WPC eGift Cards for WooCommerce

Description

WPC eGift Cards is a robust solution that allows you to sell digital gift cards, manage store credit, and boost customer retention. Built from the ground up for high-volume stores, it bypasses the traditional and slow WordPress post-meta architecture in favor of a fast custom database engine.

Whether you’re selling digital vouchers for holidays, managing offline physical cards, or handling complex customer refunds via store credit, WPC eGift Cards delivers a seamless, secure, and beautiful experience for both you and your customers.

Key Features:

• Sell digital gift cards directly as WooCommerce products
• Custom Database Tables for high performance (no CPT bloat)
• Allow customers to upload custom images for personalizing their gift cards
• Live frontend preview of the gift card design that updates in real-time
• Allow customers to set custom gift card amounts
• Automated email delivery with optional future scheduling
• Partial and full balance redemption at Cart and Checkout
• Smart refund handling (automatically restore balance on order cancellation)
• Manual balance adjustments (Credit/Debit) by store admins
• Detailed transaction history for every card
• Frontend shortcode [wpcgc_check_balance] to check remaining balance
• Customer self-service panel in WooCommerce My Account
• Customizable frontend text via built-in Localization panel
• High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) compatible
• Translation ready

💳 Gift Card Creation & Management

WPC eGift Cards makes it easy to sell digital vouchers or import physical cards.

• Dedicated Product Type: Simply create a new product and select “WPC Gift Card”.
• Fixed or Custom Amounts: Offer predefined price tiers (e.g., $10, $50, $100) or let your customers type in their own custom amount.
• Bulk Generator: Need to print physical cards for your retail store? Use the admin Bulk Generator to instantly create hundreds of unique card codes with predefined balances.
• Expiration Dates: Set optional expiration dates to create urgency.

🖼️ Personalization & Live Preview

Give your customers the power to create a personal gift experience right from the product page.

• Custom Image Uploads: Customers can upload their own photos or graphics to be featured on the gift card, making it a unique and thoughtful present.
• Real-time Live Preview: As customers type their personal message, enter the recipient’s name, or upload an image, the gift card preview updates instantly on the screen.
• Preview in Product Gallery: Optionally display the interactive gift card preview directly inside the WooCommerce product image gallery for a seamless, modern shopping experience.

✉️ Automated Delivery & Reminders

Ensure your gift cards arrive at the right moment and are never forgotten.

• Scheduled Delivery: Customers can choose exactly which day the gift card email should arrive in the recipient’s inbox (great for birthdays and anniversaries).
• Smart Reminders: Automatically send a reminder email to the recipient before their card expires, driving them back to your store to spend their balance.
• Resend Utility: If a customer loses their email, admins can instantly resend the card to any email address with a single click.

🛡️ Custom Database & High Performance

Most gift card plugins store codes and balances as Custom Post Types (CPT), which can slow down your store as data grows. We built this plugin differently:

• Dedicated Tables: Gift cards and transactions are stored in their own normalized tables (wp_wpc_gc_cards, wp_wpc_gc_transactions).
• Zero Bloat: No massive wp_postmeta lookups during checkout, ensuring fast redemption and querying.
• Developer Ready: The robust architecture is fully decoupled and ready for REST API or Webhook integrations via extensive built-in action hooks.

💰 Balance Adjustments & Refunds

Handling money requires precision. WPC eGift Cards tracks balances reliably.

• Order Refunds: If a customer pays with a gift card and later requests a refund, the plugin intelligently restores the exact used amount back to the card’s balance.
• Manual Adjustments: Store admins can manually Credit (Add) or Debit (Subtract) balances to resolve customer support issues, leaving an auditable note for the transaction.
• Transaction Ledger: Both admins and customers can view a detailed, immutable history of every transaction associated with a specific card.

✨ Seamless Cart & Checkout Integration

A smooth checkout experience helps conversions.

• Native UI: The gift card redemption form integrates seamlessly into your WooCommerce Cart and Checkout pages.
• Partial Usage: Customers can use a portion of their gift card and save the rest for later, or combine multiple gift cards to pay for a single order.
• Balance Display: Applied cards clearly show their remaining balance right in the order summary.

🎨 Customization & Localization

Make the plugin feel like a native part of your brand.

• Built-in Localization: Don’t want to mess with .po files? A dedicated Localization settings panel lets you instantly rewrite frontend strings (e.g., changing “Check Balance” to “View Store Credit”).
• Live Preview: Customers can see exactly what the digital gift card will look like—complete with their custom message and recipient name—before they add it to the cart.

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