Title: Draft Order Control
Author: David
Published: <strong>Onwa-ise 18, 2025</strong>
Last modified: Onwa-ise 18, 2025

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# Draft Order Control

 By [David](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidrukahu/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/draft-order-control.1.0.0.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/draft-order-control/#installation)
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## Description

Draft Order Control gives you complete control over when and how WooCommerce creates
draft orders. The plugin allows you to:

 * Manage all 4 draft order creation conditions individually
 * Prevent draft order creation for each condition with simple toggle switches
 * When enabled, orders are created with “pending” status instead of draft statuses(
   or deleted entirely for admin and REST API cases)
 * Master toggle to enable/disable all draft order control at once

## Screenshots

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## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/draft-order-control` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Navigate to Tools > Draft Order Control to configure settings
 4. Adjust settings for each condition as needed

## FAQ

### What are the 4 draft order creation conditions?

 1. **Store API Checkout** – Draft orders created when customers start checkout using
    block-based checkout
 2. **REST API v4 Error Recovery** – Draft orders created when REST API v4 order creation
    fails
 3. **REST API v3 Error Recovery** – Draft orders created when REST API v3 order creation
    fails
 4. **Admin Manual Order Creation** – Draft orders created when admins manually create
    new orders

### Can I disable draft orders entirely?

Yes! Enable the “Prevent Draft Orders” toggle for any condition. When enabled, orders
will be created with “pending” status instead of the draft status. Use the master
toggle to control all conditions at once, or configure each condition individually.

### Will this break my checkout process?

No. The plugin is designed to be safe. Store API checkout will continue to work,
but you can control what status is used instead of checkout-draft.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Draft Order Control” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ David ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidrukahu/)

[Translate “Draft Order Control” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/draft-order-control)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/draft-order-control/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/draft-order-control/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/draft-order-control/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/draft-order-control/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release
 * Control all 4 draft order creation conditions
 * Simple toggle switches to prevent draft orders
 * Master toggle and per-condition settings
 * Orders created with “pending” status instead of drafts when enabled (Store API)
   or deleted entirely (Admin & REST API)

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/draft-order-control/)
 * Tags
 * [checkout](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/checkout/)[orders](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/orders/)
   [woocommerce](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/draft-order-control/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ David ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidrukahu/)

## Support

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