=== Ready & Release Lite for WooCommerce ===
Contributors: odtl
Tags: woocommerce, preorder, release date, product availability
Requires at least: 6.5
Requires PHP: 8.1
Tested up to: 7.1
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Configure future product release dates and communicate availability timing in WooCommerce.

== Description ==

Ready & Release Lite for WooCommerce helps merchants configure products and variations that are released later, communicate release timing to customers, and give staff read-only visibility of future-release items in normal WooCommerce orders. It keeps WooCommerce's normal order, payment, fulfilment, totals, and shipping behaviour unchanged.

Features include:

* Product and variation release-date configuration in the store timezone.
* Release-timing notices for classic Cart/Checkout and Cart/Checkout Blocks.
* Store-timezone release-date display with canonical UTC persistence.
* Product and variation customer release messages.
* Read-only release-timing summaries in the WooCommerce order editor, order list/filter, and administrator new-order email.
* No account, licence key, telemetry, remote service, or expiry requirement.

Lite does not split orders, create internal fulfilment groups, schedule fulfilment actions, take additional payments, alter cart totals, calculate shipping charges, or send telemetry. Your store's normal WooCommerce fulfilment configuration continues to apply.

For merchants who need to manage mixed-order fulfilment, Ready & Release Pro is available as an optional add-on. Lite shows a small administrator-only link to the Pro product page in its product configuration, relevant mixed-order timing panels, and plugin row. These links do not appear to customers or in transactional emails, and Lite remains fully useful without Pro.

== Installation ==

1. Upload the plugin directory to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the release ZIP in WordPress Admin.
2. Activate WooCommerce.
3. Activate Ready & Release Lite for WooCommerce.
4. Configure release timing on products or variations in the **Ready & Release** product-data tab.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does Lite create separate deliveries or fulfilment groups? =

No. Lite provides read-only customer and staff release timing. Your store's normal WooCommerce fulfilment workflow continues to apply.

= How can staff identify future-release items? =

Lite adds a read-only release timing summary to affected order editors, a future-release marker and filter to the WooCommerce order list, and a summary to standard administrator new-order emails. It does not change the order's status or fulfilment workflow.

= Does this change shipping charges or checkout totals? =

No. Existing WooCommerce shipping and checkout behavior continues to apply.

= Is HPOS supported? =

Yes. The plugin declares compatibility with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage after testing both HPOS-enabled and legacy order-storage lifecycles.

= Does Lite require an account or licence key? =

No. Lite is a permanently useful plugin and does not make remote requests or require an account.

== Support ==

For product questions and support enquiries, visit:

https://opendoorstechnology.com/contact

== Privacy ==

Ready & Release Lite does not send telemetry or make remote requests. For Open Doors Technology privacy information, visit:

https://opendoorstechnology.com/privacy

== Screenshots ==

1. Configure a future release date and customer message for a WooCommerce product.
2. Customers see future-release timing while normal WooCommerce checkout remains available.
3. Staff see a read-only summary of future-release items without fulfilment controls.
4. The order list groups future-release timings chronologically and can filter affected orders.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* First public release of Ready & Release Lite for WooCommerce.
* Configure future product and variation release dates in the store timezone.
* Show release timing in classic Cart/Checkout and Cart/Checkout Blocks.
* Show release timing in authorised customer order views and customer emails.
* Add read-only future-release visibility in WooCommerce order editors, order lists, and administrator New Order emails.
