Auto Discounts for WooCommerce
Auto Discounts for WooCommerce automatically applies discounts to your products based on how long they’ve been in your catalog. Perfect for stores that want to automate their discount strategies for older inventory.
Solid choice
Auto Discounts for WooCommerce is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Was last updated 3 weeks ago, and scores 64/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 3 weeks ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Auto Discounts for WooComme… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| age-based | >100 |
| automatic | >100 |
| discounts | >100 |
| pricing | >100 |
| woocommerce | >100 |
About Auto Discounts for WooCommerce
From the official readme · v1.0.6Description
Auto Discounts for WooCommerce automatically applies discounts to your products based on how long they’ve been in your catalog. Perfect for stores that want to automate their discount strategies for older inventory.
Key Features:
- Age-Based Discount Rules: Set up discount rules based on product age (days since the WordPress product publish date)
- Flexible Discount Periods: Configure different discount percentages for different time periods (e.g., 10% after 30 days, 20% after 60 days, 30% after 90 days)
- Category Exclusions: Exclude specific product categories from automatic discounts
- Automatic or Manual Application: Choose between daily automatic application or manual trigger on demand
- Performance Optimized: Uses WooCommerce Action Scheduler and batch processing to handle large catalogs efficiently
- Stock-Aware: Only applies discounts to products in stock
- WooCommerce Compatible: Fully integrated with WooCommerce pricing system
- HPOS Compatible: Works with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS)
Use Cases:
- Clear old inventory automatically
- Create time-sensitive promotions
- Reduce manual discount management
- Improve inventory turnover
- Automate seasonal sales strategies
How It Works:
The plugin calculates each product’s age from its WordPress product publish date. Based on your configured rules, it automatically applies the appropriate discount percentage. Discounts are applied directly to product prices and are visible to customers immediately.
Installation
- Download the plugin and extract the zip file
- Upload the ‘auto-discounts-for-woocommerce’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Navigate to WooCommerce > Auto Discounts to configure your discount rules
- Set up your discount rules (age thresholds and percentages)
- Optionally exclude product categories
- Choose automatic daily application or manual trigger
Frequently asked questions
How is product age calculated?
Product age is calculated from the product’s WordPress publish date (post_date). The plugin counts the number of days since the product was published. This is especially relevant for imported or duplicated products: the plugin uses the current product’s actual WordPress publish date, not any inherited import metadata or copied custom field.
Do discounts apply to out-of-stock products?
No, discounts are only applied to products that are currently in stock. This helps optimize performance and ensures discounts are only shown for available products.
Can I exclude certain product categories?
Yes, you can select specific product categories to exclude from automatic discounts in the plugin settings. This is useful for categories like “New Arrivals” or “Featured Products” that you want to keep at full price.
Can I apply discounts manually?
Yes, the plugin supports both automatic daily application and manual trigger. You can apply discounts on demand from the plugin settings page.
Will discounts affect existing orders?
No, discounts only apply to product prices going forward. They do not affect orders that have already been placed.
Is this plugin compatible with WooCommerce HPOS?
Yes, the plugin is fully compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS).
What happens if I change discount rules?
When you update discount rules, you can manually trigger a recalculation to apply the new rules to all products immediately.
Changelog
Fixes product age for backdated products: the publish date shown in the admin is now always used.
1.0.6
- Fix: Product age now uses
post_date, the publish date shown in the admin, read in the site timezone.post_date_gmtcan keep the original date on backdated products (SQL update orwp_update_post()withoutpost_date_gmt), which kept them in lower discount tiers. - Fix: Variations use their parent product’s publish date.
- Fix: A publish date in the future no longer counts as product age.
- Admin: The scheduled tasks warning now appears only when the daily update is actually overdue, not whenever
DISABLE_WP_CRONis set (a server cron job usually takes over).
1.0.5
- Reliability: Automatic discounts now use WooCommerce product APIs instead of direct price meta updates.
- Reliability: Removing all rules now removes previously applied automatic discounts.
- Performance: Discount recalculation runs in Action Scheduler batches when available, with a synchronous fallback.
- Compatibility: Improved support for variation pricing and parent product price syncing.
- Admin: Added daily automation toggle, last update status, and saved-rules preview.
- Admin: Fixed product exclusion filter behavior and tooltip positioning.
- Security: Added explicit capability checks to AJAX preview and hardened preview rendering.
- Quality: Improved rule sanitization and stats cache invalidation.
1.0.4
- Fixed product age calculation for imported or duplicated products by using the product’s actual WordPress publish date.
- Clarified how product age is calculated in the readme.
1.0.3
- Security: Added and verified nonces (saves, AJAX, filters)
- Security: Sanitized inputs (
$_GET,$_POST) and escaped outputs - Performance/Quality: Object cache for admin queries; PHPCS annotations
- Compatibility: Tested with WooCommerce up to 10.1.1; HPOS declared
- Miscellaneous: Unified text domain; compliant readme and headers
1.0.0
- Initial release
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FAQ
Auto Discounts for WooCommerce: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 16, 2026
Is Auto Discounts for WooCommerce free?
Yes. Auto Discounts for WooCommerce is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Auto Discounts for WooCommerce safe to use in 2026?
Auto Discounts for WooCommerce is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Was last updated 3 weeks ago, and scores 64/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Auto Discounts for WooCommerce?
Auto Discounts for WooCommerce is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 638 times since it launched in November 2025. It was downloaded 123 times in the last 30 days.
Does Auto Discounts for WooCommerce work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Auto Discounts for WooCommerce up to WordPress 7.1.3, the latest release. It requires WordPress 5.0 or newer.
What PHP version does Auto Discounts for WooCommerce need?
Auto Discounts for WooCommerce requires PHP 7.2 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Auto Discounts for WooCommerce last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.6, was released on September 23, 2026 (3 weeks ago).
Who makes Auto Discounts for WooCommerce?
Auto Discounts for WooCommerce is developed and maintained by Tommy Bordas.
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