Does it happen with you all the time that customers place an order but don’t pay for the order – i.e, Order received (unpaid).
This is more painful if you are a wholesaler and allow customers to pay cash on delivery(COD) or via cheque but never receive any payment which can cause a cash flow problem in your business.
What does Pending Order means in WooCommerce?
Pending order means that order has been created by the user, but the payment hasn’t been received yet.
For example, it could mean the user has reached the PayPal screen, but not proceeded. In rare circumstances, it may mean that PayPal was not able to communicate back to your website to say payment has been processed, so you should check your PayPal account / PayPal emails too.
You can read more about order status on woocommerce docomentation.
How to deny checkout until they pay for the previous orders
It’s easy, add below PHP code in your theme fuction.php file.
Above code will deny check out if the user has one pending order.
replace
if ( $count > 0 ) {with
if ( $count > 1 ) {Keep in mind that in most of
You can place PHP snippets at the bottom of your functions.php file, We recommend to use child them so you will not lose any changes when updating your theme –
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Thank you so much for this useful code.
I activate the Digits plugin in my website and by default the customer ID is them phone number (phone number is required instead of email address).
Would you please tell me how can I change this code for this situation?
Thanks a lot
Hello Mohammad, I never used the Digits plugin and quick Google search indicate it’s a premium plugin, I can’t look into its code. The best way is to get in touch with the plugin developer.
Thanks for your help Garry.