Issue #151 Loop WP

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Hi, friend. 👋

Welcome to Issue #151 of Loop WP!

Last week was slightly different from usual, as it was a milestone (in more ways than one) for Loop WP. Thank you to everyone for the best wishes.

This week, we were meant to discuss the result of March 27th’s vote on restricting WordPress release to one per year until the WPE lawsuit is over, but (at the time of writing), we still don’t know the outcome of that meeting. 😬

So instead, I’ll be sharing a WooCommerce plugin solution to a client's headache.

Let’s go! 👇

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Scheduled Products for WooCommerce

It’s been a while since we talked about WooCommerce…seven weeks in fact, when we talked about the Disable Cart Fragments plugin.

This week, we look at another plugin, WPC Product Timer for WooCommerce from WP Clever.

⏳ A client required scheduling a WooCommerce to be published (and publicly available) at a specific time.

📧 The product was part of an email growth campaign with newsletter subscribers getting early access for 48 hours before the product was released to the general public.

The Problem

🫠 WooCommerce Products can't be scheduled for publication by default.

Well, they can, but they can be hit and miss (like scheduling a Post in WordPress) the schedule can go wrong for many reasons.

🤔 There are ways to do this without a plugin, such as using a cron job and a custom PHP function using WordPress scheduled events. However, the solution needed to be client-friendly.

With my client being on holiday, this is not a screen they would want to see instead of a “published” product.

😱 Once that schedule is missed, that product will never get published, which would be a nightmare for this client.

😩 Aside from potential scheduling issues, WooCommerce is very limited in what you can schedule, such as changing product visibility.

So we needed a solution that offered much more than what WooCommerce does by default.

Close, but Not Quite

🚨 This product was not “on sale”, which makes it slightly trickier as there are many plugins to schedule “on-sale” products out there, but not so many options for products at regular price.

• Availability Scheduler for WooCommerce - A great option and would work, but it was overkill for this client's needs.

• WooCommerce Product Availability plugin - It would have worked, but it is overkill and very expensive compared to the first option.

• PublishPress - "Might" have worked, but it would require one of the paid addons, and for revisions to be added to products.

The Solution

In this case, friend, the solution was WPC Product Timer for WooCommerce from WP Clever.

This plugin suited the client perfectly and it's free (although there is also a premium version).

The plugin offers many options, and we chose the Catalogue Visibility option to change the product from “Hidden” to “Visible” after a set date and time.

🧠 (If you’re unfamiliar with product and catalog visibility, you can learn more in this specific WooCommerce documentation.)

I’ve not tested the plugin's premium version as the free version was more than enough in this case.

⭐️ With a 4.8 out of 5 stars plugin, I’m not the only person who has found WPC Product Timer for WooCommerce useful.

If you want more information on some of the premium features and a demo video of what the plugin can do, check out this tutorial. 👇

Happy scheduling! 🎉

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Before You Go

⏭️ Maybe we will discuss the vote’s result in next week’s newsletter.

Who knows. 🤣

There haven’t been any updates to this year’s roadmap (at the time of writing), with two major releases still scheduled after WordPress 6.8 (due April 15th, 2025).

Regardless of what Matt does, I’ll be here with another newsletter. 🎉

See you next week! 😀

Weekly WordPress News & Tips

This week's excellent and insightful WordPress News & Tips:

• I’ve Completed It - The 2025 WordPress Professionals Survey. (The Admin Bar)

• Is It for Everyone? - Why enterprises should be all-in on WordPress Multisite. (Humanmade)

• Webmasters.fm - Understanding the WooCommerce Customers and Community ft. Katie Keith (Brian Coords)

• Big eCcommerce News - Barn2 joins forces with Setary to transform bulk editing in WooCommerce, with Shopify support coming soon. (Barn2Plugins)

• Take A Guess - How many active plugins does a live WordPress site have on our platform? (Kinsta)

• Get Your Tickets - The conference for professionals driving the WordPress economy. (PressConf)

• Best Practices - for Cognitive Accessibility in Web Design (A11y Collective)

• Woohoo! - Massive congratulations to Mihai Iova and his affiliate plugin Slice WP passing 10k installs (there’s also a limited time 25% off the premium version). (Slice WP)

• WordPress.com Studio AI - The Secret to a Faster Workflow (5 Powerful Tips!) (WordPress.com)

• Optimising WP_User_Query Performance - Lazy Loading, Query Caching, and Memory Efficiency in WordPress (Jonny Harris)

• Oh oh! - Sucuri Firewall configuration may cause duplicate WooCommerce orders. (WooCommerce & GoDaddy)

• Accessibility - Improvements in WordPress 6.8. (WordPress)

• Droip 2.0 - Delivering an Intuitive, One-Stop Website-Building Ecosystem. (Droip)

• Introducing Ally - the New Web Accessibility Plugin by Elementor (Elementor)

• New Pricing - Post Status Individual Membership is now $50/year. Use code 'poststatus50' for the new pricing. (Post Status)

• DE{CODE}2025 - The virtual event for WordPress builders & innovators. (WP Engine)

• Insane! Playground Blueprints - Dynamic WordPress Playground Blueprints with Cloudflare Workers. (Brian Coords)

• The Future - Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Q1 – March 3, 2025) (The WP Community Collective)

• Cloudfest Hackathon 2025 - What the Teams Built, How It Went, and What’s Next. (The Repository)

If you have a question about this email or WordPress, reply, and I will answer you as soon as possible.

👋 Until next time,