WooCommerce - Allow guest checkout for certain products when Guest checkout is Disabled globally

functions.php

/*--------------------------------------
Woocommerce - Allow Guest Checkout on Certain products
----------------------------------------*/

// Display Guest Checkout Field
add_action( 'woocommerce_product_options_general_product_data', 'woo_add_custom_general_fields' );
function woo_add_custom_general_fields() {
  global $woocommerce, $post;
  
  echo '<div class="options_group">';
  
  // Checkbox
  woocommerce_wp_checkbox( 
  array( 
	'id'            => '_allow_guest_checkout', 
	'label'         => __('Checkout', 'woocommerce' ), 
	'description'   => __('Allow Guest Checkout', 'woocommerce' ) 
	)
   );
  
  echo '</div>';
}

// Save Guest Checkout Field
add_action( 'woocommerce_process_product_meta', 'woo_add_custom_general_fields_save' );
function woo_add_custom_general_fields_save( $post_id ){
	$woocommerce_checkbox = isset( $_POST['_allow_guest_checkout'] ) ? 'yes' : 'no';
	update_post_meta( $post_id, '_allow_guest_checkout', $woocommerce_checkbox );
}

// Enable Guest Checkout on Certain products
add_filter( 'pre_option_woocommerce_enable_guest_checkout', 'enable_guest_checkout_based_on_product' );
function enable_guest_checkout_based_on_product( $value ) {

  if ( WC()->cart ) {
    $cart = WC()->cart->get_cart();
    foreach ( $cart as $item ) {
      if ( get_post_meta( $item['product_id'], '_allow_guest_checkout', true ) == 'yes' ) {
        $value = "yes";
      } else {
        $value = "no";
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  
  return $value;
}

Hi,
I am not a coder but I would like to choose which of my Woocommerce products will be buyable through guest ckeckout or not. I use Learndash to sell training, so I don't have choice to not use guest checkout, but I want to reduce buying friction for my ebooks and so want to keep the guest checkout activated for them. Here are few questions please:

1. If I add your code in the functions.php file of Woocommerce, does it could make me choose in the admin which product will offer guest checkout and which will not?

2. If yes to the question 1, when I'll update the Woocommerce plugin, do I'll have to re-add this code every time in the functions file or is there a way to keep it in the plugin even after updates?

3. If a customer wants to buy 2 products, one with the guest checkout activated and the other product not, does the "member checkout" will be applied by default and the person will have to create an account to buy the 2 products?

Thanks a lot!

Any update on the above comment from nsarrasin?

Thanks!
Jonny

I added the above code and the functionality is as expected. For simple products, you have a check box to indicate if the product is available for guests. When checked, the product can be purchased by customers who either do not bother to login or do not have an account. Curing checkout, if the cart contains only products that allow for guest checkout, then the guest can complete their order. If the cart contains at least one item that does "not" allow for guest checkout, then the customer is required to login or create an account.

Thanks for the code sample!

Thank you!

Hello,

love this code, works great. Can it be modified to support WooCommerce variable products? I'm not clear about how/if the line 'wrapper_class' => 'show_if_simple' can be modified.

Thanks

Is there any chance this could be updated to add the "allow guest checkout" checkbox to show up on variable products, too?

As luck would have it, all of my simple products are the ones that should not allow guest checkout and all of my variable products (mostly merch) are the ones that should allow it.

TIA!

Amazing! Works as expected. I can now sell courses to users with an account (or creating one) and other products to guests. Thanks so much for this.

If you want the guest checkout button to appear on all types of products rather than just simple, just remove this line:

'wrapper_class' => 'show_if_simple',

Hi. Everything works as expected, but on my checkout page for products with guest registration allowed still appear fields for registration: username, email, password, and also checkbox with question: "register?"

How can i remove this fields for certain products, with guest registration allowed?

I've removed the
'wrapper_class' => 'show_if_simple',
line so that this will work on all product types now.

Guest Registration enabled does not remove the "Create an Account" option on the checkout page.

Since some have asked I've created the opposite scenario here to disable guest checkout on certain products when it is globally enabled:
https://gist.github.com/contemplate/5c1909bd1bfcd485cc1bdaf8786f3a80

This helped me a lot!
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