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  1. Mark Profile Pic

    Hi, is there a way to allow customers that already have a WordPress registration on my site to place an order in the WooCommerce store without having to log in first?

    I have the guest checkout disabled in WooCommerce (as I need the customer details; they are purchasing a course on my site and need to have a login/password to it, therefore the creation of a wordpress customer account is necessary).

    But when the come back and want to order another product/course, WooCommerce checkout does not allow them to place the order without fist loggin in. (When the fill out the order without being logged in, WooCommerce checks their data with the customer/user list on the site, finds their email among the registered ones and gives them an error message along the lines of you already have a registration, please log in to continue/place the order”)

    This surely must be a huge issue for all/anyone selling anything using a WooCommerce store: Forcing existing customers to log into their account is a major sales deterrent. A since lot of customers don´t remember their account details, they often have to go though a password reset first. But if we force them to do (log in to their account, but since they don´t rememebre their passwords they have to do a password reset first) this whilst in the middle of ordering, they will just abandon the order and go somewhere else.

    Am I wrong in thinking that there must be a simple solution to this? Or are all those hundrends of thousands of people using a WooCommrce store just throwing their potential orders away by forcing their clients to log in before placing an order?

  2. Lisa Wong Profile Pic

    Locking categories or products using a password is nice, though. But can we lock categories depending on the user’s age?

  3. Wallace Lee Profile Pic

    Social login is the best way to encourage users to login as it takes less time, and no need to remember or type ID Pass.
    I find how to do that in this article, very well explained.

  4. Amariah Profile Pic

    Do these methods also work for a regular website? I liked the idea of having a private website or at least hide some content for specific users.

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