વર્ણન
OrderBuster (formerly OrderRescue — renamed Oct 2026 at WP.org’s request, see Changelog) targets a gap generic abandoned-cart tools miss: orders that were already placed and are sitting on-hold or pending payment, most commonly stores using manual payment methods (bank transfer, Zelle, crypto, P2P apps) instead of an auto-capturing card processor.
Unlike cart-abandonment plugins, which key off cart state and can misfire on manual-payment orders that are already placed and just awaiting confirmation, OrderBuster watches actual order status — so it never sends a false “you forgot something” email to a customer who already paid and is just waiting on manual confirmation.
What it does:
- Staged reminder emails at configurable day intervals while an order sits on-hold
- Auto-cancels orders that go unpaid past a final threshold
- Optional one-time discount at the final reminder to try to close the sale before cancellation, capped per customer so it can’t be gamed by repeat stalling
- A self-service “I already paid” link in every reminder — pauses the countdown for merchant review instead of risking a wrongful auto-cancel
- Per-order override to force a discount on or off, and a settings page to include/exclude specific payment gateways or exempt an order-value range from auto-cancel
- Reminder-stage column added directly to your existing WooCommerce Orders list — no separate dashboard
Runs entirely on your own site’s WP-Cron — no external service, no API key, no account required.
External services
This plugin does not connect to any external API or service to function. The free version includes a small, clearly-labeled sponsor line in reminder emails; clicking it is an ordinary outbound link, not a call made by the plugin itself.
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સ્થાપન
- Upload the plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Go to WooCommerce OrderBuster to configure payment methods, order-value range, and the discount-to-close settings.
એફએક્યુ (FAQ)
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Does this replace my abandoned-cart plugin?
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No. Abandoned-cart tools key off cart state, before checkout is ever completed. OrderBuster watches order status, for orders that were already placed and are sitting on-hold or pending payment — most commonly stores using a manual payment method (bank transfer, Zelle, crypto, other P2P apps) instead of an auto-capturing card processor. The two don’t overlap and won’t double-email the same customer for the same reason.
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Does it need an API key or account?
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No. Everything runs on your own site’s WP-Cron. No external service call is required for the plugin to function.
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What happens to an order that gets auto-cancelled?
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It’s marked Cancelled in WooCommerce and the customer gets a branded cancellation email explaining why. Nothing else on the order changes, and cancelling is always reversible from the native WooCommerce order screen like any other order.
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Can a customer stop the countdown if they already paid?
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Yes. Every reminder includes a self-service “I already sent payment” link. Clicking it pauses that order’s countdown and flags it for merchant review instead of risking a wrongful auto-cancel.
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ચેન્જલૉગ
0.15.1
- Fixed: the Orders page’s reminder-stage strikethroughs were computed from elapsed calendar days on hold rather than the actual reminder-stage meta the send engine itself advances — for the window between a day threshold crossing and the next twice-daily cron tick, a stage could show as already sent when nothing had actually gone out yet. Now keyed off the real stage/auto-cancel state.
- Fixed: the admin menu icon was blank — a non-existent dashicon class name failed silently with no error anywhere. Corrected to the real WordPress life-ring glyph.
0.15.0
- Renamed to OrderBuster, at WP.org’s own direction after they reassigned this submission’s slug to “orderbuster”: display name, Text Domain, internal class/function/option/meta-key prefix (
ORDRES_/ordres_ORDBUST_/ordbust_), file names, and the Plugin URI subpath (zoa.captelek.net/wpplugins/orderrescue.../orderbuster) all updated to match. A one-time migration (runs automatically on an already-active install, not just on reactivation) carries over any settings and in-flight order data stored under the old option/meta-key names, so existing installs don’t lose configuration in the switch. Everything below this entry describes OrderRescue’s own history under its original name — left as originally written, not rewritten after the fact.
0.14.7
- Addressed the WP.org Plugins Team’s pre-review findings (automated + manual pass, Oct 26, 2026): removed the licensing/premium-gate mechanism (
ORDRES_Licensing::is_premium(), the “Upgrade — coming soon” CTAs) — OrderRescue already shipped 100% free with no paid tier, this just removes the dead gate-shaped code the review correctly flagged; the sponsor line and its cross-promotion copy stay, just without any premium-unlock framing. Moved a hardcoded<style>echo (hiding one submenu item) to a properly enqueued/registered style. Hardened the Email Preview page’s “full store theme” render to escape its HTML viawp_kses_post()instead of a bare echo with a blanket escaping exception. Added aRequires Plugins: woocommerceheader plus a runtime check: if WooCommerce isn’t active, OrderRescue now shows a plain admin notice instead of fataling.
0.14.6
- Fixed a real text-domain mismatch WP.org’s own submission scanner caught: the plugin’s
Text Domainheader and every translation call usedorder-rescue, but the slug WP.org actually assigned this submission isorderrescue(derived from the “OrderRescue” plugin name, which has no space/hyphen to split on). Renamed theText Domainheader and all 248 translation-domain arguments toorderrescueto match. The two internal admin-menu-slug constants that happened to share the old string (DASHBOARD_SLUG, the enqueue-assets page check) are unrelated to the WP.org plugin slug and were deliberately left unchanged. No functional change.
0.14.5
- Ran WordPress.org’s own “Plugin Check” scanner live against the plugin (static checks: general, plugin-repo, security, accessibility) and fixed everything it found: 39 additional missing
translators:comments, 2 unordered placeholder strings (now positional,%1$s/%2$s), 5 outputs that were already escaped upstream but the scanner couldn’t trace (annotated, not re-escaped), a nonce value not unslashed before verification, and 2 intentional non-prefixed hook invocations (WooCommerce’s ownwoocommerce_email_header/_footer, used on purpose to reuse its email template) annotated so they read as intentional. The 3 “no nonce” findings on the public “I already paid” link are by design — that link has no WP session to carry a nonce;order_keyis the verified auth token instead — now annotated accordingly. No functional change.
0.14.4
- Pre-submission WP.org-readiness pass, informed by the revision rounds Pipeline Buster went through on its own WP.org review: added missing
// translators:comments on every multi-placeholder string (5 found), confirmed the plugin’s own prefix (ORDRES_/ordres_) has zero collision risk, confirmed no stray untracked files would ship, confirmed no.distignoreis present (one briefly blocked PB’s own automated scan). No functional change.
0.14.3
- Declared explicit compatibility with WooCommerce’s High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS/custom order tables) feature. The plugin’s order queries and column rendering were already storage-agnostic (
wc_get_orders(),WC_Ordermeta accessors, both legacy and HPOS column hooks), but never formally declared compatible — stores running HPOS would have shown OrderRescue as unverified under WooCommerce Settings Advanced Features. - Corrected the Plugin URI header, which had drifted to an old pipelinebuster.com path — now points to the actual ZOA subpath (
zoa.captelek.net/wpplugins/orderrescue). That landing page itself is still pending (goes live once the plugin clears WP.org review), so the link won’t resolve yet.
0.14.2
- Reminder Timing row labels no longer bake in the currently-saved day value (“Day 4 reminder”) — now generic (“Reminder 1 (days)”, etc.) so they stay accurate the moment you type a new value, before saving.
- BabelTones: the Order Cancelled and Day-16 auto-cancel previews’ bold headline now genuinely differs between the Professional and Formal tones (was accidentally identical text).
- Email Preview: selecting a different BabelTone now updates the copy preview immediately, no Save required to see how it reads (still requires Save to persist the choice).
- Save Settings button on Email Preview moved below the copy-preview card instead of above it.
- Orders, Email Preview, and Settings now warn — both an on-page notice and the browser’s own native “leave page?” prompt — if you navigate away with unsaved changes on that page’s settings form.
0.14.1
- Reminder Timing polish: Auto-cancel and Discount to close now show the same locked/checked checkbox as the 4 reminder rows, for consistent alignment. Widened the label column so “Day 13 reminder — final notice” (and any other row) stays on one line instead of wrapping.
0.14.0
- Reminder Timing (Email Preview) gained a checkbox per reminder day, letting a merchant shorten the chain by skipping any of the 4 staged reminders. Auto-cancel has no checkbox — it’s not a reminder, it’s what OrderRescue actually does, and always fires last regardless of which reminders are on.
- Discount to close now shows as a read-only reflection on this page too (edit it on the Orders page, unchanged).
- Unchecked reminders keep their configured day (grayed out) rather than losing it, in case they’re re-enabled later.
0.13.1
- Email Preview’s “Order Cancelled” pill: unselected state changed from white/red-outline to OrderRescue’s dark navy fill (white text), preview-only ask, selected state unchanged.
0.13.0
- Cancelled orders (auto or via the “Cancel order” button) now stay visible in “Orders OrderRescue is watching” — capped at the 25 most recent, dimmed, tagged Cancelled (auto)/(by request) — instead of disappearing the moment they leave on-hold, so the View link stays reachable inside OrderRescue itself.
- Removed the “View in OrderRescue” link added last version to the native WooCommerce order screen — the Orders list fix above is the in-plugin way back instead, no need to route through WooCommerce’s own screen.
0.12.0
- “Cancel order” on Order Detail now sends its own plain cancellation email, distinct from auto-cancel’s non-payment-focused copy — a manual cancel may have nothing to do with payment.
- Email Preview gained a genuinely separate “Order Cancelled” pill for that manual-cancel copy, kept apart from the existing Day-16 pill (which still previews the real auto-cancel wording, unchanged).
- Added a “View in OrderRescue” link to the native WooCommerce order screen’s own OrderRescue box — a permanent way back into Order Detail for any order, any status, since the Orders list only ever shows on-hold orders.
0.11.1
- Order Detail now clearly marks a cancelled order (a “Cancelled” tag, plain-language notes on the Discount card and the OrderRescue settings snapshot) instead of the misleading “Not yet tracked” / “Nothing further scheduled” copy those cards fell back to once cancellation cleared the order’s tracking data.
- Discount to close picker on Order Detail now grays out and hides Save/Remove discount once an order is cancelled, matching the existing already-applied lock.
- Email Preview’s Cancelled pill is now visually set apart from the Day N reminder pills (its own color, right-aligned in the same row) instead of reading as a fifth equivalent stage.
0.11.0
- Added a “Cancel order” button on Order Detail, next to the order summary — a merchant no longer needs the native WooCommerce screen for this. Reuses OrderRescue’s own branded cancellation note (same one auto-cancel sends), so the customer always gets a proper notice either way.
0.10.2
- Copy Notifications intro line reworded for a first-time reader — leads with the action (“add your own address as CC or BCC”) instead of “no email address is built in.”
0.10.1
- Copy Notifications moved above Reminder Timing on Email Preview.
- Order Detail’s “OrderRescue settings for this order” card now strikes through a reminder’s “Day N” text once that reminder has actually gone out, not just the leading checkmark.
0.10.0
- Added a “Copy Notifications” card on Email Preview — CC/BCC fields (blank by default, no email baked in) so a merchant can get their own copy of the reminder/cancellation emails OrderRescue sends. Comma-separated, multiple addresses supported.
0.9.0
- Order Detail’s “OrderRescue settings for this order” card now shows the customer’s own discount-eligibility countdown (eligible now, or the exact date they’re eligible again) and the actual date/time the next reminder (or auto-cancel) is estimated to go out, based on the live twice-daily cron schedule.
0.8.0
- Order Detail’s discount override picker now locks once a discount has actually been applied to the order — previously it stayed clickable and appeared to work, but silently did nothing (the applied-discount guard runs before the override is ever read again).
- Added a “Remove discount” action on the Order Detail page — reverses an applied discount (removes the fee line item, re-totals the order, clears the applied flag, and reopens the customer’s eligibility window) entirely from OrderRescue’s own interface, no need to touch WooCommerce’s native order screen.
- Discount fee line items are now tagged with their own meta key so removal can find them reliably.
0.7.0
- Fixed: the Order Detail “View” link could 403 with “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page” — caused by hiding the page via remove_submenu_page(), which strips WordPress’s own capability lookup for it. Switched to CSS-only hiding.
- Order Detail page: added a “Back to Orders” link, a Domestic/International shipping note, and a read-only “OrderRescue settings for this order” card (reminder timing, discount-to-close rule, payment method, BabelTone voice) — flagged as reflecting live global settings, not a per-order snapshot.
0.6.0
- Reminder template packs (“BabelTones”): four tone presets (Friendly, Professional, Direct, Formal) selectable per store, applied to both reminder and cancellation copy.
- Settings reorganized so each setting lives on the page that uses it — Reminder Timing + tone picker on Email Preview, Order Value Range + Discount to Close on Orders, Settings itself down to ON/OFF + Payment Methods.
0.5.0
- Configurable reminder day-ranges and auto-cancel threshold, with quick-preset buttons.
- Discount-override visibility inside OrderRescue’s own Orders list and Order Detail pages, alongside the existing native WooCommerce control.
0.4.0
- Full store-themed customer email preview, rendered through WooCommerce’s own email header/footer/styling.
0.3.0
- Real branded cancellation email, replacing the placeholder shown in earlier previews.
- Experimental cross-promotion cards on the Orders and Email Preview admin pages.
0.2.0
- Added dedicated Orders and Email Preview admin pages alongside Dashboard and Settings.
- Payment methods grouped into collapsible sections; feedback link added to Settings.
0.1.0
- Initial internal build — staged reminders, auto-cancel, discount-to-close, self-service paid link, orders-list column, per-order override.
