Back in stock notifications for WooCommerce

Description

Back in Stock Notifications for WooCommerce adds a Subscribe button to out-of-stock products. When a customer clicks it, a customisable modal form collects their email (and optionally their name). When the product is back in stock, the plugin sends them a personalised notification email automatically — or you can trigger it manually.

Supports simple and variable products.

Main Features

✔️ Subscribe button on out-of-stock product pages (simple & variable)
✔️ Subscribe button on shop & listing pages — appears on product tiles in shop, category, search, and related product sections
✔️ Button Visibility control — show on both, single product page only, shop/listing pages only, or disable entirely
✔️ Customisable modal form — title, button text, before/after text
✔️ Live form preview — see the button and modal exactly as customers will, before going live
✔️ Personalised confirmation and back-in-stock notification emails
✔️ Send Test Email — preview any email template with real product data before sending to customers
✔️ Default email templates included (ready to use out of the box)
✔️ Merge tags for dynamic content (name, email, product title, price, URL, quantity)
✔️ Automatically mode — notifications sent when WooCommerce stock status changes
✔️ Manually mode — trigger notifications from the product page when you’re ready
✔️ Pause notifications for specific products
✔️ Filter and search subscriptions by product or email
✔️ Bulk export subscribers to CSV
✔️ Customisable button colours (background & text)
✔️ First & Last Name fields (optional — enable or disable per your preference)
✔️ Duplicate subscription prevention
✔️ reCAPTCHA v2 to block spam subscriptions
✔️ HubSpot integration — auto-create or update contacts on every subscription

Subscription Form Preview

Click the Preview button on the Subscription Form settings page to open a dedicated preview page. It shows the exact Subscribe button (with your saved colours and text) on a clean canvas — click it to open the modal and inspect the layout, title, fields, and before/after text. Submission is disabled so it’s completely safe to test.

Send Test Email

Each email template (Confirmation and Back in Stock Notification) has a Send Test Email button. Click it to open a dedicated test page where you can:

  • Search for any product (or select a specific variation)
  • Enter any recipient email (pre-filled with your admin email)
  • Send the email immediately — merge tags are replaced with real product data

The subject is prefixed with [TEST] so you can distinguish it from live emails. Subscriber name tags ([wsnm-first-name], [wsnm-last-name]) are substituted with sample values (John / Doe).

Subscriptions

Each subscription stores:

  • First Name (optional)
  • Last Name (optional)
  • Email
  • Status (Waiting, Sent, Paused)
  • Product (Simple or Variable)

Duplicate subscriptions are prevented. If someone with the same email tries to subscribe to the same product again, a warning message is shown instead.

Subscriptions can be filtered by product, searched by email, and exported in CSV format from the WordPress admin.

Merge Tags

Use these tags in email subject lines and body content:

  • [wsnm-first-name] – Subscriber’s first name
  • [wsnm-last-name] – Subscriber’s last name
  • [wsnm-email] – Subscriber’s email address
  • [wsnm-product-title] – Product name (including variation name if applicable)
  • [wsnm-product-price] – Product price with currency symbol
  • [wsnm-product-quantity] – Available stock quantity, or “unlimited” if unmanaged
  • [wsnm-product-url] – Direct link to the product (variation pre-selected for variable products)

Integrations

reCAPTCHA v2

Add a “I’m not a robot” checkbox to the subscribe form to block automated spam submissions. Requires a free Google reCAPTCHA v2 account. Configure your Site Key and Secret Key under Settings Integrations.

HubSpot

Connect to your HubSpot account to automatically create or update a contact every time someone subscribes:

  • Each subscriber is created as a HubSpot contact (email, first name, last name)
  • If a contact with the same email already exists, it is found and reused — no duplicates
  • A note is attached to the contact with the name of the subscribed product
  • The sync result (contact link or error) is visible on each subscription’s detail page in the WordPress admin

To connect: go to Settings Integrations, enable HubSpot, paste your Private App token (requires the crm.objects.contacts.write scope), and click Check connection to verify.

Developer Filters

The plugin exposes the following filters:

  • wsnm-text-cta – Override the subscribe button text shown on the product page
  • wsnm-modal-title – Override the modal header text
  • wsnm-modal-form-button – Override the submit button text inside the modal

External Services

This plugin optionally connects to the following third-party services. These connections are only made when you explicitly enable the corresponding integration in Settings Integrations.

Google reCAPTCHA v2 (optional)
Used to verify that subscription form submissions are made by a human. When enabled, the reCAPTCHA script is loaded from Google’s servers and the form response is verified against Google’s API.

HubSpot (optional)
Used to automatically create or update a CRM contact when someone subscribes. Subscriber name, email, and the subscribed product name are sent to HubSpot.

Screenshots

  • Settings – General
  • Settings – Subscription Form with Preview button
  • Subscription Form Preview page
  • Settings – Email Templates with Send Test Email buttons
  • Send Test Email page
  • Settings – Integrations (reCAPTCHA & HubSpot)
  • Subscribe button on an out-of-stock product page
  • Subscribe modal form
  • All Subscriptions list
  • Subscription detail page (with HubSpot sync status)
  • Manually Mode – Send Notifications from product page
  • Automatically Mode – Notification status

Installation

  1. Upload back-in-stock-notifications-for-woocommerce to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
  3. Go to Back in Stock Settings to configure the plugin

FAQ

Which product types are supported?

Simple and variable products.

What is manually mode?

Manually mode gives you full control. Notifications are triggered by an administrator directly from the WooCommerce product edit page. This is the default mode.

What is automatically mode?

In automatically mode, notifications are sent as soon as a product’s stock status changes to “in stock” in WooCommerce. You can still pause specific products if needed.

Can I preview the subscribe form before it goes live?

Yes. Go to Settings Subscription Form and click the Preview button. A dedicated preview page shows the exact button and modal using your current settings. Submission is disabled so it’s completely safe to use.

Can I test my email templates?

Yes. On the Settings Email Templates page, each email section has a Send Test Email button. Select a product, confirm the recipient address, and click send — the email is delivered using real product data with a [TEST] prefix in the subject.

Can I control where the subscribe button appears?

Yes. Go to Settings General and find the Button Visibility option under Button Style. Choose from: show on both (default), single product page only, shop/listing pages only, or disabled.

How do I connect HubSpot?

Go to Settings Integrations, enable the HubSpot toggle, paste your Private App token (with the crm.objects.contacts.write scope), and click Check connection to verify.

I’ve still got questions. Where can I find answers?

Check out our documentation or visit the support forum.

Reviews

February 25, 2026
Does exactly what it says, sends notifications when the product is back in stock.
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Contributors & Developers

“Back in stock notifications for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.0.3

  • Compatibility Fix

1.0.2

  • Subscribe button now appears on shop, category, search, and related product tiles (in addition to the single product page)
  • Added Button Visibility setting — choose to show the button on both pages, single product only, shop/listing pages only, or disable it entirely
  • HubSpot: a note is now attached to existing contacts on re-subscription (previously only attached to newly created contacts)
  • Fixed: confirmation email now respects the Enable/Disable toggle in Email Templates settings
  • Fixed: subscribe button no longer duplicates when themes show availability text in product loops
  • Added subscription form Preview page — see the button and modal with your saved settings before going live
  • Added Send Test Email for both email templates — pick a product, enter an address, and send a real test with merge tags replaced
  • Dedicated admin pages for Preview and Test Email
  • Improved settings UI: responsive two-column layout with contextual help sidebar on all settings pages
  • Added direct submenu links: Subscription Form, Email Templates, Integrations
  • Moved reCAPTCHA settings from Subscription Form tab to Integrations tab
  • Added Support link in settings navigation
  • Compatibility with WordPress 6.7 and WooCommerce 9.4
  • Minimum PHP version raised to 8.3
  • Declared WooCommerce HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) compatibility
  • Fixed unprepared SQL query in background action handler
  • Replaced file_get_contents() with wp_remote_post() for reCAPTCHA verification
  • Fixed reCAPTCHA script loaded via proper wp_enqueue_script()
  • Fixed MySQL 8 strict mode incompatibility in database schema defaults
  • Automatic database schema migration for existing installations
  • Added HubSpot integration: automatically creates contacts and attaches a product note on each new subscription

1.0.1

  • Manage button text and modal title
  • Tested with the latest WP and WC versions

1.0.0

  • First release