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Meet Flexible Subscriptions for WooCommerce. The best & free plugin for recurring payments and subscriptions in WooCommerce.
Flexible Subscriptions is a WordPress plugin designed for WooCommerce that allows you to sell subscription products. It supports both tangible and virtual items, enabling recurring payments through platforms like Stripe and PayPal. The plugin is particularly useful for those looking to implement subscription models without the cost of premium alternatives.
The plugin integrates with the WooCommerce Checkout Block, ensuring a smooth user experience. It offers features such as customizable billing cycles, email notifications for renewals, and management tools for tracking subscriptions. This plugin is suitable for e-commerce sites that want to offer subscription services to their customers.
Best for: E-commerce sites that want to offer subscription products without incurring additional costs.
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Flexible Subscriptions provides a cost-effective solution for selling subscriptions in WooCommerce, with a range of useful features for managing recurring payments and customer notifications.
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💡 Fully compatible with the new WooCommerce Checkout Block!
Flexible Subscriptions has been updated by our developers to fully support the latest WooCommerce checkout experience.
Your subscription products now work smoothly with the new, faster, and conversion-optimized Checkout flow — no extra setup required.
Stay compatible with upcoming WooCommerce features and updates.
Do you want to sell subscriptions in WooCommerce?
The Flexible Subscriptions for WooCommerce plugin lets you:
– Sell WooCommerce products as subscriptions (choose a simple or variable subscription)
– Implement recurring payments in WooCommerce (including Stripe and PayPal)
– Offer rental or service-based products with customized billing and shipping plans
– Use multiple options with WooCommerce variable subscriptions
– Add both tangible and virtual subscription products in WooCommerce
– Receive recurring payments and manage subscription renewals automatically
– Use a free alternative to WooCommerce Subscriptions
– Send email notifications for subscription renewals and expirations
– Offer promotions and coupon discounts for subscriptions
– Set flexible billing cycles (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
– Add a sign-up fee or a free trial period
– Automatically remove subscriptions when a user account is deleted
– Mandatory user registration when purchasing a subscription
– See all subscriptions on a clear list (status, items, next payments, start/trial/end dates, related orders)
– Manage or edit a subscription easily (send notes, change status, payment method, etc.)
– Customize button texts: “Add to cart” and “Place order”
– Adjust payment frequency and shipping rules (one-time or recurring shipping)
– Set expiration dates, billing limits, and more
Extend the free core plugin with optional premium add-ons:
– Flexible Subscriptions Recurring Shipping – manage shipping separately from billing cycles
– Flexible Subscriptions Payment Retry – automatic retries and email notifications after failed payments
– Flexible Subscriptions Stock Management – cancel subscriptions based on product stock
– Flexible Subscriptions One-Time Payment – enable subscriptions only for selected product variations (size, version, or flavor)
– Flexible Subscriptions – API Integration – manage subscriptions from your own systems with direct JSON access to data, orders, and notes
– Flexible Subscriptions – Emails – automatically send transactional emails about renewals and subscription status changes to customers and administrators
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