---
title: How to Handle Guest Purchase Limits in WooCommerce
description: Decide how WooCommerce purchase limits apply to guests who are not signed in, including blocking guests from buying.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/guest-user-product-limits/"
updated: "2026-09-26"
category: How to
tags:
  - Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce
---

# How to Handle Guest Purchase Limits in WooCommerce

## Controlling limits for guest (non-logged-in) customers

If your store allows guest checkout, [Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce/) lets you decide how limits apply to shoppers who are not signed in. Choosing the guest mode is free; the advanced blocking sub-options (block method, custom add to cart text, redirect) are Pro.

![Guest users options in Maximum Products per User: how guests are tracked or blocked](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/max-products-per-user-guests-options.png)

### Where to find it

Go to **WPFactory > Max Products per User** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Maximum Products per User**), then open the **Guests** section.

### Guest handling modes

The **Guests** setting (`alg_wc_mppu_block_guests`, default "Do nothing") offers:

- **Do nothing (do not track guests sales):** guests are ignored and can bypass limits.
- **Do nothing but block guests from purchasing products beyond the limits:** guests are not tracked over time, but they cannot exceed a limit in a single order.
- **Block guests from buying products:** guests cannot purchase at all (this is what unlocks the block sub-section below).
- **Identify guests by IP address:** tracks guest purchases by IP so limits accumulate.
- **Identify guests by checkout billing email address:** tracks by billing email; this only takes effect at checkout.

### Block guests from buying products (sub-options)

These options only apply when **Guests** is set to **Block guests from buying products**.

| Label | Option ID | Free/Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Block method (All Products / According to limit options) | `alg_wc_mppu_block_guests_method` | Pro |
| Block message | `alg_wc_mppu_block_guests_message` | Free |
| Add to cart text (change button on blocked products/variations) | `alg_wc_mppu_block_guests_custom_add_to_cart_btn_txt_enable` | Pro |
| Add to cart redirect | `alg_wc_mppu_block_guests_add_to_cart_redirect` | Pro |
| Hide products (blocked from guests, from catalog and search) | `alg_wc_mppu_hide_guest_blocked_products` | Free |

With **Block method** set to "According to limit options", you block only products (or terms) that have **Block guests** ticked on their edit page, so you can block a subset rather than the whole store.

### Use cases

- Force registration: set Block guests from buying products and show a "Login to purchase" message.
- Fair guest limits without accounts: use Identify guests by IP address, or by checkout billing email.

### Get more control

Guest tracking modes and the block message are free. The block method, custom add to cart text and add to cart redirect are Pro features of [Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce/). [Get Maximum Products per User Pro](https://wpfactory.com/item/maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce/).

Related articles

- [How to Customize Purchase Limit Messages and Enforce Limits at Checkout](https://wpfactory.com/docs/frontend-user-limits/)
- [How to Set Purchase Limits by Formula (and When to Use Them)](https://wpfactory.com/docs/max-products-per-user-formula-limits/)
- [How to Set Product-Specific Purchase Limits](https://wpfactory.com/docs/setting-product-specific-limits/)
- [How to Set a Date Range for WooCommerce Purchase Limits](https://wpfactory.com/docs/managing-woocommerce-product-limits/)
- [How to Set Up Product Purchase Limits in WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/docs/manage-product-limits/)

 

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