Plugins are essential for WordPress, whether for eLearning or eCommerce. A good plugin boosts your company’s success.

SaffireTech, a thriving tech company with over 7 years of experience in the industry, has become a master of WordPress. With over 181+ completed projects and 55+ developed plugins, we guarantee that your LearnDash and WooCommerce sites will pave the way for success.

In this blog, I will introduce you to the best free WordPress plugins developed by SaffireTech. Tighten your seatbelts and let’s begin!

If you run a successful business, then you must have for sure encountered a product that is discontinued. But how do you mark a product as discontinued? Does WooCommerce enable you to do it?

No, by default in stock status WooCommerce does not let you mark a product discontinued. You only get ‘In Stock’ and ‘Out of Stock’ stock status. And if marked a discontinued product as ‘Out of Stock’, the customer would think the product would be available after a while. This keeps your visitors waiting, losing on other sales.

To solve this issue, I introduce you to the ‘Discontinued Product Stock Status for WooCommerce‘ plugin.

When you activate this plugin, you will get an option to set stock status of a product as ‘Discontinued’ from your WooCommerce catalog. Let’s dive into the key features.

Features of this plugin are:

• Mark as Discontinued: You can list a product as ‘Discontinued’ in your WooCommerce catalog. This helps to manage products that will never be restocked again, without losing potential sales or SEO traffic.
• Custom Messages: You can write custom messages to inform potential buyers that the product is discontinued. This will help your customers checkout other similar products rather than waiting for the discontinued product. This transparent approach aids in recovering lost sales and retaining SEO value.
• Support for All Product Types: Whether your product is simple, variable, or grouped, this plugin covers all these types.
• Global or Product-Specific Messages: Craft universal messages for all discontinued products or tailor specific ones for individual items.
• Automatic Discontinuation: You can take proactive steps by labeling WooCommerce products as ‘discontinued’ in advance. For example, if you only have 10 of a product left in stock, you can set a threshold of 10. When the stock reaches zero, the product will automatically transition to a discontinued status.

Pricing– This is a free plugin. Its premium version offers advanced features and starts from $80.

Easily set or update upsells and cross-sells for multiple products at once! Yes, you heard it right.

Why bother setting up individual products when you set them up at once?  With the ‘Bulk Edit Upsells and Cross-Sells for WooCommerce‘ plugin, you can easily bulk edit and set upsells and cross-sells products. To make it easy for you, you get a search feature that lets you search products using criteria like product name, category, SKU, or tags.

Moreover, you do not have to worry about the compatibility of the plugin with WooCommerce product types.

Features of this plugin are:

• Search Feature: This plugin lets you search for the products you want to set as Upsell and Cross-sell.
• Bulk Update: Quickly set or update upsells and cross-sells for multiple products based on search criteria such as product name, category, SKU, and tags.
• Copy and Paste: Easily copy and paste upsells and cross-sells across different products in seconds.
• Product Compatibility: Works seamlessly with all types of WooCommerce products, including Simple, Variable, Grouped, and Downloadable.

Pricing– This is a free plugin. For more features, you can opt for its pro version starting from $90.

Worried that WordPress might auto update your themes and plugins and put your site at risk? You don’t have to anymore.

The “Disable All WordPress Updates and Theme Editors” plugin has you covered.

You can disable all types of WordPress updates, including major and minor updates as well as theme and plugin updates. By default, WordPress automatically performs updates in the background, but with this plugin, you can prevent them from happening without your consent.

Its debugging mode when enabled, displays all errors and warnings on your website. This is especially useful for WordPress plugin developers who need to test websites, plugins, and themes. Contrarily, turning it off hides errors and warnings.

By letting your WordPress disable automatic updates, you can prevent accidental modifications that could potentially harm your site.

Key features of this plugin are:

• Disable All Major and Minor Updates of WordPress: You can choose to disable all types of WordPress updates, both major and minor.
• Disable All Theme & Plugin Updates: This feature gives you the ability to disable all updates for themes and plugins, whether they are set to update automatically or manually.
• Disable Theme Editor and Plugin Editor: This feature allows you to disable the built-in WordPress theme and plugin editors. This can be useful to prevent accidental modifications that could potentially break your site.
• Disable Gutenberg Block Editor: If you prefer not to use the Gutenberg Block Editor, this feature allows you to disable it.
• Manage Debugging Mode on Your WordPress Site: This feature allows you to manage the debugging mode on your WordPress site.

Pricing– This plugin is available for free.

Are you thinking of rapidly boosting your sales? What could be better than displaying dynamic cart messages to increase conversions?

Let’s say a customer is viewing a product. When that customer decides to add that product to the cart, a cart message displaying a discount or free shipping notice will pique their interest.

The Dynamic Cart Messages for WooCommerce allows you to display dynamic messages on the WooCommerce cart page. And I’m not talking about just any cart messages, but cart messages with unique color schemes. With this, you can match your cart message with your website’s theme. You get to display your cart messages based on 3 message rule types- Simple, Price-based, and Quantity-based.

Additionally, you can set an expiry date for the cart messages. These messages can also be displayed on the checkout page and product page. Let’s discuss more in its features.

Features of Dynamic Cart Messages for WooCommerce are:

• Message Rule Types: You can display messages based on 3 types of rules. These include Simple, Price-based, or Quantity-based.
• Threshold: You can set specific thresholds for price and quantity. This lets your customers add more products to their cart and increase the average cart value.
• Expiry Date: You get to set an expiration date to the cart message that is being displayed.
• Call-To-Action: This plugin lets you add a call-to-action button with a URL that redirects customers to your site’s landing page or any other page you want them to.

Pricing– You can get this plugin for free. It also offers a premium version with exciting features just for $80.

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LearnDash allows you to create course bundles by default. However, if you have multiple bundles to offer, it can result in duplicate listings.

To solve this issue, I give you the ‘Frequently Bought Together for LearnDash‘ plugin. With this plugin, you can select and bundle courses on a single course page and display them on that course page.

With just one click, you can set up the “Frequently Bought Together” section for each course right from the backend, without creating duplicate listings on your LearnDash site. You can also link all your LearnDash courses with their corresponding WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) product listings.

Plus, you have the flexibility to offer discounts- Fixed or Percentage-based, for bundled courses. This makes it attractive for your customers. You can display the Frequently Bought Together widget anywhere on the LearnDash course page using shortcodes.

Features of this frequently bought together plugin are:

• Bundle Multiple Courses: With the Frequently Bought Together for LearnDash plugin you can select and bundle courses on the course page. You can then display those bundled courses on the course page which lets customers easily buy them with just a click.
• Quick Set Up: You can easily set up the Frequently Bought Widget from the LearnDash course page. All you have to do is select the course you want to offer together, click save and it’s done.
• Enrollment Count: With this feature, you can display the enrollment count of the students in each course.
• Discounts: This plugin lets you set discounts based on Fixed or Percentage for the bundled courses you offer.

Pricing– You get this plugin for free.

The Product Recommendations for WooCommerce plugin is a game-changer for store owners looking to enhance their customer’s shopping experience.

Leveraging customer’s online activities, such as recently viewed and purchased items. This plugin shows WooCommerce suggested products that the customer is likely to buy. Think of it as walking into a store where the shelves automatically rearrange to display items customized just for you. With this plugin, you can do that in your store. It goes beyond mere memory, analyzing patterns, and recommending related products based on interests.

Recently Viewed Products widget acts as a gentle reminder for customers, encouraging them to revisit items they showed interest in. And you can enhance the user experience by dynamically loading products using the AJAX slider, ensuring a swift and responsive site.

As for the ‘Items Associated with Recently Viewed Products’ feature, you can suggest products based on what customers have recently viewed. This increases inventory exposure and cross-selling opportunities.

For visitors, it showcases sale items related to their preferences. And for loyal customers, the ‘Buy It Again’ feature ensures routine purchases are effortless. Transform your WooCommerce store into a dynamic marketplace where every visit feels tailor-made, enhancing both sales and customer loyalty.

Moreover, Admins can set up email notifications for users based on recent product views. This plugin retrieves the top 5 most expensive products viewed and sends timely reminders without repeating the same product within 15 days.

Features of this plugin are:

• Boost Sales: You can recommend products based on customer’s interests. These include recently viewed and purchased items.
• Recently Viewed Products: With this widget, you can remind your customers about the products they have recently viewed.
• Performance Optimization: The AJAX slider improves your site performance by loading products on demand. This ensures your site remains fast.
• Items related to recently viewed: You can now display products that are similar to the recently viewed products. This increases your chance of cross-selling.
• Reorder: This feature lets your customers quickly repurchase a product. They can simply go to the ‘My Orders’ page and click the Reorder button.

Pricing– This plugin is available for free.

We discussed some of the best free plugins developed by SaffireTech. From a plugin that correctly guides your customers and increases your chances of sales, to a plugin that recommends products based on your customer’s interests, we covered them all.

These plugins counter common issues faced by WordPress users and provide efficient solutions to them. Though they are free with limited features, you can surely check out their pro versions that offer exclusive features that could make you go crazy! In a good way of course.