URL Coupons & Coupon Rules

URL Coupons & Coupon Rules gives every coupon a link that applies it, can add products and opens the page you choose. A coupon from a link is saved until the cart qualifies, coupons can apply themselves, and extra rules limit coupons by role, first order, number of items and day.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.8 or newer
• WooCommerce 10.0 or newer
• PHP 7.4 or newer
• Works with classic and block themes, the Cart and Checkout blocks, and High-Performance Order Storage. Short links need pretty permalinks.

Installation

1. Download url-coupons-coupon-rules.zip from My account > Downloads.
2. In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin, choose the zip file and click Install Now.
3. Click Activate. Each coupon gets a Link tab under Marketing > Coupons. Settings are under WooCommerce > Settings > Coupon links.

Quick start: a coupon link for a newsletter

1. Open a coupon in Marketing > Coupons, or add one with a code such as SUMMER10.
2. Open the coupon’s Link tab and click Copy link.
3. Paste the link in your newsletter. Customers who open it get the coupon in their cart, or saved until the cart qualifies.

Coupon links

Every coupon with a code gets a link, such as /coupon/SUMMER10/, or ?coupon=SUMMER10 added to any page address of your store. Copy it from the coupon’s Link tab or from the coupons list, which also shows how many times each link was opened.

Links that add products and open a page

Field	What it does
Link works	Untick to stop the link without changing the coupon.
Add to the cart	Products added to the cart when the link is opened, for a “free tote with this link” offer or a bundle.
Quantity of each	How many of each product are added.
Then open	The cart, the checkout, the shop, the home page, the page of the first product added, or another address on your store.

Saved until the cart qualifies

When a customer opens a link with an empty cart, or below the coupon’s minimum spend, the coupon is saved and applied as soon as the cart qualifies. The page says the coupon is saved.

The cart says how much more to add, such as “Add $12.00 more to get 10% off with coupon SUMMER10”, in the classic cart and the Cart block.

Coupons that apply themselves

Tick Apply automatically in the coupon’s General tab, and the coupon is added to every cart that meets its rules, without a code. If a customer takes it out, it stays out for them.

More coupon rules

The coupon’s Usage restriction tab gets more rules, checked wherever WooCommerce checks coupons: in the cart, at checkout and on orders created in wp-admin.

Rule	What it does
Allowed roles, Excluded roles	User roles that can or can’t use the coupon, including guests.
First order only	Only for customers without an earlier order, checked by account and by billing email.
Minimum items	The fewest items the cart must hold.
Valid from	A start date, to go with WooCommerce’s expiry date.
Valid on	Days of the week, such as weekend offers. Leave all unticked for any day.

Settings

Setting	What it does
Link style	Short links, such as /coupon/SUMMER10/. Links with ?coupon=CODE keep working too.
Short link path	The word before the code in short links.
Link parameter	The name in links such as ?coupon=CODE.
Links open	The page links open. Each coupon can choose another page.
“Spend more” messages	Tell customers how much more to add for a saved or automatic coupon with a minimum spend.
Automatic coupons	Show a message when a coupon is added automatically.
Remove data	Deletes these settings and the link and rule settings of every coupon when the plugin is deleted. The coupons stay.

For developers

Hook	Use
uccr_link_redirect	The page a coupon link opens.
uccr_nudges	The “spend more” messages shown in the cart.
uccr_today	The date start dates and days of the week are checked against.
uccr_settings, uccr_admin_capability	The settings, and the capability needed to change them.

Copy public/templates/cart-nudges.php to yourtheme/url-coupons-coupon-rules/ to change the cart messages.

Frequently asked questions

My short links show a “page not found” error

Short links need pretty permalinks. Go to Settings > Permalinks and save once, or turn off short links; links with ?coupon=CODE always work.

Changelog