What WooCommerce Stock Manager Does
Understand the Stock Manager 2.0 inventory, purchasing, receiving, location, fulfillment, reporting, integration, and preorder/backorder operating model.
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WooCommerce Stock Manager
Learn how to operate WooCommerce Stock Manager inventory, purchasing, receiving, suppliers, locations, stock movements, reservations, fulfillment, preorder and backorder workflows, reports, integrations, troubleshooting, and safe updates.
Plan, implement, and verify WooCommerce Stock Manager.
Use the product page to evaluate scope, the pillar Guide to plan the operating model, and this hub for exact configuration.
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Getting Started
Install and Activate WooCommerce Stock Manager
Install WooCommerce Extended Stock Status, activate the plugin, and confirm preorder, backorder, and stock settings are available.
Recommended First Setup for WooCommerce Stock Manager
A practical setup sequence for enabling preorder and backorder workflows safely.
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Configuration
Configure Preorder and Backorder Settings
Configure global preorder, backorder, delivery choice, auto-split, email, and payment behavior.
Set a Simple Product to Preorder
Set a simple WooCommerce product to preorder and configure the stock status, availability date, and purchase behavior.
Set Variable Products and Variations to Preorder
Set WooCommerce variable products and variations to preorder or backorder with the right availability and stock behavior.
Configure Backorder Available Dates
Configure WooCommerce backorder available dates so customers understand when delayed products are expected to arrive.
Use Available Date and Expected Restock
Use available date and expected restock messages in WooCommerce to explain preorder, backorder, and stock timing clearly.
Set Purchase Limits for Preorder and Backorder Items
Limit how many preorder or backorder units a customer can add to cart.
Set Up Preorder and Backorder Shipping
Set up WooCommerce preorder and backorder shipping rules so mixed carts and delayed items are handled correctly.
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Inventory
Create Locations and Transfer Stock
Create warehouses, control sellable/quarantine behavior, set priority, and transfer quantities atomically.
Read and Reverse Inventory Movements
Audit receiving, adjustment, order, refund, cancellation, import, REST, cron, synchronization, and transfer movements.
Use the Inventory Dashboard and Bulk Stock Adjustments
Filter managed products, review stock risk, adjust selected stock, or create a multi-product restock batch.
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Purchasing
Create and Receive Restock Batches
Plan incoming stock, record references and documents, then receive partial, damaged, over, delayed, cancelled, or short-closed quantities.
Configure Suppliers and Product Purchasing Data
Store supplier contacts and product terms such as supplier SKU, cost, lead time, MOQ, pack size, and preferred supplier.
Use Reorder Suggestions
Turn reorder point, safety stock, lead time, MOQ, pack multiple, supplier, inventory position, and urgency into an explainable suggestion.
Create and Receive Purchase Orders
Move a multi-line purchase order from draft through ordered, confirmed, partial, and received states.
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Fulfillment
Understand Reservations, Allocations, and FIFO Incoming Stock
Trace each order demand to on-hand or incoming stock while preserving batch, location, released quantity, and FIFO priority.
Use Ready, Partially Ready, and Waiting Fulfillment Queues
Release fulfillment based on whole-line readiness instead of guessing from product stock.
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Alerts & Reports
Configure Stock Alerts and Delivery
Configure low-stock, out-of-stock, overdue-batch, and incoming-shortfall scans, history, notices, and WooCommerce emails.
Use Inventory and Fulfillment Reports
Analyze valuation, incoming stock, velocity, movers, stockouts, days of inventory, supplier timing, and preorder/backorder readiness.
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Integrations
Integrate Stock Manager with Advanced Order Actions
Use capability negotiation, idempotent mutation journals, item lineage, readiness/location split modes, family fulfillment, exchange demand, and compensating rollback.
Import Restocks and Export CSV or XLSX
Run a dry-run restock import and export inventory, movements, reports, or purchase-order data.
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Updates & migrations
Upgrade from Extended Stock Status 1.5 to Stock Manager 2.0
Upgrade in place, review migration health, verify the protected Main warehouse, reconcile totals, and confirm retained preorder/backorder workflows.