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Free Plugin by Naked Cat Plugins v8.5

Taxonomy/Term and Role-based Discounts for WooCommerce

Automatically apply WooCommerce discounts/pricing rules based on product category, tag, attribute, custom taxonomy, and user role — no coupons needed

Taxonomy/Term and Role-based Discounts for WooCommerce

The facts

Rating
4.4★ from 8
Active installs
200+
Price
Free
Last updated
29 Aug 2026
Added
Mar 2016
Requires WP
5.8
Tested up to
WP 7.1
Requires PHP
7.2
Downloads
21,447

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Taxonomy/Term and Role-based Discounts for WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin designed to create automatic price discounts in WooCommerce based on various taxonomies such as product categories, tags, and custom attributes. You can apply these discounts to all users, logged-in users, or specific WordPress user roles, with the option to schedule them using start and end dates.

The plugin supports multiple discount types, including percentage discounts and 'buy x get y free' offers. It is suitable for WooCommerce store owners who want to implement targeted discount strategies based on user roles or product attributes.

Best for: WooCommerce store owners looking to implement flexible discount rules.

What it does well

  • Creates discounts based on product categories, tags, and custom taxonomies
  • Supports scheduling of discounts with start and end dates
  • Allows discounts based on user roles
  • Offers multiple discount types including percentage and BOGO

Where it falls short

  • Limited information on additional features without the PRO add-on
  • Only one discount rule applies per cart line, requiring careful setup

Verdict

This plugin provides a robust solution for managing discounts in WooCommerce, though some advanced features require the PRO add-on.

From the developer

Naked Cat Plugins's own description of Taxonomy/Term and Role-based Discounts for WooCommerce, lightly tidied.

Create automatic WooCommerce price discounts based on product category, tag, attribute, brand, or any custom taxonomy, and apply them to all users, logged-in users, or only to specific WordPress user roles.

Each discount rule can have a start and end date.

  • Create WooCommerce discounts based on the product category, tag, brand, type, or shipping class;
  • Create WooCommerce discounts based on any product attribute;
  • Create WooCommerce discounts based on any custom taxonomy, created by you or any 3rd party plugin;
  • Create WooCommerce discounts based on the user role;
  • Schedule the special pricing by setting a date range on the discount rule;
  • WPML compatible (ability to set discounts on different language terms, not compatible with multi-currency);
  • WooCommerce Subscriptions experimental support;

Discount types

  • Percentage: apply an absolute percentage discount to all the products on a specific taxonomy term;
  • Buy x get y free (BOGO): offer free items when a minimum quantity is purchased;
  • PRO add-on Fixed value: apply an absolute value discount to all the products on a specific taxonomy term;

Get more with the PRO add-on

  • “Discount Tag” custom taxonomy if you don’t want to use Categories, Tags, or any other existing product taxonomy;
  • Sitewide discounts: any discount type applied to all the store products, instead of just one taxonomy term
  • Set the maximum amount of free items when using BOGO discounts;
  • Replace the sale badge with a discount percentage;
  • Replace the sale badge with a discount percentage, even if a taxonomy does not set the discount, but rather by setting a sale price on the product (in beta);
  • Show discount information (percentage and dates) on the product loop;
  • Show discount information (percentage and dates) on the product single page (mandatory on some legislations, like the Portuguese one, for example);
  • Show discount information for non-taxonomy discounts (set by product sale price), including start and end date, thus allowing compliance with legislation, such as Portuguese law, which requires these details to be displayed next to the sale price;
  • “Stop – no discount” rule that makes sure products from specific taxonomy terms never have a discount applied, even if there are other rules that will apply for other product taxonomy terms;
  • Exclude products already on sale from the discount rule: always, or if taxonomy discount is lower, or if taxonomy discount is higher;
  • Set base price for on-sale products: sale price (discount on top of discount) or original regular price (new option);
  • Disable shipping methods based on cart items applied rules;
  • Set discount rules for non-logged-in users;
  • Google Product Feed for WooCommerce integration
  • Developer mode – more info;
  • Technical support;
  • And more to come…
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Notes

  • The discounts are applied on a “per cart line” basis (not to the sum of the products of the same taxonomy) – this means that if you set a discount with a minimum quantity, it will only be applied if the customer buys that quantity of the same product;
  • Only one rule is applied per cart line, so setting the priorities correctly is very important;
  • When aggregating product variations, the quantity will be the sum of the quantities of all the variations of the same product in the cart, and the discount will be applied to all of them;
  • For WPML users, if you want the same discounts to apply to all the languages, you must replicate the rules for each of the translations of the terms
  • You can use the tdw_rule_add, tdw_rule_edit, and tdw_rule_delete actions when adding, editing, and deleting rules, to do whatever you want, like, for example, clearing cache (check out to use them here and send us cool examples of what you’ve done)

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