Minimum
Order rules that actually hold
Minimum lets you control how much of each product customers must buy and how much they must spend before checkout. Rules per product, category or globally, plus a minimum order total, enforced at the cart and checkout.
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See it in action
Order rules are often easy to bypass
A store sells in packs or has a minimum-order threshold, but a hint on the product page does not stop the shopper. Orders below the threshold reach fulfilment and cost support time.
- ✗ Rules as a product-page hint, not hard validation
- ✗ Below-minimum orders that need manual correction
- ✗ Pack-sold products bought as single units
- ✗ No consistent cart-value threshold before checkout
Minimum enforces rules where it matters
- ✓ Min, max and step rules per product, category or globally
- ✓ A minimum order total against the cart subtotal
- ✓ Validation on add-to-cart, in the cart and at checkout
- ✓ Clear notices that block checkout until rules are met
What you get in the free version
Everything you need to make orders follow your rules.
Minimum quantity
Require at least N units of a product before checkout.
Maximum quantity
Cap how many units a customer can buy.
Step quantity
Force purchases in multiples, for example sold in packs of 6.
Minimum order total
Require a minimum cart subtotal to check out.
Rule precedence
A product rule overrides a category rule, which overrides the global rule, per constraint.
Custom messages
Edit the notice for each unmet rule, with tokens {min}, {max}, {step}, {product}, {total}.
Up and running in three steps
Your first quantity rule or minimum order total.
Install
Activate Minimum alongside WooCommerce.
Add a rule
In WooCommerce → Minimum, pick a scope and set min, max, step or a minimum order total.
Check the cart
Try to break a rule in the cart, the notice should block checkout.
Who it is for
When orders must follow specific quantity or value rules.
Wholesale and B2B
A minimum-order threshold and pack-based selling held by hard validation.
- ✓ Minimum total
- ✓ Step quantity
- ✓ Per category
Pack-based stores
Bundled products bought in the correct multiples.
- ✓ Step per product
- ✓ Clear notices
- ✓ HPOS and blocks
High-touch stores
A minimum cart value removes unprofitable micro-orders.
- ✓ Global threshold
- ✓ Cart validation
- ✓ Clean uninstall
What PRO adds, and why it matters
Per-product rules
Min, max and step overrides on the product Inventory tab.
Per-role rules
Different quantity rules and order totals for wholesale, trade and retail roles from one screen.
Scheduled rules
Activate or relax quantity rules and minimum order totals over a date range on WooCommerce → Minimum Schedules.
Bulk import
Import per-product min, max and step overrides from CSV on WooCommerce → Minimum Bulk Import.
Conditional rules
Apply rules only when the cart matches a subtotal, item-count, product-ID or category-ID condition on WooCommerce → Minimum Conditions.
What you get: FREE vs PRO
PRO keeps everything in the free plugin and adds the modules below.
Minimum vs WooCommerce Min/Max Quantities vs Barn2 Quantity Manager
How Minimum compares to the popular WooCommerce minimum order plugins.
| Minimum | WooCommerce Min/Max Quantities | Barn2 Quantity Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free version | Yes | No | Trial only |
| Min / max quantity limits | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Step (increment) quantity | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Minimum order total | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Per-product / per-role rules | Pro | — | Yes |
| Scheduled / conditional rules | Pro | — | — |
| Open source (GPLv2) | Yes | Core GPL | Proprietary |
| Paid plan price | from €29/yr | from $29/yr | from $79/yr |
Competitor data and pricing as of June 2026; check the vendors' sites for current pricing.
Need more? Minimum PRO
The free edition covers global, per-category and per-product (by ID) rules plus a minimum order total. Minimum Pro adds min/max/step overrides edited directly on the product screen and per-role rules.
- ✓ Per-product min/max/step (shipped)
- ✓ Per-role rules, min, max, step and minimum order total (shipped)
- ✓ Scheduled rules (shipped in PRO)
- ✓ Bulk CSV import (shipped in PRO)
- ✓ Conditional rules (shipped in PRO)
Support and resources
Every plugin has its own documentation with setup walkthroughs. Bugs and questions go to the public GitHub repository for that plugin, we answer in the open.
Frequently asked questions
Does Minimum require WooCommerce?
Yes. Minimum is a WooCommerce extension and requires WooCommerce 8.0 or later to be active. If WooCommerce is not active, the plugin stays dormant and shows an admin notice. It also needs WordPress 6.5 and PHP 8.1.
How do rules combine?
Each constraint, minimum, maximum and step, is resolved separately. For a given value a product rule overrides a category rule, and a category rule overrides the global rule. A field left at 0 means that constraint is not enforced.
Does it work with the block cart and checkout?
Yes. Rules are checked against the cart contents rather than a specific template, so they cover both the classic pages and the Cart and Checkout blocks. Validation runs on add-to-cart, in the cart and at checkout. The plugin is also HPOS (custom order tables) compatible.
Can I customise the notices?
Yes. Each notice has its own field on the settings screen and can be edited freely. The text supports the tokens {min}, {max}, {step}, {product} and {total}, which are swapped in for the matching values. Separate notices cover minimum, maximum, step and the minimum order total.
What happens when I delete the plugin?
Uninstalling removes two WordPress options: minimum_settings (your rules and notice wording) and minimum_db_version. Minimum creates no custom database tables, so nothing else is left behind. You can also turn rules off with the enforcement switch without deleting them.
Does Minimum pair with Rapid and Tipping?
Yes. Rapid speeds up placing large orders, and Tipping adds an optional tip at checkout. All three are from wppoland.com and work independently.
How does Minimum compare to WooCommerce Min/Max Quantities and Barn2 Quantity Manager?
Minimum sets quantity, step, and order-total rules for free, with per-product, per-role, and conditional rules in Pro from €29/yr. The official WooCommerce Min/Max Quantities extension starts from $29/yr and Barn2 Quantity Manager from $79/yr. Pricing as of June 2026.
Add order rules to your store
Min, max, step and a minimum total, enforced at the cart and checkout. The full FREE edition under GPL.
Read the docsFREE is the full order-rules engine, PRO adds per-product min/max/step and per-role rules.