---
title: How to Set Up Product Purchase Limits in WooCommerce
description: "Set up WooCommerce product purchase limits: decide what to count and which orders count toward each customer's limit."
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/manage-product-limits/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: How to
tags:
  - Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce
---

# How to Set Up Product Purchase Limits in WooCommerce

The General section of [Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce/) is where you decide what to count and which orders count toward each customer's limit. Everything in this section is available in the free version.

![General options tab of Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/General-mppu.png)

### Where to find it

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

### Core options

| Label | Option ID | Default | Free/Pro |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enable plugin | `wpjup_wc_maximum_products_per_user_plugin_enabled` | Yes | Free |
| Mode (quantities, orders, prices incl. tax, prices excl. tax, weights, volumes) | `alg_wc_mppu_mode` | Product quantities | Free |
| Order statuses (count toward limit) | `alg_wc_mppu_order_status` | Completed | Free |
| Order statuses: Delete | `alg_wc_mppu_order_status_delete` | None | Free |
| Payment gateways | `alg_wc_mppu_payment_gateways` | All | Free |
| Quantity input (set field max to remaining limit) | `alg_wc_mppu_set_qty_field_max_attr` | No | Free |
| Add to cart button (disable when limit reached) | `alg_wc_mppu_disable_product_purchase_by_limit` | No | Free |
| Use variations | `alg_wc_mppu_use_variations` | No | Free |
| User roles (different limits per role) | `alg_wc_mppu_use_user_roles` | No | Free |
| Hide products with exceeded limits | `alg_wc_mppu_hide_products` | No | Free |
| Count by current payment method | `alg_wc_mppu_count_by_current_payment_method` | No | Free |

### Step by step

1. Confirm **Enable plugin** is on (it is by default).
2. Set **Mode** to whatever you want to cap: product quantities, number of orders, price, weight or volume.
3. In **Order statuses**, choose which statuses mark a sale as counted. If you select several, data updates once, on whichever status change happens first.
4. Optionally restrict counting to specific **Payment gateways**. Leave empty to count all.
5. Set the actual limit values in the **Limits** section (All Products, or Per Product / Per Taxonomy in Pro).
6. Save. If you install on an existing store, run **Recalculate sales data** in the Tools section so past orders are counted.

**Note:** whenever you change **Mode** or **Order statuses**, re-run **Recalculate sales data** so stored figures match the new setting.

### Troubleshooting

- Limits count nothing: the order status your store uses is not in **Order statuses**, or you have not recalculated after install.
- Old orders ignored: run Recalculate sales data once after enabling the plugin.

### Get more control

These General options are free. [Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce/) Pro adds per-product, per-category and per-tag limits plus formula-based rules. [See what Pro unlocks](https://wpfactory.com/item/maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce/).

Related articles

- [How to Set Product-Specific Purchase Limits](https://wpfactory.com/docs/setting-product-specific-limits/)
- [Product Purchase Limit Shortcodes](https://wpfactory.com/docs/product-purchase-limit-shortcodes/)
- [How to Limit Purchases by Product Category or Tag](https://wpfactory.com/docs/limits-by-taxonomy/)
- [How to Add a Product Limits Tab to My Account](https://wpfactory.com/docs/maximum-products-per-user-my-account-tab/)
- [How to Customize Purchase Limit Messages and Enforce Limits at Checkout](https://wpfactory.com/docs/frontend-user-limits/)

 

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