Description
RestockRadar for WooCommerce is a lightweight plugin that enhances your store’s inventory management by providing automatic email notifications for stock changes.
Key Features
- Admin Out-of-Stock Alerts: Automatically notifies store administrators when products go out of stock
- Low Stock Warnings: Get notified when products fall below your specified threshold with sales velocity analysis
- Customer Back-in-Stock Notifications: Allows customers to subscribe for notifications when out-of-stock products become available again
- Customizable Messages: Fully customize all notification text, email subjects, and form messages
- Rich Product Information: Detailed product data in notifications including sales history, categories, pricing, and stock analysis
- Smart Duplicate Prevention: Prevents sending duplicate notifications with intelligent tracking
- Clean Email Templates: Professional HTML email templates with product images and actionable insights
- Secure Subscription Forms: AJAX-powered forms with nonce verification and rate limiting
- Variable Product Support: Works with both simple and variable products
How It Works
- When a product’s stock falls below your threshold, admins receive a low stock warning with sales velocity analysis
- When a product goes completely out of stock, admins receive a detailed notification with full product information
- Customers see a customizable subscription form on out-of-stock product pages with pricing information
- When products are restocked, all subscribed customers receive notification emails automatically
- The plugin intelligently tracks notification status to prevent duplicate emails while allowing re-notifications for significant changes
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Installation
- Upload the
restockradar-stock-waitlist-alertsfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Ensure WooCommerce is installed and activated
- The plugin will start working automatically – no configuration needed!
FAQ
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Does this plugin require any configuration?
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No, RestockRadar works out of the box with sensible defaults. However, you can extensively customize the plugin through WP Admin RestockRadar Settings, including notification text, thresholds, and email preferences.
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Can I customize the notification messages?
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Yes! Navigate to WP Admin RestockRadar Settings Text Customization. You can customize:
* Email subject lines for all notification types
* Email headings and body text
* Customer form headings and descriptions
* Low stock warning messages -
How do I set up low stock warnings?
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Go to WP Admin RestockRadar Settings Low Stock Notifications:
1. Enable “Low Stock Notifications”
2. Set your desired threshold (e.g., 5 units)
3. Customize the warning message if desired
The plugin will analyze sales velocity and estimate days until out of stock. -
Can customers subscribe to variable product notifications?
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Currently, the plugin supports notifications at the product level. Variation-level notifications are planned for a future release.
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How are duplicate notifications prevented?
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The plugin intelligently tracks notifications:
* Out of stock: Only sends once per stock-out event
* Low stock: Re-sends only if stock drops by more than 50% from last notification
* Automatically resets tracking when products are restocked above thresholds -
What information is included in admin notifications?
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Admin emails include comprehensive product data:
* Product image and description
* Current stock levels and thresholds
* Sales history (last 30 days)
* Daily average sales velocity
* Estimated days until out of stock
* Categories, tags, pricing, and SKU
* Direct links to edit or view the product -
Is the plugin GDPR compliant?
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The plugin stores only email addresses and product preferences. Consider adding appropriate privacy policy disclosures about email collection and usage.
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Can I have multiple admin email recipients?
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Currently, notifications are sent to a single admin email address. You can configure this in Settings Admin Notifications. Multiple recipients are planned for a future release.
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Contributors & Developers
“RestockRadar – Stock & Waitlist Alerts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release
- Admin out-of-stock email notifications
- Customer back-in-stock subscription system
- AJAX-powered subscription forms
- Rate limiting for security
- HTML email templates