Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription Products vs ArraySubs – Effortless Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction & Recurring Payments for WooCommerce

ArraySubs is a free WooCommerce subscription manager and membership plugin that gives you everything you need to sell subscriptions, manage recurring billing, restrict member-only content, and reduce churn — without paying for multiple plugins or stitching together separate tools. Whether you run a SaaS business, membership site, subscription box, content platform, online course, digital download store, or recurring service — ArraySubs replaces your entire WooCommerce subscription stack with one plugin. 🔗 Visit ArraySubs | 📖 User Guides & Documentation What makes ArraySubs different? Most WooCommerce subscription plugins lock essential features like membership access control, retention flows, member discounts, and customer self-service behind expensive paywalls. ArraySubs includes all of these in the free version. You get a complete subscription management system — not a crippled demo that forces an upgrade before you can actually run your business. All Free Features at a Glance Subscription products — simple and variable with per-variation billing configuration Flexible billing — daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, custom days, or lifetime subscriptions Free trials — configurable trial days with one-trial-per-customer enforcement Signup fees — one-time charges at checkout alongside any billing cycle Different renewal pricing — change the recurring amount after a set number of cycles Renewal sync — align all renewals to a shared calendar date (monthly, weekly, or yearly) Automated recurring billing — renewal invoices, trial conversion, and grace period enforcement Two-phase grace periods — configurable active grace and on-hold grace before cancellation Skip next renewal — let customers skip upcoming cycles with max skip and cutoff rules Pause / vacation mode — temporary subscription freeze with auto-resume and cooldown Plan switching — upgrades, downgrades, and crossgrades with 3 proration methods Retention flow builder — cancellation reasons, 4 retention offer types, and save-rate analytics Customer subscription portal — full self-service inside WooCommerce My Account Member access control — 6 rule types, 9 condition types, 12 operators, nested AND/OR logic Role mapping — assign WordPress roles based on subscription status Member-only discounts — percentage or fixed discounts by product, category, or cart Members-only commerce — hide products, block purchases, or restrict visibility for non-members Content restriction — restrict posts, pages, custom post types with content dripping URL restriction — block URLs by exact match, prefix, contains, or regex pattern Download restriction — secure downloadable files with signed URLs and access tracking 16 email notifications — 13 customer + 3 admin emails with 50+ placeholders Refund management — prorated refunds, full refunds, and configurable cancellation refund policy Subscription management admin — list, search, create, edit, filter, and export subscriptions Subscription notes — 4 author types and 21 automated note events Retention analytics — 8 KPI cards, churn reasons chart, save rate tracking Reports hub — central dashboard with 40+ report links across 12 categories Easy setup wizard — 9-step guided configuration with 7 business type profiles Settings export and import — JSON backup with section-level import control Custom profile fields — 6 field types on My Account and admin user profiles Avatar upload — custom profile photo that replaces Gravatar site-wide My Account editor — reorder, rename, hide menu items, add custom endpoint pages Content restriction shortcodes — [arraysubs_restrict] with 15 attributes for content gating Visibility shortcodes — [arraysubs_visibility] for login-state-based content control Account shortcodes — [arraysubs_login], [arraysubs_logout], [arraysubs_user] Hide admin bar — clean frontend for non-admin users Restrict wp-admin access — block customer roles from the WordPress dashboard Login page redirect — redirect /wp-login.php to WooCommerce My Account Login as User — admin impersonation from 6 locations with nested session support One-click checkout — skip the cart and send customers straight to checkout Block checkout and classic checkout — full support for both WooCommerce checkout types CSV and JSON export — export subscription data with 15 fields Price locking — product price changes never affect existing subscribers WooCommerce HPOS compatible — works with High-Performance Order Storage Subscription Products Turn any WooCommerce simple or variable product into a subscription product. Configure billing periods (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom day intervals), billing intervals from 1 to 12, subscription length for automatic expiration, free trial days, one-time signup fees, and a different renewal price that kicks in after a configurable number of billing cycles. Variable products support independent subscription configuration per variation — create tiered plans like Basic at $9/month and Premium at $29/month with different trial periods, signup fees, and billing schedules. Subscription pricing is displayed clearly across the product page, cart, mini-cart, checkout, and order confirmation — so customers always understand what they are paying and when. Product prices are locked at the time of purchase. If you change the price later, existing subscriptions continue at the original price. Recurring Billing and Renewal Engine ArraySubs automates your entire billing workflow with three background jobs that run continuously: Generate Upcoming Renewals — creates renewal invoices 6 hours before the due date Check Overdue Renewals — enforces the two-phase grace period on unpaid invoices Process Trial Conversions — converts expired trials to active paid subscriptions daily at 2 AM Renewal invoices are standard WooCommerce orders linked to the subscription. Customers receive an email with a Pay Now link. When they pay, the subscription is automatically extended. Renewal sync aligns all subscription renewals to a shared calendar date — perfect for subscription boxes, weekly delivery programs, cohort-based memberships, and annual billing cycles. Choose monthly (specific day 1-28), weekly (specific day), or yearly (specific day + month) sync with two first-payment options: prorate the first payment or extend the first billing period. Different renewal pricing lets you override the recurring amount after a set number of cycles — ideal for introductory pricing, graduated pricing, or loyalty discounts. Two-Phase Grace Period When a renewal goes unpaid, ArraySubs does not cancel the subscription immediately. Instead, it moves through a configurable two-phase timeline: Active grace (default 3 days) — subscription stays fully active, customer retains full access On-hold grace (default 7 days) — subscription moves to on-hold with restricted access Cancellation — subscription is cancelled after both grace phases expire Payment at any point during the grace period — active or on-hold — restores the subscription to active status. Skip and Pause Give subscribers flexibility without forcing cancellation: Skip next renewal — customers can skip 1-3 upcoming cycles (configurable), with a cutoff that prevents skipping too close to the renewal date. Customers can undo a skip or change the skip count at any time. Pause / vacation mode — freeze a subscription for up to 30 days (configurable) with a maximum of 2 pauses per subscription and a 30-day cooldown between pauses. Subscriptions auto-resume after the pause duration. Plan Switching Let customers upgrade, downgrade, or crossgrade between subscription products without cancelling and resubscribing. Configure upgrade/downgrade/crossgrade targets per product, choose from 3 proration methods (Prorate Immediately, Apply at Renewal, or No Proration), and set optional switch fees per direction. Plan direction is determined automatically using a normalized daily rate comparison with 5% tolerance. Customers see a proration preview in the portal before confirming. Free Trials Offer free trial periods per product or per variation. Trials convert to active paid subscriptions automatically via a daily batch job. Add a signup fee during trial to offset risk. Enforce one trial per customer to prevent trial abuse. Configure whether a payment method is required for $0 trial orders. Retention Flow Builder When a customer clicks Cancel, they enter a guided 3-step flow designed to save the subscription: Select reason — 7 default reasons (too expensive, not using, found alternative, missing features, technical issues, temporary break, other) plus unlimited custom reasons Retention offers — targeted offers matched to the selected reason Confirm cancellation — final confirmation if no offer is accepted 4 retention offer types: Discount — percentage off for a configurable number of cycles (one per subscription) Pause — temporary pause with automatic resume Downgrade — redirects to the plan switching flow Contact Support — links to a configurable support page Each offer can be triggered by specific cancellation reasons, so “Too expensive” shows the discount offer while “Technical issues” shows the contact support offer. Eligibility conditions check subscription value, customer lifetime spend, and remaining days before showing offers. Supports end-of-period cancellation with a “Keep My Subscription” button that lets customers undo a scheduled cancellation. Retention Analytics Track the effectiveness of your retention flows with a dedicated analytics dashboard: 8 KPI cards — total cancellations, retention offers shown, offers accepted, save rate, discounts given, pauses given, downgrades given, support redirects Churn reasons pie chart — see why customers cancel Retention offer distribution — see which offers are most accepted Trend line chart — cancellations vs saves over time Activity logs — per-entry details with customer, subscription, reason, offer, and outcome Product filter — break down retention data by product Customer Subscription Portal Customers get a full-featured subscription management portal inside WooCommerce My Account: Subscription list — status badges, product name, recurring amount (with discount/coupon display), next payment date, start date, and View Details button with pagination Subscription detail page — 9-row overview table with status, product, recurring amount (showing original + discount), billing cycle, start date, end date, next payment date, trial end date, and last updated Related orders — all linked WooCommerce orders with Pay Now links for pending invoices Refund history — date and amount for each refund Notes timeline — chronological subscription events with Customer, Admin, System, and Gateway author badges Member Access Control A powerful rules engine with 6 rule types, 9 condition types, 12 comparison operators, nested AND/OR condition groups, and scheduled content dripping — all in the free version. 6 rule types: Role mapping — assign or replace WordPress roles based on subscription status (7 status behaviors with Add Role or Replace Role modes) Discount rules — percentage or fixed discounts, per-item or per-cart, with “best discount wins” logic and product/category targeting Ecommerce restriction — allow purchasing, block purchasing, hide products, or modify pricing based on membership conditions URL restriction — restrict any URL using exact match, prefix, contains, or regex patterns with 4 actions (redirect, 404, access denied, login form) and a priority system (1-100) Post type / content restriction — restrict all posts of a type, specific posts, or taxonomy-based content with 3 archive behaviors (hide, show teaser, show normally), per-post overrides, and content dripping Download restriction — control access to WooCommerce downloadable files with signed URL delivery and usage tracking 9 condition types: Subscription status, has active subscription, subscription variation, purchased product, purchased variation, purchased from category/taxonomy, lifetime spend, user role, and nested groups for recursive AND/OR logic. 12 comparison operators: Equals, not equals, greater than, greater than or equal, less than, less than or equal, contains, not contains, in, not in, empty, not empty. Refund Management 3 refund-on-cancellation policies: Allow Immediate, Refund at End of Period, or No Automatic. Configure automatic gateway refund, set a minimum refund amount, and offer prorated refunds calculated using a daily rate for the unused billing period with a preview before processing. Refund history is recorded on the subscription with date, amount, and type for full audit visibility. Subscription Checkout A 3-phase checkout flow (Cart Validation → Payment Processing → Subscription Creation) with 5 cart validation rules: Mixed cart control — allow or disallow mixing subscription and regular products One per customer — prevent duplicate subscriptions for the same product One per product — limit one subscription per product in the cart Billing cycle compatibility — ensure compatible billing cycles in multi-subscription carts Gateway capability — verify the payment gateway supports subscriptions One-click checkout with 3 modes (default product only, subscription products only, or all products) plus a Disable Cart Page option. Full support for both WooCommerce classic checkout and block checkout (Store API). Customer accounts are automatically created at checkout for subscription purchases. Easy Setup Wizard Configure your entire subscription engine in minutes with a 9-step guided wizard. Choose from 7 business type profiles (SaaS, Subscription Box, Membership, Digital Content, Professional Services, Nonprofit, or Custom) and answer questions about billing, checkout, cancellation, access control, emails, and features. Each profile preloads smart defaults that you can customize before applying. Settings export downloads your entire configuration as JSON with automatic stripping of sensitive gateway credentials. Settings import lets you upload a JSON file and select exactly which sections to apply — subscription settings, retention flow, My Account layout, member access rules, emails, profile fields, and more. Profile Builder Custom profile fields — 6 field types (Text, Textarea, Select, Date, Checkbox, File Upload) that appear on WooCommerce My Account, WordPress admin user profiles, and the Add New User screen. Drag-and-drop reordering, enable/disable per field, and secure file uploads with configurable type and size limits. Avatar upload — let customers upload a profile photo that replaces their Gravatar site-wide. Instant REST API upload with preview, configurable file size (1-20 MB), and automatic Gravatar fallback. My Account editor — take full control of the WooCommerce My Account navigation. Reorder menu items with drag-and-drop, rename labels, show or hide built-in items, and add custom endpoint pages that link any WordPress page or post inside My Account with clean URLs. Compatible with Gutenberg, Elementor, and Bricks page builders. Optional Prevent Direct Access redirects the original page URL to the My Account endpoint. Shortcodes A complete shortcode library for content gating and member experiences: [arraysubs_restrict] — gate content by subscription status, products, variations, purchased products, lifetime spending, roles, and more with 15 attributes and AND/OR condition logic [arraysubs_visibility] — show or hide content based on login state with fallback content support [arraysubs_login] , [arraysubs_logout], [arraysubs_user] — display current user name or profile field with guest fallback Toolkit Settings Hide admin bar — remove the WordPress admin bar for all non-admin users Restrict wp-admin access — block non-authorized roles from /wp-admin with configurable redirect (My Account or 404) and safety rules for AJAX, REST API, and WP-Cron Login page redirect — redirect /wp-login.php to WooCommerce My Account or 404, while keeping password reset, email verification, and logout flows working Login as User — one-click admin impersonation accessible from 6 locations (Users list, User profile, WooCommerce order detail, Subscription detail, Member dashboard, and admin screens) with nested impersonation support and a notification bar for returning to the admin session Support For setup help, feature guides, and troubleshooting, visit the ArraySubs User Guides. 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Upgrade your subscribe and save, product subscriptions, and repeat deliveries with Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription products – a flexible and scalable program that customers love! The Autoship Cloud plugin powered by QPilot is free to connect and test. This is a single plugin that allows you to enable any of your WooCommerce products for subscriptions, subscribe and save, repeat ordering, and delivery. Once enabled, the “Autoship and Save” or “Subscribe and Save” automatically appears on your products and variations, and can also be displayed in your cart! WooCommerce subscriptions are quick to launch, so you can start offering your customers an incredibly flexible subscription portal where they can manage their upcoming repeat deliveries in My Account. Seamlessly supports recurring payments with over 10+ popular payment gateways including Authorize.net, Stripe, Braintree, PayPal and more! Automate your business with notifications (powered by SendGrid), repeat order processing, and shipping rules with carrier integrations. Autoship Cloud automatically syncs with your inventory to make things easy. Offer dynamic coupons on recurring orders, automate shipping, sync inventory & stock status, upsell products into orders, and keep on top of everything with our incredible reporting and forecasting suite. Have a question about how you can operate your subscribe and save program at scale with Autoship Cloud? Ask us here. Live Demo Stores “Subscribe and Save” Demo Store: see how quickly you can add subscription options to your existing products) “Meal Delivery” Demo Store: see how Meal and Food Delivery sites can customize WooCommerce and the Autoship Cloud plugin to craft the best customer experience. Includes a full tutorial – with code examples for developers – for how we designed and developed this store here. “Autoship” B2B Demo Store: see how Autoship Cloud makes it easy to automate repeat ordering by offering Autoship for raw materials & food supplies ★★★★★ 5 Star Support for Merchants and Developers Launch & scale with confidence! All of our 5 star plugin reviews mention our excellent support. Fully documented Install & Launch Guide Detailed Documentation for Features, FAQ’s and Plugin Code Fast and Responsive Online Support Backed by a team of experts in WooCommerce, Autoship, Advanced Integrations and Business Automation! Fully Documented Help Guides for Merchants and Plugin Code Docs for Developers See the full documentation and support site for the Autoship Cloud plugin here. Tested with the latest versions of WooCommerce – see our plugin changelog (https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoship-cloud/#developers) Fully illustrated Install & Launch Guide Plugin documentation for templates, filters actions and hooks (https://support.autoship.cloud/collection/598-developers) API and Webhook documentation for QPilot, the hosted service that powers the Autoship Cloud plugin (https://docs.qpilot.cloud/reference/introduction) Customer Reviews with Examples “QPilot has been extremely helpful & supportive throughout the various stages of support.” iHeartDogs “They are there for you, don’t matter how small or large your issue is. They are attentive, effective and will follow up with you. And they do provide customizations! We couldn’t be happier! Highly recommended!” – BlueMoonHemp “Autoship Cloud and the Qpilot team provide an amazing plugin with some of the best support I have ever received. They have developers in the USA that write amazing, fast, and clean code and they will continue to support your custom modifications after its been paid for. These guys are top notch, you will not regret this plugin.” – AlgaeBarn This is how Nuleaf Naturals used the Autoship Cloud plugin powered by QPilot to add 2,000 repeat orders in their first 2 months: Customer Subscription Portal that is Easy and Flexible “It’s easy for customers to choose autoship options at checkout and manage their autoship shipments (including adding and removing products).” – Mintun Media Your customers can quickly view & manage upcoming Autoship orders in My Account. Managing upcoming repeat orders is easy, intuitive, and beautifully branded to match the shopping experience of your online store. You control which products your customers can add to their repeat orders. Automatically disable out of stock products, allow backorders, or simply select which products should not be allowed to be added to repeat orders. Display upcoming orders using WordPress Templates (which can be further styled and customized), or use one of our embedded display portals that we host for you! Change products & future order dates/frequencies Change shipping & delivery locations Update saved payment methods Customers can pause or cancel orders Customers can easily see and fix failed scheduled orders (like a payment failure) See our documentation on How Customers Manage Scheduled Orders. Quickly Launch Subscribe and Save and Repeat Deliveries Autoship syncs with your existing WooCommerce product inventory, so all you have to do is choose what products you want to turn on for Autoship. No additional plugins or setup needed to launch product subscriptions and repeat delivery options Enable only specific products and variations Bulk enable all products & variants globally Option to offer pricing discounts at checkout, recurring orders, or both Sync product prices in real-time and optionally update product prices for existing Scheduled Orders and product subscriptions See how easy this is to do with our Install and Launch Guide Once a product is enabled for Autoship, you will see options on the product page for your customers to select “Autoship” (or another label you choose) and pick their repeat order frequency. You can also choose to display the same options in your Cart as an “upsell” option before customers checkout. Use our preset templates that match your theme’s styling, or customize it for the buying experience you want! Autoship in the Cart: Customer Email Notifications powered by SendGrid® Send customers detailed email notifications about their repeat orders and subscription products. Easily customize to your brand using our free template customizer and excellent deliverability rates thanks to our built-in integration with SendGrid® – included free with your subscription to Autoship Cloud’s hosted service, QPilot. Advanced Notices for Upcoming Orders: Send customers email notifications about upcoming order (Option to add 10-Day, 2-day, 1-day and Custom Day advance email notifications.) Failed Orders and Payments: Let customers know about issues with payments, products or shipments so they can self-service their repeat orders. Our customer email notifications even include steps in each message to help customers solve their own issues! ‘Changeable Before’ Order Notices: Let customers know how many days they have to make changes to upcoming orders. This feature is for site’s using the advanced order processing option for “Lock Duration”. Option to BCC your support team on Customer Emails: want to keep track of customer email messages yourself? Enter a BCC email to include your support team’s email with each notification! Automate Payments seamlessly with WooCommerce Connect the same payment gateways that you use for WooCommerce Checkout to offer Autoship Customers a seamless payment experience. Autoship Customers can save payment methods to pay for future orders at checkout automatically as well as add new payment methods saved in My Account whenever they need to update their upcoming Autoship Scheduled Orders. Over 10+ Popular Payment Gateways Supported (Stripe, Authorize.Net, CIM, Square, PayPal Express Checkout, Braintree, and NMI) Automated Customer Email Notifications Deep knowledgebase of support articles to help customers and merchants solve payment issues Manual Payment Method Entry Supported See our documentation on the Payment Integrations we support and how we manage them. Automated Shipping and Delivery for the Best Customer Experience Automate shipping & delivery for Autoship Customers! With Autoship Cloud, customers always receive the best shipping rate for their shipping address or delivery location automatically. If an Autoship Customer’s repeat order is changed, their shipping rate is automatically recalculated and applied for them. Flat Rates, Table Rates, and carrier integrations Shipping zones and multi-postcode support Product shipping classes New! Use ShipperHQ to integrate over 50+ global carriers Merchant can update available shipping method at any time Any order or address changes recalculate shipping every time Please visit our documentation for more information on How Shipping Rates Work. Zapier Integration & Webhooks Zapier Integration – see how to power amazing email campaigns in Klaviyo using Autoship Cloud + Zapier. Extend Automations and Integrations using the QPilot API and over 12 Webhook Triggers API Webhooks For example: fire Webhook whenever a Scheduled Order is Created, or when an item on a Scheduled Order is updated How Autoship Processes Repeat Orders: Advanced Automation The Autoship Cloud plugin’s hosted service, QPilot, processes orders using your site’s the WooCommerce REST API (link to WC REST API). This enables repeat order processing to take place in the cloud so that your site doesn’t get bogged down running tons of code and cron jobs just to process repeat orders. It’s also a really nice backup just in case your site has any issues – your repeat orders are still hosted & protected in the cloud! When a repeat order is due to process, the order shows up in your WooCommerce Orders just like an order that came through the checkout – process, fulfill and track repeat orders just as you normally do. Notify customers (n) days before their order processes Only a few functions on the checkout page to keep your site load speed fast! Set time of day to process repeat orders daily Start processing orders in advance of their next occurrence date. Great for business that need a day or two to fulfill and ship orders. Set a custom “changeable before” option for your site to prevent changes to upcoming orders X days before they ship. Includes a feature to send a custom email notification to let your customers know how much time they have to make changes! Orders processed via the WooCommerce REST API means that your site can easily scale to process many repeat orders without stressing your WordPress site or hosting! No more headaches with the WordPress Cron or Action Schedulers dragging your site performance. It’s easy to view and track checkout orders that originate Autoship and Product Subscriptions as well as orders created (via the WooCommerce REST API) from processing repeat Scheduled Orders. See an explanation of that in-depth on our documentation: How Scheduled Orders are Linked to WooCommerce Orders. For detailed and technical information on how Autoship Cloud’s hosted service, QPilot, processes orders with WooCommerce, please see our full documentation here: How an Autoship Scheduled Order is Processed. Customizable Order Scheduling & Repeat Frequency Options Craft the subscriber experience you want for repeat orders and deliveries with standard or customized order dates and frequency options. Control what customers see at checkout or what is available to be changed through the customer portal. Customer can change their upcoming order dates or frequency to get products delivered on their schedule. Lower your subscription order churn by letting customers use the frequencies that best match their need. With Autoship Cloud, your customers have complete control & flexibility within the rules that you set for repeat ordering dates & frequencies. Customer can update at any time Daily, weekly, or monthly options Customize the frequencies you offer Limit options or leave them wide open Options by specific products, category, or storewide Product & Inventory Sync Autoship Cloud automatically syncs with your WooCommerce product data, stock status & inventory so that you can offer Autoship options and product subscriptions for the products you already sell. Product data is synchronized with your WooCommerce store in real-time, so you have full control over which products are available to Autoship Customers on your product pages and on future scheduled orders. Real-Time sync for stock status and Inventory Count Out-of-stock products automatically excluded from repeat order processing Allow Backorders? We support that too! Enable specific products or variations for Autoship and exclude others Coupons for Repeat Customers and Ordering Incentivize the buying behavior you want with coupons created by Autoship Cloud. Increase conversions, average order value, and reward repeat customers in the ways that match your business needs. Whether you want to win a new customer or reward your best ones, Autoship Cloud makes coupons flexible and easy. See all of the ways coupons can be configured with Autoship Cloud. Apply to subtotal, shipping, or individual products Discounts can be one-time or repeat, and limited by use Give flat amount or percentage coupons Set minimums on item count, price, or weight Coupons created in Autoship only apply to Autoship items Marketing Tools to Upsell & Retain Repeat Customers Increase the value of repeat customers with Autoship’s upsell capabilities. A no-code solution that lets you create a link to any product in your store. When customers click that link, that product is added to their upcoming scheduled order. Send the link via email, text, or chat. Make it one-click easy to upsell your existing customers. Offer single-use or subscription items Increase average order size with a single click Gift loyal customers one-time products Reduce friction on upsells for repeat customers: Add products subscriptions right to the cart with frequencies already applied Add products on repeat to existing subscription orders And more… get creative with how you upsell to your Autoship Customers! Reports & Forecasting So You Can Plan for Repeat Customers Growing repeat revenue and managing customer relationships requires effective reporting. Autoship Cloud makes it possible to see the following: Inventory Forecasting – see what items are upcoming on scheduled orders See which products have high Total Scheduled quantities that are Active versus products with high Total Scheduled quantities that are paused or failed Customer metrics like LTV, when an order was first created, order count, and more! Event logs to see when scheduled orders are changed and by whom Total revenue dashboard See all the reports and information available on Autoship Cloud.