WooCommerce Order Limit 5.1.5

WooCommerce Order Limit (also known as Order Limit for WooCommerce) is a specific plugin used to set restrictions on how much or how often customers can buy.1

While WooCommerce allows you to manage stock, it doesn't natively stop a single customer from buying your entire inventory or a guest from placing an order too small to be profitable. This plugin provides the "guardrails" for your checkout process.2

Core Restriction Types

The plugin generally operates on four levels of logic:

Product & Variation Limits: Set a minimum or maximum quantity for a specific item (e.g., "Limit 2 per customer" for a high-demand release).3

Category Limits: Apply rules to entire groups (e.g., "Must buy at least 6 bottles from the Wine category").4

Cart Limits: Restrict the total checkout based on Total Quantity (e.g., max 20 items) or Total Value (e.g., minimum $50 spend).5

Customer & Role Limits: Set different rules for "Wholesale" vs. "Retail" users.6 You can even set lifetime limits or time-based limits (e.g., "A user can only buy 5 of this item per month").7

Key Features (PRO Version)

While there are "Lite" versions on WordPress.org, the full versions (like the one sold on the official WooCommerce Marketplace) include:

Time-Span Rules: Refresh limits daily, weekly, or monthly.8

Hard Blocks: Automatically hide the "Proceed to Checkout" button or the "Add to Cart" button if a rule is violated.9

Custom Notifications: Display a dynamic message like: "You need to add $15 more to your cart to check out" or "You have already purchased your monthly limit of this item."10

Step/Multiple Rules: Force customers to buy in multiples (e.g., only allowing 6, 12, or 18 units).11

Global Store Limits: Set a maximum number of total orders the store can accept in a day (ideal for catering or handmade shops with limited daily capacity).12

Popular Plugin Alternatives

If you are looking for this functionality, you are likely looking at one of these three major players:

Plugin Name

Best For

Price (Approx)

Order Limit for WooCommerce

Daily store-wide & time-based limits

~$59/year

Min/Max Quantities

Official Woo extension for simple qty/value rules

~$39/year

YITH Min/Max Quantities

Advanced bulk actions and specific "Role" rules

~$80/year

Implementation Tip: The "Guest" Problem

If you set a "Maximum Order Limit" per user, remember that Guest Users (not logged in) can bypass these limits by using different email addresses. If you need strict enforcement (e.g., for a limited-edition drop), it is best to require account creation for those specific products.

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