Description

Kipphard Back in Stock adds a lightweight “Notify me” form to out-of-stock product pages. When stock is replenished, all subscribers are notified automatically — no manual work required.

What this plugin does:

Displays a “Notify me” sign-up form on out-of-stock WooCommerce product pages
Stores subscribers in a dedicated custom database table
GDPR-compliant consent checkbox on the sign-up form
Sends an automatic plain-text email to all subscribers when stock status changes to “In Stock” — uses configurable {product} and {link} placeholders in subject and body
Duplicate prevention: registering twice with the same email and product has no effect
Subscriber list in the WooCommerce admin (WooCommerce Back in Stock)
Configurable form heading, button label, consent text, success/error messages, email subject, and email body

What this plugin does NOT do:

This plugin does not send marketing emails or newsletters. It only sends a single transactional notification per subscriber when the specific product they signed up for comes back in stock. All data is stored on your own server — no external services, no tracking.

Hinweis (DE): Dieses Plugin zeigt auf ausverkauften WooCommerce-Produktseiten ein „Benachrichtige mich”-Formular an und sendet eine automatische E-Mail, sobald das Produkt wieder auf Lager ist. Die Benutzeroberfläche ist auf Deutsch verfügbar.

Screenshots

The "Notify me" form on an out-of-stock product page — heading, email field, and consent checkbox. — The “Notify me” form on an out-of-stock product page — heading, email field, and consent checkbox.

Subscriber list in the WooCommerce admin: product, email address, and registration date. — The “Notify me” form on an out-of-stock product page — heading, email field, and consent checkbox.

Installation

Upload the kipphard-back-in-stock folder to /wp-content/plugins/, or install it from the Plugins screen in your WordPress admin.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
WooCommerce must be installed and activated.
Go to WooCommerce Back in Stock to view the subscriber list.
Go to WooCommerce Back in Stock Settings to customise form texts, email subject, and email body.

FAQ

Is WooCommerce required?: Yes. The plugin requires WooCommerce and will show an admin notice if WooCommerce is not active.
Is data removed when I uninstall the plugin?: Yes. On uninstall, the plugin settings and the subscriptions table are completely removed from your database.
Which placeholders can I use in the email?: Use {product} for the product name and {link} for the direct URL to the product page. Both are available in the email subject and body fields in the settings.
Does the form appear for products that are in stock?: No. The form is only rendered when a product’s stock status is “Out of Stock”. It is hidden automatically once the product is back in stock.
Is the plugin GDPR-compliant?: Yes. The sign-up form includes a required consent checkbox, and no data is sent to external servers — everything is stored on your own site.

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Contributors & Developers

“Back in Stock – Restock Alerts & Waitlist” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

kipphard

Translate “Back in Stock – Restock Alerts & Waitlist” into your language.

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Changelog

0.4.3

Renamed the plugin display name to “Back in Stock – Restock Alerts & Waitlist” for better discoverability in the plugin directory. No functional changes.

0.4.2

Renamed the remaining generic frontend names (script/style handles, the localized JS object and CSS classes) from the legacy wvb prefix to the plugin-specific kipphard-bis prefix.
Updated the German translation for the settings submenu label.

0.4.1

Fixed: the bundled German translation now loads. WordPress only auto-loads translations shipped as language packs, so the de_DE catalog included with the plugin was never used.
Hardened the custom-table queries: the table name is now passed to $wpdb->prepare() as an %i identifier placeholder instead of being interpolated into the SQL.

0.4.0

Renamed to Kipphard Back in Stock for WooCommerce. The free version is now fully functional with no license-gated features. Renamed all internal option/table/hook names to a unique plugin-specific prefix.

0.3.1

Appearance settings translated to German (de_DE).

0.3.0

Shared Kipphard design system (kip-ui) applied to the notify-me form for a consistent, theme-safe look.

0.2.0

English source baseline with a German (de_DE) translation.

0.1.0

Initial release.
“Notify me” form on out-of-stock WooCommerce product pages.
Custom database table for subscriptions with duplicate prevention.
Automatic plain-text email on stock status change; {product} and {link} placeholders.
Configurable form texts, email subject, and email body via WooCommerce settings.
Subscriber list in WooCommerce admin.
GDPR consent checkbox; all data stored locally — no external dependencies.

Description

Screenshots

Installation

FAQ

Is WooCommerce required?

Is data removed when I uninstall the plugin?

Which placeholders can I use in the email?

Does the form appear for products that are in stock?

Is the plugin GDPR-compliant?