Stock Take Mode for WooCommerce

Stock Take Mode for WooCommerce lets store owners temporarily pause purchasing across the whole store, or on specific products, while they run an inventory count, perform maintenance, or run a seasonal stock-take.

Customers see a clear banner explaining what is happening, can leave their email to be told when you re-open, and staff can keep working as normal.

Features

• One-click start and stop: A status card at the top of the settings screen shows whether Stock Take Mode is active, scheduled or off, with "Start now" and "Stop now" buttons. You can also turn it off from the admin toolbar.
• Schedule or manual: Set a start and end time in your store's timezone, or leave them blank and switch it on and off yourself. Quick "ends in 1 hour / 4 hours / 1 day / 3 days" buttons make short counts easy.
• Product & category exceptions: Keep specific products, or entire categories, purchasable while everything else is paused.
• Role bypass: Let administrators, shop managers, or any other role keep shopping normally.
• Preview as customer: See exactly what shoppers see without logging out.
• Countdown banner: A banner with a live countdown to your re-open time. Choose a color preset or your own colors, place it at the top (sticky or not) or bottom of the screen, and show it on every page or only on shop pages. A live preview updates as you type.
• Waitlist capture: Visitors can leave their email to be notified when the store re-opens. Includes spam protection and a privacy note.
• Waitlist management: Search, remove individual subscribers, export to CSV, or email everyone on demand.
• Automatic re-open broadcast: Optionally email every subscriber as soon as stock-take mode ends. Emails are sent in small background batches, so large lists never slow down your store.
• Works with block and classic checkout: Purchasing is blocked for classic add-to-cart, AJAX add-to-cart, the Cart and Checkout blocks and the Store API.
• Admin bar indicator and dashboard widget: See the current status and blocked-attempt count at a glance.
• Settings import/export: Download your configuration as JSON

Requirements

- WordPress 6.0 or higher - WooCommerce 7.0 or higher - PHP 7.4 or higher

Instructions

1. Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active. 2. Install the plugin from the WordPress.org plugin directory, or upload the plugin ZIP file under Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin. 3. Activate the plugin. 4. Go to WooCommerce > Stock Take Mode to configure it.