---
title: How to Set a Date Range for WooCommerce Purchase Limits
description: "Set the time window for WooCommerce purchase limits: a lifetime cap, a rolling period, or a recurring reset."
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/managing-woocommerce-product-limits/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: How to
tags:
  - Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce
---

# How to Set a Date Range for WooCommerce Purchase Limits

## Choosing a date range for purchase limits

The date range in [Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce/) decides the window each customer's limit applies to: a lifetime cap, a rolling period, or a recurring reset. All date range options are available in the free version, with one Pro exception noted below.

![General section, Date range options](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/managing-woocommerce-product-limits-1.png)

### Where to find it

Go to **WPFactory > Max Products per User** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Maximum Products per User**), open the **General** section and find **Date range options**.

### Available ranges

The **Date range** option (`alg_wc_mppu_date_range`, default `Lifetime`) offers:

- **Lifetime:** counts a customer's entire history in your store.
- **This hour / day / week / month / year:** counts within the current calendar period.
- **Last hour / 24 hours / 7 days / 30 days / 365 days:** counts within a rolling window ending now.
- **Custom range:** a fixed number of units you define.
- **Fixed date:** counts from a specific date and time you set.
- **Monthly:** a recurring monthly window that resets on the customer's origin day.

### Options reference

| Label | Option ID | Used with | Free/Pro |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Custom date range | `alg_wc_mppu_date_range_custom` | Custom range (default 3600) | Free |
| Custom date range unit (seconds to weeks) | `alg_wc_mppu_date_range_custom_unit` | Custom range (default seconds) | Free |
| Fixed date range | `alg_wc_mppu_date_range_fixed_date` | Fixed date | Free |
| Origin date (User register date / MemberPress subscription date) | `alg_wc_mppu_date_range_origin_date` | Monthly | Free (MemberPress option is Pro) |
| Week starts on | `alg_wc_mppu_date_range_week_starts_on` | This week | Free |

### Important details

- **Origin date** applies to the **Monthly** range, not to Custom or Fixed date. With "User register date", a customer registered on `2023-04-15` resets on the 15th of each month (2023-05-15, 2023-06-15, and so on). The free version only supports the "User register date" value; "MemberPress subscription date" requires Pro.
- **Week starts on** is used only by the "This week" range. Its default follows your WordPress "Week Starts On" setting rather than a fixed day. Pair it with **Advanced > Current time offset** for precise week boundaries.

### Troubleshooting

- Limit behaves like lifetime: **Date range** is still set to Lifetime, or you did not save after changing it.
- Monthly limit resets on the wrong day: check the **Origin date** value and the customer's register date.

### Get more control

The date range options are free. [Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/maximum-products-per-user-for-woocommerce/) Pro adds the MemberPress subscription origin, per-product and per-category limits and formula rules. [See what Pro unlocks](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 Handle Guest Purchase Limits in WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/docs/guest-user-product-limits/)
- [How to Set Up Product Purchase Limits in WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/docs/manage-product-limits/)

 

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