How to Set Up Email Verification Plugin in WooCommerce
Who wouldn’t want to protect their online store from fake accounts? I’m guessing your answer is the same as everyone else’s, absolutely no one.
Fak accounts and interactions with false emails or customers are among the challenges every online store owner faces.
Not only do these fake accounts compromise the authenticity of your customer database, but they can also lead to spam, misuse of resources, and even potential security risks. So, the solution? simply it’s the Email Verification Plugin.
This amazing tool ensures that only genuine customers can register and interact with your store by asking users to confirm their accounts after registration. This helps you keep only real customers on your email list and this helps you to improve overall data quality.
Let me walk you through this article on how to set up an email verification plugin in just a few simple steps.
Step1:
- Download the “Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce” plugin from your WPFactory account, and upload it to your WordPress site.
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Access the plugin
Go to WooCommerce > Plugins > Click on Add New Plugin > Upload Plugins >Install Now.
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General Options
From General options enable the “ login on activation” option. This option allows customers with verified accounts to login automatically. You can also set it so that customers with unverified accounts will be blocked.
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User Roles
From this option, you can set the criteria for accounts verifications, such as if it’s a guest account, or based on user roles, and more.
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Messages Options
This section allows you to customize the message that will be sent to your customers when their account is verified, when the process has failed, or for other status updates.
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Blocking
From here, you can restrict customers’ access to specific content, pages, or products if their accounts are not verified.
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Block Checkout
If your customers haven’t verified their accounts, you can also block them from completing the checkout or adding products to their cart.
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Block non-paying users
This option allows you to block non-paying users from activating their accounts until they make a purchase that is marked as paid.
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Role Checking
You can also specify the roles this setting will apply to.
Using the “Block WooCommerce Order Email” option, you can prevent order emails from being sent to users who haven’t verified their email addresses.
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Shortcodes
From here, you can select the email verification shortcodes, such as the verification status, or a link to resend the verification email.
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Email Options
The Email Option feature allows you to customize the emails sent to customers, such as activation, confirmation, or admin emails. Here, you can personalize the email content, subject, timing of the email, and even set a delay if needed.
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Admin
With the Admin Option, you can specify the roles that will require email verification, such as Administrator, Editor, or Author. Additionally, you can filter users based on their verification status.
When the verified column is enabled, a new column named “verified” will be added to the users’ list.
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Advanced Options
The Block Auth Cookies option prevents the sending of authentication cookies if it is detected that unverified users are able to log in.
You can set the prevention to occur either after registration or after checkout.
You can also delete unverified customers from your database.
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Compatibility
This section allows third parties, such as plugins or other solutions, that are compatible with these plugins. You can configure the settings within the plugin to work with compatible third parties, ensuring they align with each other’s functionality.
Final Words
By using this plugin, users will need to verify their email before logging in to your website, so you can ensure that your email list is clean and that you’re dealing with real customers.
