This guide walks you through the complete checklist for preparing your WooCommerce Discount Rules plugin for publish — including folder structure, plugin headers, readme files, uninstall script, cleanup steps, packaging, and testing. Perfect for developers getting ready for GitHub or WordPress.org release.
This chapter explains how to add a per-customer usage limit to your WooCommerce discount rules plugin. You’ll update coupon data, extend the admin UI, enforce limits during checkout, track usage in orders, and test scenarios like one-time coupons, VIP multi-use coupons, and unlimited-repeat coupons.
In this chapter, you’ll upgrade your WooCommerce discount plugin to support multiple coupons with individual settings, including discount type, value, min/max order limits, customer targeting, and active/inactive status. You’ll learn how to build the admin UI, save coupon data, toggle status, delete coupons, and apply rules at checkout.
This chapter shows how to add customer-type rules to your WooCommerce discount plugin — allowing coupons for new customers only, existing customers only, or all users. You’ll create an admin dropdown, implement a helper function, validate login status, check order history, and integrate the rule into your discount logic.
This chapter teaches you how to add minimum and maximum order value conditions to your WooCommerce discount plugin. You’ll update admin settings, enforce cart subtotal constraints in your discount logic, display helpful error messages, and integrate a custom checkout field for entering discount codes.
In this chapter, we will add a “Discount Type” setting in the admin (flat / percentage), update the discount value field to work for both types, and enhance our checkout discount logic. By making these updates, we can easily handle both flat and percentage discounts, providing more flexibility and customization options for our users.
In admin, create flat-discount coupons for WooCommerce with ease. Set the discount amount, coupon code, and enable/disable options. Customers can enter a special code at checkout to see the discounted total. Learn how to extend admin settings, add a checkout field, and apply the discount via WooCommerce fees. Increase customer engagement and boost sales with this simple feature.
This chapter teaches you how to add a custom settings page under WooCommerce, save a checkout message using the WordPress Options API, and display it on the checkout page. You’ll create a submenu, secure form handling, and a fully editable message field for store owners.
This chapter guides you through building the foundation of a real WooCommerce plugin. You’ll create the plugin folder, main file, naming conventions, and insert a working “Hello from our plugin” message on the checkout page using classic WooCommerce hooks. A perfect starting point for deeper plugin development.
In this tutorial series, we will take a practical, hands-on approach to understand how WooCommerce works internally by building our own custom discount plugin from scratch. By the end, you’ll have a working WooCommerce extension that can display custom messages, accept coupon codes, apply discounts, and more. Dive into the world of WooCommerce customization and unleash the full potential of your online store.
