WooCommerce Group Coupons Plugin
WooCommerce Group Coupons Plugin New coupon features add the possibility to apply coupons automatically for group members. This allows to have discounts applied for certain customer groups.
WooCommerce Group Coupons Plugin It is very convenient to have discounts applied automatically for certain user groups. This covers any cases ranging from applying a promotional discount automatically to any registered user, to granting automatic discounts to specific user groups like distributors, volume clients, etc. It can also be combined with another features provided by this extension to assure that coupons can only be used by certain groups.
Setup and Configuration
The extension is basically setup-free and provides default settings that suit most sites.
If you have not already installed the free Groups membership plugin, we recommend to install and activate it, as it allows to use the advanced coupon settings related to group memberships.
A new menu item WooCommerce > Group Coupons gives access to several options that can be adjusted
- Automatic group coupons – Enables options to apply coupons automatically based on group memberships with
- the free Groups membership plugin.
- Coupon error message – Allows to customize the notice shown when a customer tries to apply a coupon code which is restricted to a group to which the user does not belong.
- Roles – Enables coupon restriction options by WordPress user role.
- Logout – This provides an option to completely remove any coupons applied to a cart after a user logs out.
New Coupon Settings
Once the plugin is installed and activated, coupons will show additional settings under Coupon data.
- A new subsection related to Groups
- A second subsection for Roles
The subsection related to Groups allows to limit the coupon to be used only by members of one or more groups, to apply the coupon automatically to members of one or more groups and to exclude one or more groups from being able to use the coupon.
The second new subsection related to roles allows to limit the coupon to be used only by users that have one ore more roles.
New Coupon Settings for Groups
The Groups subsection of the settings under Coupon data allows to limit the coupon to groups, apply it automatically to groups and to exclude certain groups from using it. You can access these sections when you add a new coupon or edit an existing coupon.
Groups – limit the coupon to group members
Only members of the selected groups will be allowed to use the coupon. If no group is selected, the coupon is not restricted to any group members.
Automatic application – apply the coupon to group members automatically
The coupon will be applied automatically to members of any of the selected groups.
It’s important to note that this does not limit the coupon to group members, anyone could use the coupon – it will just not be applied to anyone automatically. If the coupon should only be available to members of the selected groups, you must also limit the coupon to these groups.
Exclude Groups – exclude group members from using this coupon
Members of the groups chosen here will not be allowed to use the coupon.
New Coupon Settings for Roles
The Roles subsection of the settings under Coupon data allows to limit the coupon to certain roles. You can access this section when you add a new coupon or edit an existing coupon.
Roles – limit the coupon to roles
Only users who have one of the selected roles will be allowed to use the coupon. If no role is selected, the coupon is not restricted to any roles. It’s worth noting that for example an Administrator will not be allowed to use a coupon that is restricted to a Contributor and vice-versa. If you want several roles to be able to use the coupon, you must check each role here.
Exclude Roles – exclude roles from using this coupon
Users with the chosen roles will not be allowed to use the coupon.
Examples
The following examples illustrate some cases and configurations where a coupon is limited or applied automatically based on groups or roles.
If you are not familiar with the Groups membership plugin yet, we recommend to review its documentation pages where you can quickly learn how to create a group and assign users to it. In the following examples, we will be using several groups with intuitive names. Please note that the Registered group already exists when you install the Groups membership plugin and that all users belong to it.
A restricted Coupon for Registered Users
This example shows the settings used for a coupon that is limited to registered users and applied automatically for them. This means that the coupon will be applied automatically for any existing user account, without the need for the customer to input the coupon code at checkout explicitly. In this example, we also exclude any member of the Test group from using the coupon.