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WooCommerce Terms & Conditions

Patrick Rauland
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For something as seemingly simple as setting up a terms & conditions page you would think that we wouldn't get many questions about it but we actually get quite a few questions.

Does WooCommerce Have a Terms & Conditions Page?

Yes of course we have a Terms & Conditions page. 🙂

If you set the Terms page under WooCommerce -> Settings -> Pages a checkbox will appear right next to the Place Order button at the bottom of the checkout process.

Okay I Have the Checkbox Showing Up? How Do I Change the Wording?

By default the checkbox says: “I have read and accept the terms & conditions”. If you want to change that since you're just tweaking one line I would recommend using the gettext filter.

How Do I Turn Off my WooCommerce Terms & Conditions Page?

Yes – I have received this question before. If you read the above description about setting up the t&c page it should be pretty obvious. You just need to unset the Terms page.

How Do I Check The Terms & Conditions Checkbox By Default?

I'm usually against pre-checking checkboxes but since most users won't read the terms and conditions does it matter? I'd probably leave it unchecked by default but if you want to check yours you should have that option.

I actually was surprised to not find a filter there so I went ahead an added one. Hopefully that get's pulled into WC 2.1 when that is released and then you can use this little plugin I created to turn on the checkbox by default:

Can the Terms & Conditions Page Open in a Pop Up?

Now this is a good question! By default the Terms & Conditions page opens in a new window (so users don't lose where they are in the checkout process). Opening in a new window is okay but I can certainly see how opening up the terms & conditions page in a lightbox would be preferable from a design perspective. I did a quick Google search and wasn't able to turn up anything. If you're interested in this please contact me.

Update 2014/10/31: After getting a ton of mail asking me to build this I finally did. See my announcement post about the WooCommerce Terms & Conditions Popup.

Terms & Conditions For Everyone

Hopefully this answers some of the questions you may have about how WooCommerce handles the terms & conditions page. If not let me know if the comments. 🙂

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