avoid inconsistency when a logged in user has a different locale than the one globally set
2021.11.05 — version 2.3.2
  • Fix: Some specific setups for variations were not sending out Mailouts incorrectly
2021.11.03 — version 2.3.1
2021.08.02 — version 2.3.0
  • Added: Import/export options for waitlist data within WooCommerce's product exporter
  • Added: Waitlist elements will now show by default within Elementor template
  • Added: Option for double opt-in (via email) for non-registered users when joining waitlist
  • Added: Filter to disable showing waitlist within Elementor template (wcwl_add_waitlist_for_elementor)
  • Added: minimal styling to button on archive page to avoid overlap 2021.07.28
  • Added: Filter for disabling waitlist for products by default
  • Added: Product ID to optin elements on frontend to avoid duplicates 2021.07.19
  • Fix: Parent variables managing stock not always correctly updating child waitlists
2021.07.02 — version 2.2.6
  • Added: Compatibility with chained products plugin 2021.06.16
  • Fix: updated bundles to refresh on variation selection consistently 2021.05.14
  • Added: filters for CSV export data (headers and row)
2021.05.04 — version 2.2.5
  • Fix: Waitlist form can be submitted on instock bundles (now it is removed from the DOM) 2021.03.05
  • Fix: Waitlist not showing for [product_category] shortcode
  • Fix: Mailouts triggering when WC product import processing
  • Added: success/fail hooks after waitlist notification email is sent
2021.03.01 — version 2.2.4
  • Fix: updated "woocommerce_email_subject_" filters to include object and email class
  • Updated language (.pot) file
2021.02.10 — version 2.2.3
  • Fix: issue with plain text emails not displaying as expected
  • Fix: fatal error with events plugin add-on 'Enhance Woo Order Templates'
  • Fix: removed waitlist notice from product page if it was empty
  • Fix: php8 deprecation notice fix
  • Fix: events ticket class checks updated as new classes have been added/changed (checkbox HTML)
  • Added: action hooks before and after waitlist mailout process
  • Added: filter to customise when mailout should be processed
  • Added: user flag for guests in admin panel row
  • Added: include wcwl prefix to ticket variable names to avoid potential conflicts
2020.10.20 — version 2.2.2
  • Fix: priority for supported products array adjustment as some products not showing waitlist tab in admin
2020.10.19 — version 2.2.1
  • Fix: adjusted product types filter to a later hook to ensure you could use it within theme filters
  • Fix: adjusted stock requirement check for variables to always return all variations
  • Fix: updated checks for global sitepress to ensure functions are not carried out when function does not exist
2020.10.12 — version 2.2.0
  • Fix: Admin user getting logged out when user created in back end
  • Fix: opt-in option not hidden when processing waitlist request
  • Fix: array check warning for multisite when switching versions with WC beta plugin
  • Fix: adjusted javascript to re-use existing styles to display elements on show()
  • Fix: error when trying to use functions from WPML extensions that are not active
  • Fix: export not organising emails correctly
  • Fix: some events showing duplicate waitlists
  • Fix: console error when events data not defined
  • Added: filter to adjust/add more admin email recipients
  • Added: guest sign up for Waitlists
  • Added: customer signup email (with unsubscribe link) when not creating users
  • Added: option to force login when user is created
  • Added: waitlist panel to events edit page
  • Added: javascript for frontend AJAX actions
  • Added: "You have been removed from waitlist" emails
2020.07.14 — version 2.1.24
  • Fix: waitlist elements not showing with events tickets (4.12)
2020.07.07 — version 2.1.23
  • Fix: updated language.pot file
2020.06.19 — version 2.1.22
  • Patch Fix: Rollback to avoid mailouts being unintentionally sent to users on bundled products with last version
  • Fix: Bundled product creation sometimes duplicating products
2020.06.15 — version 2.1.21
  • Fix: Bundled product creation sometimes duplicating products
2020.06.09 — version 2.1.20
  • Fix: Plugin stock check on mailout now takes minus numbers into consideration
  • Fix: WPML incompatibility on templates
  • Fix: Updated notices for new WC template structure on account page
  • Fix: Duplicating products contained in bundles due to running "in stock" earlier than expected
  • Added: Product ID to parameters passed to admin sign up mailout
  • Added: Admin email as parameter passed to admin sign up mailout
2020.04.08 — version 2.1.19
2020.02.27 — version 2.1.18
  • Fix: Update required for compatibility with WPML & WCML
2020.02.07 — version 2.1.17
  • Fix: New user created hook now includes user ID and not user to keep consistency throughout plugin
2020.02.07 — version 2.1.16
  • Fix: Waitlist not being hidden correctly on frontend when selecting different variations
  • Added: New hook after customer is created via the waitlist plugin
2020.01.27 — version 2.1.15
  • Fix: Bundled products not showing waitlist for backorder products/variables
  • Added: Filter to customise when to hide waitlist on frontend ('wcwl_waitlist_is_required')
2019.12.28 — version 2.1.14
  • Fix: waitlist not showing for events when particular setup used, haved altered initial check to target parent div
2019.12.25 — version 2.1.13
  • Fix: waitlist not showing for event tickets after events calendar frontend rework
2019.12.15 — version 2.1.12
  • Fix: with persistent waitlists enabled guest (non-logged in) users not removed from waitlists when purchasing product

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