Pre-Orders for WooCommerce

78 Quality Score

Active Installs

17/30

With 7,000 active installs and a popularity score that exceeds its weight, the plugin has a meaningful footprint for a single-purpose tool but is far from a market leader.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated within days of this assessment and tested against WordPress 6.8.5, the maintenance signal is strong and suggests an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

14/15

A 90 out of 100 from 66 reviewers is a strong approval rating, indicating that users who do rate the plugin are broadly happy with it.

Support Health

8/15

A 0 percent resolution rate across 1 tracked thread is a weak support signal and a real risk if you depend on fast help during a launch.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Requiring WordPress 5.0 and PHP 7.4 is forgiving for legacy hosts, and the plugin is tested on a recent WordPress release, giving it a solid but not exceptional compatibility score.

Scores higher than 66% of indexed plugins

About

Ultimate Pre-Orders Plugin for WooCommerce.

Active Installs 7k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.5/5

Last Updated 2026-09-07 4:12pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.0+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Medium

Most recent: September 3, 2026

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What It Does

Pre-Orders for WooCommerce adds a pre-order purchasing flow to your WooCommerce store, letting customers reserve upcoming products before they are officially in stock. It manages the product-level pre-order state, payment timing, and customer-facing availability labels across your catalogue. In practice, it lets you sell early on launch items, limited drops, or made-to-order goods without standing up a separate store or custom checkout logic.

Who It's For

This plugin fits WooCommerce merchants running timed product launches, limited edition drops, or made-to-order workflows who want a focused pre-order checkout rather than a larger conversion suite. It is a sensible fit for small to mid-size shops such as handmade sellers, fashion boutiques, gaming merch stores, and electronics retailers dealing with supplier delays. If your pre-order catalogue is a meaningful slice of revenue, the feature set is worth evaluating.

Who Should Skip It

Stores that only need a handful of labelled pre-order SKUs, or sites that already use a broader toolkit like Merchant or YITH, will likely not gain enough from a dedicated plugin to justify another extension. Large catalogues needing conditional deposit logic, partial payments, or backorder integration should test against more mature alternatives first.

The Bottom Line

Pre-Orders for WooCommerce delivers a well-rated, freshly maintained pre-order experience for WooCommerce at a reasonable scope, earning a 72.33 overall quality score. The weak support signal and thin thread history are the main reasons to run a test launch before relying on it for a major drop. For a small to mid-size shop with a simple pre-order need, it is a reasonable choice; for high-stakes launches, compare it against Merchant and YITH first.

Pick Merchant if you also need quick view, buy now buttons, product labels, and frequently bought together in one bundle and would rather consolidate extensions.

Place Order Without Payment for WooCommerce 77/100

Pick Place Order Without Payment if your actual need is quote-style orders or delayed payment rather than a true pre-order workflow with launch dates and inventory handling.

PRENA – Product Pre-Orders for WooCommerce 76/100

Pick PRENA if you want a dedicated pre-order plugin with a comparable feature set and prefer a vendor that may have stronger documentation or roadmap visibility.

YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce 74/100

Pick YITH Pre-Order if you value the YITH brand ecosystem, established support infrastructure, and a longer track record at a similar install count.