Creating and Managing Reserve Stock Rules
Viewing & Tracking Rules in a Grid
To efficiently manage reserve stock rules, you can access a user-friendly grid that displays all the pertinent information. This grid allows you to monitor and assess your rules comprehensively. Here are the key attributes this grid displays about each rule:
Title: the title of the rule
Date Published: The date on which the rule was created and published
Additional functions that can be performed are:
- Perform bulk actions on multiple rules at once
- Search for an existing rule in the search bar
- Filter the rules by the month and year
Adding A New Reserve Stock Rule
1. Title:
Add Title: Set a descriptive title for your rule
2. Rule Attributes
- All Users: A checkbox to apply the rule to all or selected user roles
- Check: Check to apply the rule to all user roles
- Uncheck: Leave it unchecked if you want selected user roles to be affected by it
- User Roles: Define which selected user roles will be affected
- Apply on All Products: A checkbox to apply the rule on all or selected products
- Check: Check to apply the rule to all products
- Uncheck: Leave it unchecked if you want selected products to be affected by it
- Select Products: Choose specific products to which this rule should be applied
- Select Products Category: Select product categories to apply the rule to
- Reserved Time: Set the time for a product’s stock to be reserved after adding it to the cart. You can set this time in:
- Hours
- Minutes
3. Rule Priority:
- Order: Specify the order in which this rule should be applied
Click “Publish” to save the rule
Configuring Additional Settings:
General Settings:
Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Reserve Stock > General to configure the general settings of the plugin. This section allows you to customize the following options:
- Reserve Stock Notices on Shop Page: Enable this checkbox to display reserve stock-related notices on the shop page
- Customize Notices Location on Shop Page: Choose where on the shop page the notices should appear
- Before Product Title
- After Product Title
- After Product Price
- After Add to Cart Button
- Reserve Stock Notices on Product Page: Enable this checkbox to show reserve stock notices on the product detail page
- Cron Job Time Schedule: Set the time at which the stock reservation process should start. You can set this time in minutes or hours
All Reserved Badge
- Display Badge on Products: Enable this checkbox to display a badge on products when the entire stock is reserved (Note: The badge will appear above the product image on the shop and product detail page)
- Customize Badge Text: Set the text to display on the badge (default is “Reserved”)
- Set Text Color: Choose the font color for the badge text
- Set Background Color of Badge: Define the background color for the badge
Click “Save Changes” to apply the settings
Message Settings:
Message:
1. All Stock Available (Shop & Product Detail Page): Enable this option to display a message with a countdown timer when all stock is available
- Customize All Stock Available Message (Shop & Product Detail Page): Personalize the message to display on the shop and product detail page (use {product_name} for product title and {max_time} for maximum time a product can be reserved)
- Font Size: Adjust the font size
- Font Color: Set the font color
2. Product Reserved Message (Cart Page): Enable this option to display product reserved message with time on cart page
- Customize Product Message with Time (Cart Page): Personalize the message text (use {product_name} to show the product title and {max_time} to show the reserve timer)
- Font Size: Set the font size
- Font Color: Set the font color
3. Show Partial Reserved Stock Message: Enable this checkbox to show a message on the product detail and shop pages when multiple people have reserved some stock
- Customize Partial Stock Text: Customize the message text and appearance (use {ars_people} for the number of people who have reserved the stock, {ars_stock} for the stock quantity that is currently reserved, {product_name} for product title, and {available_stock} for the stock that is left)
- Font Size: Adjust the font size
- Font Color: Set the font color
4. Show All Reserved Message: Enable this option to display all stock reserved message
- Customize all reserved message: Customize the message text (Use {remaining_time} for product to come back in stock)
- Font Size: Set font size
- Font Color: Set font color
Customize Add to Cart Messages
1. Show Add to Cart Message: A checkbox to show add to cart message on the product detail page & shop page
- Customize add to cart message: Customise the message text (use {product_name} variable to show the product title and variable {max_time} for reserved time)
2. Show Remove from Cart Message: Enable this checkbox to show product removed from cart message
- Customized Remove from Cart Message: Customize the message text (use {product_name} variable for the product title)
3. Customize x Stock Left Message: Customize ‘x stock left’ message when add to cart action is performed (use {available_stock} for remaining quantity and {remaining_time} variable for the product to come back in stock)
4. Customize All Reserved Add to Cart Message: Customize add to cart all reserved message (use {remaining_time} variable for product to come back in stock)
Click “Save Changes” to apply the changes.
