Sync Past Orders with New Content Instantly
Added a new file to an old product? Don’t make your customers buy it again. Automatically grant download permissions to everyone who already purchased.
WooCommerce has a quirk: if you add a new download file to an existing product, past customers don’t get access to it automatically. You usually have to edit orders one by one. Saiku Auto Grant Downloads solves this forever. It watches for changes to your products and, when you add a new file, it intelligently scans past orders and updates their permissions in the background.
Key Features:
- Background Processing: Uses the Action Scheduler to process orders in batches of 50, ensuring your site never crashes, even with thousands of past orders.
- WPML Compatible: Smart enough to update permissions for all language versions of a product simultaneously.
- Manual Sync Tool: Includes a manual “Run Sync” button for specific products if you need to force an update.
- Dry Run Mode: Test the process to see how many orders would be affected before actually changing database records.
How to Use:
- Setup: Go to WooCommerce > Auto Grant Downloads and ensure “Enable Automation” is checked.
- Automatic: Simply edit a downloadable product, add a new file row, and hit “Update.” The plugin detects the new file and queues background jobs to update all past customers.
- Manual: If you want to refresh permissions for a specific product manually, go to the plugin settings page, select the product from the dropdown, and click “Process Downloads.”
- Monitor: You can see the progress in WooCommerce > Status > Scheduled Actions.
