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Alynt Customer Groups lets store owners create customer groups and assign targeted pricing rules to products and categories.

Features

• Create and manage unlimited customer groups.
• Assign customers to groups in bulk.
• Configure product-level and category-level pricing rules.
• Support fixed discounts, percentage discounts, and scheduled pricing windows.
• Show adjusted prices across catalog, cart, and checkout views.
• Set a default group for ungrouped customers.
• Auto-expire scheduled pricing rules via background cron.

Requirements

• WordPress 5.8 or later
• WooCommerce 5.0 or later
• PHP 7.4 or later

Installation

1. Upload the plugin to wp-content/plugins/alynt-customer-groups.
2. Activate the plugin in WordPress.
3. Open WooCommerce > Customer Groups to configure groups and pricing rules.

Usage

• Create customer groups from the Customer Groups admin screen.
• Assign users from the User Assignments screen.
• Create pricing rules from the Pricing Rules screen.
• Optionally set a default group for ungrouped customers.

Configuration

Customer Groups

Navigate to WooCommerce > Customer Groups to create and manage groups.

• Add Group — Enter a name and optional description. Groups are immediately available for user assignment and pricing rules.
• Delete Group — Removes the group and all its associated pricing rules. The default group cannot be deleted while it is active.
• Set as Default — Assigns a group to all customers who are not explicitly in any group. A custom label can be set for the frontend display.

User Assignments

Navigate to WooCommerce > Customer Groups > User Assignments to assign registered customers to groups.

• Filter and search users, then use bulk actions to assign a group.
• A user can belong to only one group.

Pricing Rules

Navigate to WooCommerce > Customer Groups > Pricing Rules to create discount rules.

• Rules can target specific products or product categories.
• Discount types: Fixed (currency amount) or Percentage.
• Rules can have an optional start date and end date for scheduled pricing windows. The cron task checks for expired rules every 5 minutes and deactivates them automatically.
• When a customer qualifies for both a product-specific rule and a category rule, the product-specific rule takes priority. When multiple category rules apply, the rule with the higher discount value wins (fixed preferred over percentage when values are equal).

Default Group Settings

When a default group is active (wccg_default_group_id option), customers who are not assigned to any group receive that group's pricing. A custom display label (wccg_default_group_custom_title) can be set to override the group name shown on the frontend.

See docs/SETTINGS.md for the full options reference.

FAQ

Q: Can I assign a customer to multiple groups? A: No. Each customer can belong to only one group at a time. Use pricing rules on shared categories to cover multiple groups.

Q: What happens if a product matches both a product-specific rule and a category rule? A: The product-specific rule always wins. If only category rules match, the rule with the highest discount value is applied (fixed discount is preferred over percentage when discount values are equal).

Q: What happens when a scheduled rule expires? A: The background cron task (wccg_check_expired_rules) runs every 5 minutes. When it finds rules whose end_date has passed, it deactivates them and clears WooCommerce price caches so storefronts update immediately.

Q: Will the plugin work without WooCommerce? A: No. WooCommerce 5.0 or later is required. The plugin checks for WooCommerce on activation and displays an admin notice if it is missing or inactive.

Q: Does pricing apply to guest customers? A: Only if a default group is configured. Guest users (not logged in) receive default-group pricing when wccg_default_group_id is set to a valid group.

Q: Are prices adjusted in the cart and checkout? A: Yes. Discounts are applied in catalog/product pages, the cart item price and subtotal columns, and carried through to checkout totals.

Examples

• Customer Groups screen — Create a group such as Wholesale, optionally add a description, then mark it as the default group for unassigned customers.
• User Assignments screen — Filter users, select matching customers, choose a group, and bulk-assign them in one action.
• Pricing Rules screen — Create a fixed or percentage discount, target products or categories, and optionally add start/end dates for scheduled pricing.
• Storefront result — Eligible customers see the original price struck through, the discounted price, and the active group label on product and cart views.

Developer Reference

• docs/SETTINGS.md — WordPress options reference
• docs/HOOKS.md — Actions, filters, and AJAX endpoints

Changelog Summary

See CHANGELOG.md for the full changelog.

• 1.1.0 adds default group support, scheduled pricing rules, pricing rule editing, and automatic expiration handling.
• 1.0.0 introduces customer groups, user assignments, product/category pricing rules, frontend price display updates, the sticky banner, and AJAX pricing rule management.

License

Released under GPL-2.0-or-later. See LICENSE for the full license text.