How to Set WooCommerce You Must be Logged in to Checkout

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Several stores require customers to log in first before making a purchase. WooCommerce login is the process where customers log into your online store.

This is quite a vague term, and there are several ways to set it up. It all depends on how you want to operate your WooCommerce store.

WooCommerce Login Types

Here are the different types of WooCommerce logins that you can implement on your WooCommerce store:

Public WooCommerce store with guest checkout – This WooCommerce setup allows anyone to browse your products, and there is no hidden WooCommerce content. Customers can purchase products as a guest without login or can optionally create an account during checkout.
Public WooCommerce store with mandatory user accounts – This setup allows anyone to browse products, but customers must register or log in to their performance to purchase. I will share how you can set it up in this tutorial.
Customer portal with protected product categories – You can password-protect parts of a WooCommerce store or restrict them to specific users or user roles. Only customers with the right credentials can access your protected categories.
100% private WooCommerce store – This setup hides the whole WooCommerce store from public view so that customers must log in or enter a password to access it.
WooCommerce auto-login links – Customers in this setup can log in by clicking on a personal login URL. There is no need for usernames and passwords.

Steps to Add a Login or Registration at the Checkout Page

Here are the steps that you need to follow:

Log into your WordPress site and access the dashboard as the admin user
From the dashboard menu, click on WooCommerce > Settings.
Click on the Accounts & Privacy tab.
Check the box that allows customers to log in to an existing account during checkout and the one that will enable customers to create an account during the checkout, as shown below:
From the dashboard menu, click on the Appearance Menu > Theme Editor Menu. When the theme editor page is opened, look for the theme functions file with the extension functions.php. Open this functions file to add function to add the login and registration below the billing section on the WooCommerce Checkout Page.
Add the following code at the bottom of the functions.php file:

/**

*        Move Login @ WooCommerce Checkout

*/

remove_action( 'woocommerce_before_checkout_form', 'woocommerce_checkout_login_form', 10 );

add_action( 'woocommerce_after_checkout_billing_form', 'woocommerce_checkout_login_form' );

Users will not be able to purchase unless they are logged in. This is the outcome:

Conclusion

In summary, you have learned how to force guest users to sign in at the checkout page. This means that users must first log in to their account to make a purchase. If you are not familiar with handling code, please consider hiring a qualified WordPress developer.

Joe

Joe is an experienced full-stack web developer with a decade of industry experience in the LAMP & MERN stacks, WordPress, WooCommerce, and JavaScript – (diverse portfolio). He has a passion for creating elegant and user-friendly solutions and thrives in collaborative environments. In his spare time, he enjoys exploring new tech trends, tinkering with new tools, and contributing to open-source projects. You can hire me here for your next project.

How to Set Up WooCommerce You Must be Logged in to Checkout

WooCommerce Login Types

Steps to Add a Login or Registration at the Checkout Page

Conclusion

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