CodeAtoz Campaign Manager for WooCommerce

Descripción

📖 Full documentation: https://codeatoz.com/docs/campaign-manager-pro/

CodeAtoz Campaign Manager for WooCommerce is a lightweight WooCommerce plugin built for small and growing stores that want to run effective flash sales without complex marketing tools or recurring fees.

From a single, clean admin screen you can:

• Create multiple campaigns (Flash Sale, Weekend Deal, Clearance)
• Apply percentage or fixed amount discounts across your entire catalog – or limit discounts to selected product categories – without touching product data
• Schedule campaign start and end dates – including weekend promos and short flash drops
• Show a sticky announcement bar with countdown timer on all storefront pages (top or bottom position)
• Add urgency badges on product cards and an urgency message in the cart
• Show “Only X left in stock!” low-stock urgency badges on product cards and product pages during a campaign
• Embed a countdown anywhere with the [scm_countdown] shortcode or the SCM Campaign Countdown Gutenberg block
• Use the [scm_banner] shortcode to drop the announcement bar inline on landing pages
• Get a last-hour urgency mode — the bar automatically intensifies when less than 60 minutes remain
• Receive email notifications when a scheduled campaign auto-starts or auto-expires
• Get Schema.org JSON-LD sale markup with priceValidUntil so Google can show your sale snippet
• Translate campaign strings with WPML and Polylang (string translation support built in)
• See all campaigns in a simple dashboard list with status badges, quick activate/deactivate, and one-click Duplicate

All pricing logic uses standard WooCommerce price filters – no direct database writes – so your original prices remain safe. The plugin is fully translatable and follows WordPress.org coding and security best practices.

Key Features

• Flash Sale Engine

  • Percentage or fixed discounts on all products, or only on selected product categories
  • Works with simple and variable products
  • Leaves original product prices intact (no direct DB changes)

• Smart Campaign Scheduling

  • Set start and end date/time for each campaign
  • Scheduled campaigns auto-activate and auto-expire
  • Cron health check with admin notice if WP-Cron or Action Scheduler is not running

• Conversion-Focused Storefront UI

  • Sticky announcement bar with live countdown timer
  • Urgency badges on product cards (Flash Sale, Weekend Deal, Clearance)
  • Cart urgency message with live countdown
  • Product page “sale ends” message under the add to cart button

• 3 Built-In Templates

  • ⚡ Flash Sale – 20% off, red bar, 24-hour flash sale style
  • 🔥 Weekend Deal – 15% off, orange bar, ideal for Friday–Sunday promos
  • 💥 Clearance – 30% off, purple bar, 7-day clearance style
  • One-click template selection pre-fills the campaign form (you can still adjust all fields)

• Performance & Compatibility

  • Uses the WordPress Transients API to cache the active campaign
  • WooCommerce HPOS compatible
  • No external API calls and no tracking in the free version

Who Is It For?

CodeAtoz Campaign Manager for WooCommerce is perfect for:

• Small WooCommerce stores running occasional flash sales
• Brands that want a simple promotion tool instead of heavy marketing suites
• Store owners who care about performance, safety and clean code

Documentation

The complete user guide, setup walkthroughs, screenshots, and troubleshooting tips are available at:

https://codeatoz.com/docs/campaign-manager-pro/

The docs cover:

• Step-by-step campaign setup (Flash Sale, Weekend Deal, Clearance)
• How discounts are applied via WooCommerce price filters
• Scheduling, time zones, and Action Scheduler troubleshooting
• Customising the announcement bar, badges, and cart urgency message
• Compatibility notes (HPOS, themes, page builders)
• Developer hooks and the scm_campaign_templates filter

You can also find the Documentation link directly in the WordPress admin — on the Plugins screen and inside the Smart Campaigns dashboard.

Usage

Creating a new campaign

1. Go to WooCommerce → Smart Campaigns and click Add New Campaign.
2. (Optional) Choose a template at the top (Flash Sale, Weekend Deal, Clearance) to prefill common settings.
3. Fill out the Campaign Details card:
   • Campaign Name – internal name shown in the admin list.
   • Campaign Type – Flash Sale, Weekend Deal, or Clearance (used for labels and badges).
   • Announcement Bar Text – the message shown in the storefront bar.
   • Status – Draft, Scheduled, Active or Expired.
4. Configure the Discount Settings card:
   • Discount Type – Percentage or Fixed Amount.
   • Discount Value – required; for example 20 for 20% or 15 for a 15‑unit fixed discount.
   • Limit to Categories – leave blank to apply to all products, or select one or more product categories to target only those items.
5. Configure the Schedule & Appearance card:
   • Start Date & Time – when the campaign should begin (optional; leave empty to start immediately when set to Active).
   • End Date & Time – when the campaign should end (optional; leave empty for open‑ended campaigns).
   • Quick fill buttons – 24 hours, This Weekend, or Next 7 Days to speed up date entry.
   • Bar Background Color & Countdown Timer Color – control the storefront bar appearance; the live preview updates as you type.

Advanced options

These options appear in the Discount Settings or Schedule & Appearance areas:

• Test Mode (checkbox) – when enabled, the campaign is only visible and applied to users who can manage WooCommerce (store admins). Use this to preview the bar, badges and discounts before going live.
• Minimum Cart Value – if set above zero, the discount only applies when the cart subtotal is at least this amount.
• Exclude Products Already On Sale – if enabled, products that already have a WooCommerce sale price keep their own sale and are not further discounted by the campaign.
• Social Proof Text – small line of text shown in the announcement bar (for example “Over 500 orders placed this week!”).

How discounts are applied

• Discounts are applied dynamically via WooCommerce price filters – the plugin never modifies product prices in the database.
• Only one active campaign is used for pricing at a time (the most recently created active campaign).
• If Limit to Categories is empty, discounts and urgency UI apply to all products (subject to minimum cart value, test mode and exclude‑on‑sale settings).
• If one or more categories are selected, discounts and urgency elements (badge, price HTML, product urgency text) only appear on products belonging to those categories.

Scheduled campaigns

• Set Status = Scheduled and fill Start Date and/or End Date.
• The plugin uses Action Scheduler to:
  • Automatically switch the campaign to Active at the start time.
  • Automatically switch it to Expired at the end time.
• If WP‑Cron or Action Scheduler are not running correctly, the Smart Campaigns admin screen shows a clear warning with a link to documentation.

Embedding a countdown with shortcodes or a block

You can drop a campaign countdown into any post, page, page-builder layout, or sidebar widget.

Shortcodes:

• [scm_countdown] — uses the currently active campaign.
• [scm_countdown id="5"] — countdown for campaign #5.
• [scm_countdown id="active" label="Sale ends in" show_label="1"] — customise the label.
• [scm_banner] — render the full announcement bar inline (not fixed) for a specific section of a landing page.

Gutenberg block: Search for “SCM Campaign Countdown” in the block inserter. Set the campaign ID (or active) and label in the sidebar.

Low-stock urgency

When a campaign is active, products with WooCommerce stock management enabled will show a small “Only X left in stock!” badge once their stock_quantity is at or below the configured threshold (default: 10). Configure under Smart Campaigns → Settings.

Email notifications

Enable Smart Campaigns → Settings → Email me on campaign start / end to receive a plain-text email at your site admin address whenever a scheduled campaign auto-starts or auto-expires.

Bar position

Choose top or bottom of page under Smart Campaigns → Settings → Announcement bar position.