Description
Aetos Saudi Checkout Phone helps Saudi WooCommerce stores prevent malformed mobile numbers from reaching new orders.
When a billing or shipping address uses Saudi Arabia as its country, the plugin validates a supplied mobile number and stores accepted values in one consistent form: +9665XXXXXXXX.
Accepted input
The same Saudi mobile can be entered in common local or international forms:
05XXXXXXXX5XXXXXXXX9665XXXXXXXX+9665XXXXXXXX009665XXXXXXXX
Spaces, hyphens, periods, and parentheses are accepted. Western digits, Arabic-Indic digits, and Eastern Arabic/Persian digits are supported.
Validation follows the current Saudi mobile network-code structure published by the Communications, Space & Technology Commission. It checks format and current mobile prefixes, not number ownership or service status.
Focused behavior
- Works with WooCommerce classic checkout.
- Works with WooCommerce Checkout Blocks and the Store API.
- Normalizes billing and shipping mobile values before WooCommerce saves them.
- Leaves non-Saudi addresses unchanged.
- Leaves an empty optional phone field empty, so WooCommerce keeps control of required or optional field behavior.
- Adds no checkout JavaScript, settings screen, database table, cookie, analytics, or external request.
This plugin validates Saudi mobile-number format only. It does not send an OTP, verify ownership, confirm that a line is active, identify a carrier, or validate landline numbers.
Privacy
The plugin does not collect, transmit, or separately store personal data. It only validates and normalizes phone values that WooCommerce is already processing for checkout.
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Installation
- Install and activate WooCommerce 8.9 or newer.
- Install and activate Aetos Saudi Checkout Phone.
- Use the classic or block WooCommerce checkout normally. There are no settings to configure.
FAQ
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Does the plugin make the phone field required?
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No. It respects WooCommerce’s existing required, optional, or hidden setting. A non-empty Saudi phone value is validated; an empty optional value remains empty.
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Does it verify that the number belongs to the shopper?
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No. It checks format locally. It does not send an OTP or contact a telephone service.
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Does it support Arabic numbers?
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Yes. Arabic-Indic and Eastern Arabic/Persian digits are converted safely before validation.
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Does it support Checkout Blocks?
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Yes. Version 1.0.0 validates Checkout Block and Store API addresses as well as classic checkout.
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Does it change phone numbers for other countries?
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No. It only acts when the related billing or shipping country is Saudi Arabia (
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Does it send data to Aetos or another service?
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No. Validation and normalization happen on your WordPress server. The plugin makes no external request.
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Contributors & Developers
“Aetos Saudi Checkout Phone” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Added Saudi mobile validation and normalization for classic checkout.
- Added Checkout Block and Store API support.
- Added Western, Arabic-Indic, and Eastern Arabic/Persian digit support.
