Checkout gives pre-orders the wrong status by payment method
Pre-order orders get the wrong status at checkout depending on the payment method, such as Processing, Completed or On Hold.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 5 March 2025 · last reported 17 October 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners selling pre-orders with WooCommerce report that the status a pre-order receives at checkout depends on how the customer pays.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.