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WooCommerce: Add Buy Now Button @ Single Product Page

If you’ve ever shopped on Amazon, you know how convenient it is to go straight from a product page to checkout with a single click. That “Buy Now” button eliminates extra steps and can make the buying process much faster. Inspired by this, I wanted to create something similar for WooCommerce stores — a simple button that lets your customers skip the cart and go straight to checkout, whether they’re buying a simple product or a single variation.

In this post, I’ll share a lightweight PHP + jQuery snippet that adds a “Buy Now” button right next to your standard “Add to Cart” button. The button dynamically updates if the product is a variable product or if the customer changes the quantity, ensuring that the checkout link is always accurate. With this solution, you can improve the user experience, reduce friction, and potentially increase conversions — all with just a few lines of code.

WooCommerce: Automatically Log Out Customers After Checkout

In WooCommerce, there are cases where you might want to log out a user after they complete a purchase. For example, new customers, one-time buyers, or sites where accounts are only needed temporarily, keeping users logged in after checkout may not make sense.

However, logging them out too early — like immediately on the Checkout page, or when the Thank You page loads — can prevent them from seeing their order details.

The ideal solution is to defer the logout until the user navigates away from the Thank You page. This way, checkout completes normally, the order confirmation is visible, and the user is safely logged out on their next visit.

In this post, we’ll show a simple PHP snippet that achieves this using WooCommerce sessions. The code sets a logout flag after checkout and automatically logs the user out silently the next time they visit any page, keeping the process smooth and user-friendly.

Here’s how to implement it.

WooCommerce Guest Checkout for Existing Customers

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In a recent Business Bloomer Club Slack thread, we discussed a user-friendly idea for WooCommerce checkouts: what if logged-out customers—who already have an account—could skip the login step but still breeze through checkout?

It started with a basic Ajax-powered email check at checkout, but the conversation quickly evolved into login links, security concerns, and UX tradeoffs. This idea came from frustration with friction-heavy checkouts.

So, how could this work—and is it actually helpful?

WooCommerce: Stripe Payment Form Not Showing?

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In a recent Business Bloomer Club Slack thread, a member reported that the Stripe payment form was not showing at checkout, regardless of which Stripe plugin they used.

They tested both the “WooCommerce Stripe Gateway” and “Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce,” but neither displayed the form.

Even after disabling all other plugins and switching to the default Twenty Twenty-Five theme, the issue persisted. They also tried both the shortcode (“Classic Checkout”) and the Gutenberg block (“Checkout Block”) — still no luck.

SPOILER ALERT: The problem seemed unrelated to any particular plugin or theme conflict. The member then checked the browser console for JavaScript errors and found a very strange message: a currency-related error where “cloudways” appeared in place of an expected currency code like USD.

This unexpected value turned out to be the root cause. After locating and correcting it, the Stripe payment form displayed correctly. Let’s take a look at what caused this, how to detect similar issues, and what steps you can take to fix them.

WooCommerce: Add Optional Checkout Email CC: Field

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In a recent Business Bloomer Club Slack thread, a member asked how to let customers optionally enter a second email address at checkout—specifically if they want WooCommerce emails sent to someone else too.

Their goal was to display a checkbox labeled “Send to another email address,” and, if checked, reveal an additional email field. Any email entered here should be CCed on all WooCommerce order emails.

This is a common request for B2B stores or for people who manage orders on behalf of others, such as virtual assistants, procurement officers, or accounting teams. The good news? This can be achieved without installing yet another plugin.

In this post, we’ll show you how to add a custom checkbox and email field at checkout, use JavaScript to conditionally show the field, save the additional email in the order meta and CC that email on all WooCommerce transactional emails.

Let’s get it done with a few clean snippets.

WooCommerce Upselling: Before, During, or After Checkout?

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Upselling, the art of suggesting additional products or services to customers, is a cornerstone of successful e-commerce. However, the timing of these offers can significantly influence their effectiveness. Should they appear before checkout, during the checkout process itself, or after the purchase is complete?

A recent conversation among developers explored this very question, weighing the pros and cons of different upsell placements and considering how they impact both conversion rates and customer satisfaction.

This post delves into the various upsell strategies, examining the nuances of pre-checkout offers, order bumps, and post-purchase engagement, and offering insights into how to optimize these techniques for maximum impact.

The goal is to help businesses strike the right balance between increasing average order value and creating a positive, non-intrusive shopping experience.

WooCommerce Checkout Uptime Monitoring Ideas

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In a recent Business Bloomer Club Slack thread, we discussed the possibility of automating WooCommerce checkout testing, particularly in light of how critical the checkout flow is for ecommerce websites.

One member raised a practical and intriguing question: how difficult would it be to include a “checkout uptime monitor” directly in WooCommerce core?

The idea was to build an automation that runs hourly (or on a filterable interval), simulating a real order placement by programmatically clicking buttons and filling out fields.

This concept sparked an insightful discussion around automation, plugin conflicts, and the value of proactive merchant notifications.

Here’s a breakdown of the conversation, the tools mentioned, and why this idea might be one of the most overlooked opportunities for WooCommerce stability and revenue assurance.

WooCommerce: Minimum Order Amount on Blocks

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In a recent Business Bloomer Club Slack thread, a question arose about integrating the “Minimum Order Amount” functionality with WooCommerce Blocks.

The original code provided an error notification on the Cart and Checkout pages if the order subtotal was below a specified threshold, but only worked with legacy Cart and Checkout shortcodes. However, with the rise of WooCommerce Blocks, ensuring compatibility with the block-based checkout flow is becoming increasingly important.

This article discusses how the minimum order amount logic can be adapted for blocks and includes a custom function that uses WooCommerce’s woocommerce_store_api_cart_errors hook. Keep reading to explore how this solution works for both traditional and block-based checkouts.

WooCommerce: Moving and Editing Fields on the Checkout Page

The WooCommerce checkout page is a critical area of customization for many store owners. Adjusting the placement of fields and fine-tuning their text can significantly enhance user experience and usability.

A recent inquiry in the Business Bloomer Club discussed moving a checkbox with an associated action and editing field text due to incomplete translations.

This article dives into practical steps to manage such customizations effectively, even when custom plugins add complexity. Let’s explore how you can modify your WooCommerce checkout layout and text without resorting to overkill solutions or excessive expenses.

WooCommerce: Allow Guest Checkout For Existing Customers

In a typical WooCommerce setup, if you disable Guest Checkout via the settings, all customers are required to either log into an existing account or register a new one during checkout. This ensures every order is tied to a user account – great for store management, but not always ideal for user experience.

The problem? Returning customers who aren’t logged in will be forced to remember their credentials or manually reset their password, just to place another order. And if they skip login and try to check out with their email, they’ll get the dreaded “An account is already registered with your email address” error – and the order won’t go through.

Thankfully, there’s a way to bypass all that. With a simple PHP snippet, you can allow users to check out as guests if their billing email matches an existing customer. WooCommerce will assign the order to their account – no login required!

WooCommerce: Simplify Free Checkout

If your WooCommerce store occasionally offers free products—whether as part of a promotion, a free trial, or a lead magnet—you may have noticed that the default checkout still displays all billing (and shipping) fields. This creates unnecessary friction for customers who don’t need to enter full address or payment information just to get something for free.

Thankfully, there’s a simple way to customize this behavior and show only the checkout fields you truly need. With a few lines of code, you can conditionally reduce the checkout form when there’s no payment required. This improves the user experience, boosts conversions, and keeps things clean and relevant.

I actually use this exact snippet on Business Bloomer whenever someone “purchases” one of my free WooCommerce mini plugins—just a name and email, no extra hassle.

In this example, we’ll indeed keep just the billing email and billing first name fields when the cart total is zero. You can easily tweak the snippet to include any other fields depending on your needs.

Here’s how to make it happen.

WooCommerce: Prevent Duplicate Orders

Sometimes customers accidentally submit the same order twice, or there may be a temporary issue with a WooCommerce payment gateway or a plugin conflict—such as the Sucuri Firewall problem in March 2025.

This can result in duplicate charges, refunds, chargebacks, admin costs and a poor user experience.

I recently ran into this issue myself and decided to create a simple solution. By checking if the same customer placed an identical paid order within the last 2 minutes, we can block the second attempt and show a helpful message.

If you’ve experienced something similar or want to proactively prevent it, here’s a quick snippet you can add to your site to avoid duplicate WooCommerce orders.

Displaying Country Names in Multiple Languages on WooCommerce Checkout

In a recent Business Bloomer Club discussion, a user faced a challenge with WooCommerce’s country dropdown on a Bulgarian-language site. While the checkout country field displayed country names in Bulgarian by default, international customers needed to search using English names, creating a usability gap.

The user sought a way to add English names alongside Bulgarian in the dropdown, allowing search functionality for both languages.

Through a collaboration in the forum, the user leveraged the woocommerce_countries_allowed_countries filter to display country names in both Bulgarian and English. By setting up an array of English country names and merging them with the default Bulgarian names, they successfully enabled bilingual search functionality in the country dropdown.

Running Custom Server-Side Code on Checkout Field Blur in WooCommerce

A recent query in the Business Bloomer Club asked for advice on executing custom server-side code when a user enters their email address during checkout in WooCommerce, specifically after the field loses focus (similar to how the cart updates for coupons and shipping).

This setup can be useful for verifying user input dynamically without a full page refresh.

Here’s a guide on how to achieve this functionality using AJAX and JavaScript.

Customizing WooCommerce for Medical Test Orders: Simplifying Customer Data Collection

In a recent Business Bloomer Club discussion, a member sought guidance on handling customer data collection in a WooCommerce store selling medical tests. Unlike a typical eCommerce setup, this store doesn’t require standard order processing or payments.

The challenge was to streamline the checkout page, enabling customers to input information like names and dates of birth for each test purchased, without proceeding through traditional payment or shipping processes. Below, we’ll explore the best approaches to configure WooCommerce for this unique use case.

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