Social proof from real sales
Proof shows small, tasteful popups in a corner of the screen surfacing recent real purchases from your store — e.g. "Alex from Berlin bought Hoodie 2 hours ago". First name and city only, demo data off by default, a tiny vanilla-JS widget with no layout shift.
Works with
New shoppers lack a trust signal
A first-time visitor cannot tell whether anyone buys here. Fake sale counters undermine trust, and heavy social-proof plugins slow the store and cause layout shift.
- ✗ No visible signal that others are buying
- ✗ Fake sale notifications undermine trust
- ✗ Heavy social-proof plugins slow the store
- ✗ Notifications that reflow content hurt Core Web Vitals
Proof shows real, recent sales
- ✓ Popups from real completed and processing orders
- ✓ First name and city only, each field toggleable
- ✓ A tiny vanilla-JS widget loaded defer in the footer
- ✓ Fixed to a corner so it never reflows content
What you get in the free version
Everything you need to show real sales as social proof.
Real orders only
Popups built from recent completed and processing orders.
Privacy-safe
First name + city only, each field individually toggleable, with a neutral fallback like "Someone".
Choose the corner
A popup in any of the four screen corners.
Configurable timing
Initial delay, display time, interval and a frequency cap per page view.
Scope control
Whole storefront, shop/archives/products, or single products only.
Order window
Maximum order age and maximum number of orders to draw from.
No jQuery, no layout shift
A tiny vanilla-JS widget loaded defer in the footer, fixed to a corner, with a cached feed.
Accessible
An aria-live region, a keyboard-focusable dismiss button, motion-safe and dark-mode aware.
Up and running in three steps
Choose the corner, fields and timing, then test a popup.
Install
Activate Proof alongside WooCommerce.
Configure
In WooCommerce → Proof choose the corner, fields, timing and scope.
Check the store
Open the storefront and confirm a popup appears in your chosen corner.
Who it is for
When you want to build new-shopper trust with real, recent sales.
New stores
Show real sales instead of fake counters; demo data for previewing.
- ✓ Real orders only
- ✓ Demo data optional
- ✓ First name and city
Speed-conscious stores
A lightweight widget instead of a heavy social-proof plugin.
- ✓ No jQuery
- ✓ No layout shift
- ✓ Cached feed
Privacy-conscious stores
First name and city only, never surnames, emails or addresses.
- ✓ Toggleable fields
- ✓ Neutral fallback
- ✓ Data stays on your site
Need more? Proof PRO
FREE covers recent-sale popups from real orders. Proof Pro mixes recent, approved product reviews into the rotation — just as privacy-safe.
- ✓ Recent-review popups — shipped in PRO
- ✓ Minimum-rating filter and review count/age limits
- ✓ Reviewer first name and product name only
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
Is Proof free?
Yes. Proof is free and licensed under the GPL.
Does Proof require WooCommerce?
Yes. Proof is a WooCommerce extension and requires WooCommerce 8.0 or later. It shows an admin notice and stays inactive if WooCommerce is missing.
What personal data is shown in a popup?
Only a customer's first name and billing city, and only the fields you enable. Surnames, emails, full addresses and order numbers are never exposed to the browser.
Does it show fake sales?
No. By default Proof only shows real orders. There is an optional demo-data mode for previewing on a new store; it is off by default and only ever activates when there are no real qualifying orders.
Which orders are used?
Recent orders with the status completed or processing, newer than your configured maximum age, up to your configured maximum count.
Will it slow down my store or cause layout shift?
No. The popup is a small vanilla-JS widget loaded defer in the footer, the order data is cached in a transient, and the popup is fixed to a corner so it never pushes content around.
Add social proof to your store
Real sales, privacy-safe fields and a lightweight widget. The full FREE edition under GPL.
Read the docsFREE is recent-sale notifications from real orders — PRO adds recent-review popups.