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WooCommerce Auctions Pro

The most powerful WooCommerce auction software in the known universe.

We pioneered auctions for WooCommerce in 2013 and we’ve been the leader ever since.
Auctions Pro is rock solid, top quality software, and professionally supported by our team of experts.

All these features give you the power to sell anything by auction, beautifully:

Auction Types

Run regular auctions, reverse auctions, regular silent auctions, reverse silent auctions, and private auctions – all with the greatest of ease. And you can auction off virtual products and downloadable products too.

Mixed Product Types

Optionally sell auction items and non-auction items in the same store. You can sell a mix of any type of product supported in WooCommerce.

Verify Payment Methods

Optionally require all bidders to add a payment card to their user account before they are allowed to bid. This feature works with any payment gateway that supports stored cards or tokenization, such as Stripe, Authorize.net, Braintree, First Data, Intuit, Elavon, Square, and many more.

Bid Increment Control

Set a starting bid amount and a bid increments table that gives you total control over how much the next bid on an auction must be. Your increments can be defined as a flat amount or percentage.

Bid Start Control

You can also delay the start of bidding by setting a bidding start date. This is great when you want to publish auction items early for bidder review before the bidding actually starts.

Automatic Bidding

With automatic proxy bidding your bidders can enter the maximum amount they are comfortable paying. The software then bids on their behalf to keep them in the lead, but only up to that limit.

Anti-bid Sniping / Overtime

The anti-bid sniping feature automatically extends an auction into “overtime” by X minutes when a new bid is received within the set number of minutes before the auction end time

Reserve Price

Optionally add a reserve price so that a bidder doesn’t automatically win unless the reserve price is met. And you can optionally enable a “Bid the Reserve” button so a bidder can immediately place a bid at your reserve price.

Buy It Now

Add a “buy it now” feature to any auction so that a shopper can immediately buy the item without bidding.

Auction End Dates

Set the auction end date manually, or select an auction duration period to have the end date set for your automatically

Item Condition

Optionally add an item condition so bidders know whether they’re buying new, used, new without packaging, etc.

Automatic Relisting

Have any of your auctions automatically relisted if they don’t sell, or if the winning bidder doesn’t pay quick enough, or relist until all available inventory is sold.

Watchlists & Reminders

Allow you shoppers to add auction items to their watchlist so they can monitor the bidding progress and receive notices when an auction is ending soon.

Offers

If a winning bidder doesn’t pay you can easily remove them and offer the item to the next highest bidder.

Auction Product & Regular Products

You can sell a mix of regular products and auction products on the same site.

Outbid Email Notices

Automatically send email to a bidder when they’ve been outbid.

Payment Reminder Email Notices

Automatically send winners a reminder to pay if they haven’t paid in X number of days.

Auction Ended Email Notices

Automatically send notices when an auction ends.

Auction Ending Soon Email Notices

Automatically send notices when an auction is ending soon.

Auction Relisted Email Notices

Automatically send notices when an auction is relisted.

Auction SMS Text Messages

Optionally send auction notices via SMS text message!

Shipping and Return Policies

Optionally add shipping policies and return policies to any auction you publish.

Disable Coupons

Optionally disable coupons when auction items are being purchased

Auction Statuses Report

In your admin area you can view a list of all auctions along with their current status and best bid.

Control Bid Form Position

You control where the bid form appears on the auction page.

Customizable Countdown Timer

Customize the display of the action end time countdown timer shown on auction pages.

Timers and Bid Counts

Display auction start or end dates, countdown timers, and bid counts on any of your shop pages, category pages, tag pages, and of course on individual auction pages.

Shortcodes

Includes several shortcodes to display auctions and auction related data anywhere on your site where you can use a shortcode.

Widgets

Includes several widgets to display auctions featured, recently listed, ending soon, already ended, upcoming future auctions, and a shopper’s auction watchlist.

Blacklist or Ban Bidders

You can easily blacklist or ban users to prevent them from bidding on your auction items.

Customizable CSS and HTML

Customize the look and feel of of bid form if you want to.

Buyer Premiums

Charge a buyer premium on an auction item with our Product Fees & Cart Fees add-on

Charge Commissions

If you list auctions for other people you can take a commission on the sale price using our PayPal Payouts add-on.

Watch the demo video:

Note: The video is for version 3.2.x. Version 3.4 and newer contain additional features not seen in the video demo. Ready the full description below for details.

Optionally let the public post auctions

Works with our Vendor Marketplace Pro plugin so you can allow the public to post their own auctions

High Performance

Designed to run smoothly on sites of all sizes.
WooCommerce Auctions Pro is high performance, professionally built and professionally supported.
You can rely on it to help boost your sales.

WooCommerce Auctions Pro lets you run WordPress auctions quickly and easily. The current version of the plugin lets you run typical auctions, very similar to how auctions are conducted at eBay.

For example, add a product, add your pictures, set the item condition, starting bid, minimum bid increment, auction end date and time, define your shipping and return policies, and publish the auction. That’s all there is to it.

If you also want to include a “Buy it Now” option for the auction, simply check the corresponding box in the auctions settings and you’re done – shoppers can add the item to the cart and directly bypass the bidding process.

When viewing an auction, shoppers see a live, realtime countdown timer showing them exactly how much time remains before the auction is over. Bidders can enter a maximum bid amount and have their bids automatically increment ( up to the maximum ) when another person tries to outbid them — just like eBay. Or if you don’t want automatic bidding you can disable automatic bidding on a per-auction basis. When an auction ends the bidding is immediately closed and buyers are notified to make payment via on-screen messages and via email. And if buyers don’t pay promptly, a payment reminder message can be sent automatically.

With WooCommerce Auctions Pro you can accept payments with over 120 different payment gateways and handle shipping via all major shipping carriers using any of the available shipping add-ons plugin for WooComnerce.

Shoppers enjoy the ability to add auctions to their watchlists ( similar to eBay ) and can quickly review all of their bids and auctions that they’ve won on their My Account page.

Features include, but are not limited to:

  • Run regular auctions, reverse auctions, regular silent auctions, reverse silent auctions, and private auctions
  • Optionally create auctions for virtual products and downloadable products
  • Use Buy It Now to move items fast
  • Optionally require bidders to add a verified card payment method before bidding (requires any payment gateway that supports stored cards or tokenization, such as Stripe, Authorize.net, Braintree, First Data, Intuit, Elavon, Square, and many more!)
  • Set your minimum starting bid
  • Set up a table of bid increment ranges as flat amounts or percentages
  • Set the auction item condition ( similar to eBay )
  • Set a reserve price if you prefer
  • Optionally enable a button to allow a bidder to immediately bid the reserve amount
  • Define custom shipping polices per product ( as seen on eBay )
  • Define custom return policies per product ( as seen on eBay )
  • Customizable countdown timer labels ( see the Settings screenshot )
  • Show auction end dates/times and countdown timers on the main shop, category, and tag pages
  • Show auction bid counts on main shop, category, and tag pages
  • Optionally enable a bid start date/time, so you can delay bidding until the start date/time
  • Enable Watchlists to help shoppers keep an eye on items they might want to purchase
  • Enable automatic relisting if there’s no winner or if the winner doesn’t pay
  • Relist based on a products available inventory
  • Enable “auction ending soon” email notices for watchlists
  • Custom sorting for shop pages: Sort by ending soonest, ending latest, highest bids, and lowest bids
  • 11 shortcodes to optionally display auctions and auction information on any page of your site
  • 6 widgets to optionally display auctions and auction information on your site anywhere you can use shortcodes
  • Includes a bid form widget for Elementor page builder
  • Customizable email notices
  • Automatic “You’ve been Outbid” notices
  • Automatic “Payment Reminder” notices
  • Automatic “Auction Ended” notices
  • Automatic “Auction Ending Soon” notices
  • Automatic “Auction Relisted” notices
  • Optionally send notices via SMS text messages
  • Control the bid form position on the auction page
  • Customizable CSS and HTML template files
  • Optionally disable coupons when auction items are being purchased
  • Anti bid sniping / overtime feature – automatically extend an auction by X minutes when a new bid is received with the set number of minutes before the auction end time
  • Sell a mix of regular products and auction products
  • Optionally display an auction icon for auction products on your shop, category, and tag pages
  • If the high bidder of a regular auction doesn’t pay you can optionally remove them as high bidder and automatically assign the auction win to the next highest bidder from the Auction Statuses page.
  • Automatic high bid information refresh on a single auction pages during the final X number of seconds before auction ends
  • Automatic bid count and current bid amount information refresh on you main shop page, and product category and product tag pages.
  • Charge a buyer premium on an auction item with our Product Fees & Cart Fees add-on
  • Charge a commission on the final auction price using our PayPal Adaptive Payments or PayPal Payouts add-ons
  • Supports more than 250 payment gateways
  • Supports more than 80 shipping methods
  • And more!

Packed with all those features WooCommerce Auctions Pro is the most powerful and easy to use WooCommerce auction plugin available anywhere at any price.

Plus, it’s backed by our excellent free support – available via email and phone.

Have questions? Be sure to contact us to get answers.

Click the gear icon in the YouTube video controls and set the quality to 720p or 1080p to view this video in high definition (HD).

Note: The video is for version 3.2.x. Version 3.3 and newer contains additional features not seen in the video demo. Ready the full description below for details.

Compatibility: WooCommerce 4.0 and newer
Latest version: 3.8.3
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We keep all of our software up to date with the latest versions of WooCommerce and WordPress.

If you don't see any recent changes below it's because none have become necessary!


Version 3.8.3 - May 17, 2024

	Fixed PHP warning for reverse auctions when the first bid is placed
	
	Add new hooks into email messages for inserting content into the header and footer

Version 3.8.2 - March 1, 2024

	Added PHP hooks and JS triggers for use with 3rd party custom integrations
	
	Adjusted JS timer code so that if the auction is within the end time for auto-updates and someone changes the end time to be outside of the auto-updates then the auto-updates stop

Version 3.8.1 - February 7, 2024

	Pass the correct winner array format to the send_notice function when sending payment reminders
	
	Do not write a log message about the [auction ending] notices being disabled via settings

Version 3.8 - January 27, 2024

	High speed order system (HPOS) compatibility
	
	Cart and Checkout block compatibility
	
	WooCommerce 8 compatibility
	
	Change use of "end_date_timestamp" to "end_date" when determine whether to define JS timer function
	
	Ensure product auction settings are loading when checking whether to inject Javascript into the product page
	
	Fix "auction ended" email sent to admin, ensure recipient is defined via get_recipient function call
	
	Do not increment "notices sent" when admin resends payment request via the Auction Statuses page
	
	Replace deprecated get_product_from_item function call with get_product function call

Version 3.7.13 - May 10, 2023

	Ensure auction settings load on individual product pages before checking transient in action call related to wp function

Version 3.7.12 - April 26, 2022

	Fixed "Register" link on popup login modal 

Version 3.7.11 - March 16, 2022

	Ensure "get_post_meta" filter returns correct value when required

Version 3.7.10 - March 14, 2022

	PHP 8.x compatibility: Fix issues related to "required parameter $ABC follows optional parameter $XYZ" 
	
	Replace "wp_postmeta" with $wpdb->postmeta in query for finding unpaid auctions to relist

Version 3.7.9 - February 2, 2021

	Ensure wc_print_notices() function exists before calling it in template files

Version 3.7.8 - December 16, 2021

	Updated query and meta data processing for finding unpaid ended auctions to send payment reminders
	
	Updated processing for email tag "highest_bid_amount" when sending "auction ending soon" emails 
	
	Prevent multiple simultaneous sending of "auction ending soon" emails to the same bidder for the same auction

Version 3.7.7 - December 6, 2021

	Use transient to avoid processing ended auctions in the wp() function multiple times by different users due to heavy site traffic
	
	Use transient for the 'payment_reminder' notice when sending notices to winning bidders to avoid duplicate emails being sent for a given auction

	Fixed logging message for auction ending soon - do not log a message unless subject, heading, or message is empty. 
	
	Use WP time instead of server time in query when looking for auctions ending soon.
	
Version 3.7.6 - October 20, 2021

	Removed duplicate "auction ended" message for regular auctions

Version 3.7.5 - October 12, 2021 

	Prevent "buy now" confirmation popup from intercepting the add to cart button for non-auction products

Version 3.7.4 - September 28, 2021

	New feature: Add popup login modal linked to the "login now" text on individual auction pages, when a user is not logged in
	
	New feature: Always load JS timer code for "the loop" in case a site is using a page builder to list auction products on regular non-WC pages
	
	New feature: Added bid count and watcher count to the Auction Statuses pages in the admin area 
	
	Tweak: Use $post_id instead of $post->ID when saving product auction settings in the admin product edit page

	
Version 3.7.3 - September 15, 2021

	Add pop up login notice for the "Buy it now" button action if the shopper is not logged in, users MUST be logged in to "Buy it now"

Version 3.7.2 - September 6, 2021

	Roll back (remove) the new filter for "woocommerce_add_to_cart_quantity", to be redesigned for v3.7.3

Version 3.7.1 - September 3, 2021

	Replace direct SQL query with $wpdb->delete() to remove bids when someone opts to "buy it now" 
	
	Clear the user WC cart session and force WP logout if the admin opts to ban a user from bidding
	
	Prevent pressing "Enter" from submitting the form when removing all bids and relisting an auction from the Auction Statuses page

	Remove auction action buttons and replace with row actions on the Auction Statuses page (as seen when hovering over a table row)
	
	Corrected the URL path for the "confirm" script used when Buy It Now is enabled
	
	Optimize previous background upgrade processor for v3.6.x 
	
	Added additional "add to cart" quantity checking for the "Buy it now" functionality
	
Version 3.7 - September 1, 2021

	New feature: add multiple won items to the cart via checkboxes and a button on the My Wins page
	
	New feature: Ability to remove all bids and relist an auction from the Auction Statuses page
	
	Ensure that the post type filter (dropdown list option) only appears on the product page in the admin area
	
	Make "Unpaid" the default sorting for the My Wins page
	
	Fixed the settings test used to check if the SMS text message opt-in box should appear on the My Account page
	
	Block the "bid now" and "add to watchlist" buttons when clicked to prevent multiple clicks while processing the initial request

Version 3.6.7 - September 4, 2020

	Redesign the testing for payment methods that allow stored card or tokenization in the integration settings. Now uses JS to load later in the page load process and shows/hides the field depending on availability. 

Version 3.6.6 - August 18, 2020

	Added 2 new hooks for use in cases where other message delivery mechanism need to be used:
		Called after a SMS message is sent: 
		do_action( 'ign_auctions_sms_sending_message', $phone, $country, $type, $message );
		Call before a SMS message is sent: 
		do_action( 'ign_auctions_sms_message_sent', $phone, $country, $type, $auction, $winner, $auction_id );

	Replace "wp_posts" in the relisting query with $wpdb->posts so that the correct table can be located
		
Version 3.6.5 - August 3, 2020

	Ensure that user payment methods are checked if the setting for "required bidders to add a payment method" is enabled

Version 3.6.4 - July 2, 2020

	Updated the date parsing to correct an issue with Safari browser not handling ISO 8601 date format properly

Version 3.6.3 - June 22, 2020

	Ensure that the inventory settings appear for variable products, inadvertantly hidden via JS in a previous version
	
Version 3.6.2 - May 19, 2020

	Migrated the "maybe_send_auction_ending_notices" function into a queued task, runs once every 5 minutes
	
	Updated query to find auctions ending soon
	
	Added filter "auction_antisniping_disable" to allow disabling anti-sniping on a per auction basis
	
	Modified the auto-update JS related to single product pages to use setInterval() instead of onTick
	
	New Feature: Added setting to auto-update current bid count and high bids for auctions on the shop, category, and tag pages
	
	New Feature: Show a message when the auction reserve price has been met 
	
	New Feature: Added setting to allow enabling a "Bid the Reserve" button for individual auctions
	
	New Feature: Optionally require bidders to add a credit card to their account. Requires the use of a payment gateway that supports stored payment methods. For example, Stripe, Authorize.net, Braintree, Square, First Data, Elavon, and many more. 

Version 3.6.1 - May 14, 2020

	Added new background processor for auction cron tasks
	
	Re-scheduled all auction cron tasks to reduce server load 
	
	Important: See the documentation section labeled "External CRON" 

Version 3.6 - May 7, 2020

	Deprecated the auction "win list" user meta data
	
	Deprecated the auction "watchlist" user meta data
	
	Deprecated the "_ignitewoo_auction_end_date_timestamp" post meta, no longer used, eliminating this makes CSV imports simpler
	
	Moved the sending of payment reminders to its own cron job
	
	When someone views an auction product page and the auction is ended and has a winner then ensure the winner is set in the auction meta
	
	Ensure that auction items in the cart have the quantity forced to 1
	
	Orders with a status of "On Hold" are now considered "paid" in relation to auction items in the order
	
	Changed the processing of expired auctions to once every 1 minute with a batch size of 25
	
	Added a new DB updater class
	
	New Feature: Allow percentage amounts in the bid table for the bid increments of regular auctions and reverse auctions
	
	New Feature: Allow showing "Add to Watchlist" in the shop, product category, and product tag pages
	
	New Feature: Added a bid form widget for Elementor page builder

Version 3.5.6 - April 27, 2020

	Corrected column sorting on the auction statuses page
	
	Ensure screen options work to show/hide columns on auction statuses page
	
	If an ended auction is edited in the admin area preserve the meta data that indicates whether pay notices have been sent
	
	Display max bid amounts when editing an auction if the auction does not have autobid disabled
	
	Corrected reading user meta for auction wins, read as an array
	
	Removed "wins table" preparation, it is not necessary and will not be implemented

Version 3.5.5 - April 21, 2020

	Ensure that the query to clean the wins table doesn't run. Not unnecessary until v3.6 is released.

Version 3.5.4 - April 21, 2020

	Remove the code related to deleting items from the "win list", added date range selector to filter the list
	
	Prepare for migrating user win lists to a separate table in the future v3.6.
	
	Added filter "ignitewoo_auctions_order_paid_statuses" to adjust paid order statuses. Processing and Completed are default. 
	
	When bidding for an auction has not started show "View" on the shop loop button instead of "Bid now"
	
	Move processing payment request emails to WP CRON or system CRON, no longer triggered on page loads using transients.
	
	Move processing relisting auctions to WP CRON or system CRON, no longer triggered on page loads using transients.
	
	Ensure auction wins goes into the shoppers wins list when they choose "buy it now" - bug introduced in v3.5.3
	
	Only add note to order regarding "buy it now" if the shopper actually chose buy it now, and only add note once
	
Version 3.5.3 - April 14, 2020

	Corrected the 3 future date settings values located in the plugin's main settings
	
	Only show the "Delete" button on the My Wins page if there are items than can be deleted
	
	Corrected the code that gets the "Time format" settings when using it for displaying date/time on the shop pages

	Updated the bid history panel to use the date/time format defined in the plugin's "Time format" setting
	
	Re-add the ajax do_action() call for deleting bids in the admin area, inadvertantly removed in a previous version
		
	Ensure that sorting by bid in the Auction Statuses area sorts the values as numeric values
	
	Corrected the $post_id variable used for anti-sniping function call maybe_extend_auction()
	
	Corrected JS serverSync calls to return a JS Date object instead of a date/time string
	
	Modified Ajax response for server time to return date/time in ISO 8601 format
	
	Added a new button on the Auction Statuses page to resend a payment request to an auction winner
	
	Temporarily disabled the "Delete Auction" feature on the user's "win list" page in My Account. Requires redesign. 
	
	Updated the "Pay now" functionality on the user's "win list" page in My Account

Version 3.5.2 - March 26, 2020

	Display virtual and downloadable checkboxes in auction product settings
	
	Updated email class files to set manual=false so that the related icon is more intuitive
	
	Updated email class files to ensure the default settings populate correctly

Version 3.5.1 - March 19, 2020

	Added new shortcode [bid_panel] to display the table of bids on a single auction page, helps with themes that dont use tabs
	
	Moved the single product page bid table HTML into a new template file "auction_bid_panel.php" 

	Disabled the previously added "Resync browser with server time every 60 seconds", not necessary
	
Version 3.5 - February 24, 2020 

	Added preliminary support for selling auction items in lots, to be finished in an upcoming version
	
	Resync browser with server time every 60 seconds

Version 3.4.14 - February 16, 2020 

	Ensure that the correct settings fields are checked when trying to send "Auction ending" email notifications

Version 3.4.13 - December 4, 2019

	Corrected the callback function name for the auction bids shortcode

Version 3.4.12 - November 29, 2019

	Ensure auctions are correctly marked paid when payment is complete
	
	Ensure that when Buy It Now is selected by a shopper that the item goes into their Wins list

Version 3.4.11 - November 27, 2019

	Correct a variable name typo in the ignitewoo_relist_auction() function

Version 3.4.10 - November 24, 2019

	Restructured code for the new My Account endpoints to let WooCommerce add them via the "woocommerce_get_query_vars" filter

Version 3.4.9 - November 20, 2019

	Ensure rewrite rules are flushed for My Account endpoints if the plugin version is less than 3.4.9
	
	Trigger mini-cart refresh when adding won auction items to the cart on the My Account page
	
	Don't list a won auction item on the My Account page if it no longer exists

Version 3.4.8 - November 19, 2019

	Restructure the "Buy it now" feature so that non-logged in users can purchase an auction item with "Buy it now" enabled without ending the auction until payment is successfully made for the item

Version 3.4.7 - November 17, 2019
	
	Moved the auction data sections on the My Account page into their own tabs 
	
	Added ability for user's to delete their won auction item history on the My Account page if the auction is paid
	
	Added ability to filter the date range when a user is viewing their bid history on the My Account page
	
	Adjusted the bid history list display on the My Account to correctly display titles as the auction item changes in the list
	
	Add new user filter to the Auction Statuses page in the admin area - allows viewing statuses based on user
	
	Ensure appropiate meta keys are deleted for a duplicated product after the product is duplicated, RE: product_duplicate_helper() function
		
	Ensure that when processing an order that contains multiple products that the shopper's entire list of won auctions is checked so that all auction products in the order are appropriately marked as paid or unpaid based on the order status

Version 3.4.6 - November 4, 2019

	Adjusted relisting sequence so that "not paid" auctions are processed first 

	Adjusted query for finding "not paid" auctions 

Version 3.4.5 - October 31, 2019
	
	Redesigned auction relisting subsystem, this improves site performance on sites with large amount of auctions
	
	Only run relisting subsystem every 30 seconds, this increases site performance. 
	
	If an auction ends and there were no bids then show a "No bids" message on the auction product page
	
	Added new setting for "end date" calcuation base date, used when relisting auctions

Version 3.4.4 - October 10, 2019

	Ensure starting bid amount is the minumum first bid for the auction. 

Version 3.4.3 - October 9, 2019

	Corrected email detection error when sending out notices 
	
	Corrected the "outbid" email template to have the correct default subject and heading
	
	Ensure admin-related SMS messages go out if configured to be sent
	
	Corrected a typo in the My Watchlist widget
	
	Ensure "auction ended" email notice is sent to admins when enabled
	
	* TEMPLATE: Updated bid form template to display informational message when billing fields are required but not configured by the user

Version 3.4.2 - October 5, 2019

	Ensure GMT date/time is obtained using the new date/time function when relisting auctions
	
Version 3.4.1 - October 4, 2019

	Ensure product ID is set for widgets

Version 3.4 - October 2, 2019

	Added 6 new auction-related widgets 
	
	Added new SMS text message capabilities

	Added new product icon settings to optionally display for auction products on the main shop page, category pages, and tag pages

	Added new feature to allow admins and shop managers to ban (blacklist) specific users to prevent them from bidding 
	
	Converted all auction email messages to WooCommerce emails 
	
	Reworked the "Offer" feature, used when an auction reserve is not met by the highest bidder 
	
	Ensure that paid auctions show as paid on the shopper's My Won Auctions list

Version 3.3.2 - September 27, 2019 

	Added 11 new shortcodes. See the documentation for details.

Version 3.3.1 - August 20, 2019 

	Minor adjustment to bid increment table processing 
	
	Disallow bidder from lowering their maximum bid for regular auctions when auto-bidding is enabled
	
	Added new product sorting for auctions, sort by highest bids or lowest bids
	
	Added span/class wrappers around each time element in the countdown timer display, useful for custom CSS styling 
	
	Added JS call to update the bid amount in the bid form of single auction pages when the initially page loads, helps with page caching to ensure the correct bid amount is shown
	
	Added new date/time functions that use date/time objects instead of the WP function "current_time()" (similar to WP 5.3 and newer)
	
	Don't display "Show / hide automatic bids" on auction pages when auto-bidding is disabled

Version 3.3 - April 10, 2019 

	Added new setting for individual auctions to delay bidding to a future start date. This way auctions can be published for public viewing but bidding is delayed until the desired date/time. Bid start date/time displays as a countdown timer on the auction page.
	
	Added new bid increment range table support, now increments can be based on the current high bid, range can be set globally or per product
	
	Added secondary "You must be logged in to bid" message to the bid form, helpful on sites that remove the hook "woocommerce_before_main_content" normally used to inject the message
	
	Added a new action hook that is called any time a new bid is placed, including automatic bids:
		do_action( 'ignitewoo_auction_new_bid', $auction_id, $user_id, $bid_amount, $is_bid_automatic ); 
		
	Added bid count for each auction to the shop loop and category pages loop
	
	Added new bidding behavior when auto-bidding is enabled with a reserve price set: If the current bid is below the reserve price and a bidder posts a max bid that meets or exceeds the reserve then immediately set the current bid to the reserve automatically.
	
	Added new setting to disable automatic redirection to the cart when someone adds clicks the Pay Now link for a won auction from their My Account page
	
	Added new setting for the auction end date/time format, used for the end date/time shown in the bid form on single auction pages
	
	Added new setting to enable showing a countdown timer for each auction item on the main shop page and category/tag pages
	
	Added new filter "ignitewoo_auctions_user_can_bid" that checks if a user can bid. Developers can use this to make the determination. 
	
	Added new filter "ignitewoo_auctions_user_cannot_bid_message" to override the message displayed when a user cannot bid. 
	
	Modified relisting delay intervals to minutes instead of hours; automatically update the existing auctions' settings for the new time unit of minutes
	
	Updated processing for auto-relisting based on inventory. When relisting an auction the software will set the catalog visibility of the auction to hidden, copy the auction to a new auction product, adjust the settings (end date, bid start date, and stock level), and publish the copy as a new auction making it visible in the store. This way relisting can occur relatively soon (based on settings, for example 1 minute after ending) while still allowing the winner to pay for the original auction item. 

	Updated the countdown timer to always call the onTick event for automatic price update via Ajax, but it only executes the Ajax portion if the auction is ending within the auto-refresh interval.
	
	Ensure relist days is set if auto-relisting is enabled when processing relistings, default to 7 days if unset
	
	Ensure that when editing an auction all settings are erased before saving new settings
	
	Re-enabled the previously disabled auto-relist "wp" hook, inadvertantly left disabled in a previous version
	
	Removed wp_redirect() from the code where it adds WC notices for bids being too low, etc.
	
	Removed the deprecated "Duration" field in the auction product settings, formerly used to automatically calculate and end date. 
	
	Update individual auction product end date/time settings to include seconds
	
	When auto-update is enabled for the auction bid status display on single product pages, and auto-update is currently running (based on settings) then if the user viewing the auction product page is the high bidder they see a message informing them they're the high bidder, and if someone else becomes the high bidder automatically remove the notice from the former high bidder's screen.
	
	Fixed saving auctions settings where a few settings may not save if changed after the first save.
	
	Removed hook for 'woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item' so that non-auction products have their normal add to cart buttons when drawing the shop loop pages
	
	Fixed calculations for determining when to show the text "ends today" or "ends tomorrow" 
	
	In a regular auction, if the starting bid is empty then assume 0.01
	
	Updated date/time picker JS for editing an auction to use a minimum date/time of the server time instead of the user's browser time
	
	Updated the Auction Statuses report to use local server time instead of GMT when filtering for ended auctions
	
	Updated the Auction Statuses report to use default sorting by ID in descending order
	
	Updated email processing to send with the user's "display name" if they have not set a billing first/last name 

Version 3.2.3 - January 21, 2019 

	Ensure that the "tomorrow" "and future" date/time format strings have their "H:m:s" aspects properly replaced with "H:i:s" 
	
Version 3.2.2 - January 21, 2019 

	Corrected the My Auctions Bid template file to properly get the auction settings for each auction
	
	Corrected a typo in the date format strings used for showing the date on the shop/catalog pages

Version 3.2.1 - January 17, 2019 

	PHP compatibility: ensure $high_bid is not null and using for numeric comparison
	
	Ensure product options are tested for being empty before rendering auctions option settings

Version 3.2 - January 7, 2019 

	Converted the settings from a collective serialized array into a individual settings, this helps allow managing via the WC API.
	
	Cache settings for a given auction on the frontend to help increase speed
	
Version 3.1.24 - November 12, 2018

	Changed the logic for checking if the setting is enabled to disable billing field requirements

Version 3.1.23 - September 4, 2018

	Change do_action( 'delete_posts' ) to add_action( delete_posts' ), used when someone deletes and auction product. 

Version 3.1.22 - August 28, 2018

	Added a new setting to enable showing an auction's status if the shopper is not logged in. Status includes current bid and end time. This setting is disabled by default for backward compatibility with previous versions.

Version 3.1.21 - August 27, 2018

	Ensure "buy it now" is not shown when the current high bid exceeds the buy it now price

Version 3.1.20 - July 20, 2018

	Ensure bid increment setting is defined and filterable for reverse auctions
	
	Ensure no bids can be less an .01 

Version 3.1.19 - June 8, 2018

	Make sure the new Buy It Now confirmation dialog JS does not hook itself to the Add to Watchlist button

Version 3.1.18 - June 19, 2018

	Make sure the new Buy It Now confirmation dialog JS does not hook itself to the Bid Now button

Version 3.1.17 - June 8, 2018

	Redesigned the "Buy It Now" functionality to present a confirmation dialog and if confirmed then automatically set the user to high bidder and end the auction immediately

Version 3.1.16 - May 2, 2018
	
	Pass a 3rd parameter of "false" in the "woocommerce_email_headers" filter call since there's no email object to pass. We missed a few places in v3.1.15 where this needed to be added

Version 3.1.15 - May 2, 2018

	Check if the auction item exists before attempting to show it in a user's My Won Auctions list
	
	Pass a 3rd parameter of "false" in the "woocommerce_email_headers" filter call since there's no email object to pass.

Version 3.1.14 - December 20, 2017

	Added new settings to allow auctions to be relisted based on available inventory

Version 3.1.13 - November 27, 2017

	Check for a bid being posted if the user is not logged in, avoid displaying a warning message if both those tests aren't true

Version 3.1.12 - November 23, 2017

	In shop and category pages, if an auction has ended, show a "View" button instead of a "Bid Now" button

Version 3.1.11 - November 6, 2017

	Triple check for a logged in user before showing the bid form or accepting a bid. Protects against sites that customize the bid form but make mistakes in coding their customizations.

Version 3.1.10 - November 1, 2017

	Added new setting to allow admin to decide if ended auctions should become hidden, or remain visible in the shop
	
	Optimized loading the settings of auctions so that caching plugins do not interfere with the parameters necessary for Javascript timer

Version 3.1.9 - October 30, 2017

	Ensure the $redirect variable is return if there's no need to redirect a user back to an auction page after login
	
	Ensure that clicking on the bid count on a single auction page focuses the bids tab if the tab is embedded into the page
	
	Deprecated meta key '_ignitewoo_auction' is no longer checked to find ended auctions and send email to winners
	
Version 3.1.8 - October 25, 2017

	Adjusted query for finding auctions to relist; ensure all available auctions are processed
	
	Ensure upgrades from 2.x each have the new internal meta keys that store the auction end time string and timestamp
	
	Remove auction winner meta key when an auction is automatically relisted

Version 3.1.7 - October 19, 2017

	Added product ID number to the Auction Statues page, with sorting capability

Version 3.1.6 - October 16, 2017

	Ensure end date and time meta data are reset when an auction is relisted
	
	Ensure links are correct in the email messages to the admin when the auction ends
	
	When checking whether to relist an auction, if a reserve price is set then check if the highest bid exceeds the reserve, and if so do not relist it

Version 3.1.5 - October 14, 2017

	Ensure Inventory tab and its settings are visible for Simple products when editing a product
	
	Redirect the user back to the auction page after logging in if they clicked the login link on an auction page
	
	Redirect the user back to the auction page after registering a new account in if they clicked the login link on an auction page
	
	Ensure $screen variable is set when loading auctions in the Auction Statuses page.
	
Version 3.1.4 - October 13, 2017

	Enhanced the Auction Statues page to include filtering and better pagination

Version 3.1.3 - October 12, 2017

	Updated to product duplication in WC 3.0 and newer
	
	Ensure "Out of Stock" auctions do not show a bid button or end date on the main shop pages
	
	Ensure inventory management settings are available when editing an auction product

Version 3.1.2 - October 11, 2017

	Adjusted search and pagination for the Auction Statuses page

Version 3.1.1 - October 10, 2017

	Added new setting to disable requirement for bidders to fill in their billing profile.

Version 3.1 - October 1, 2017

	Adjusted bidding calculations for regular auctions so that a new high bid doesn't automatically get a bid increment added unless it's greater than the current high bid + increment.
	
	Added admin feature to delete a bid on an auction when editing a product

Version 3.0 - June 14, 2017

	Updated template files for the bid form and ended auction
	
	Modified product settings to include a new "Auction" product type, deprecated the old checkbox setting to make a product an auction.
	
	Moved the auction product settings into the "General" section of product data.
	
	Updated on-screen messaging to use WooCommerce notices instead of the former custom message boxes. 
	
	Added support for the IgniteWoo Vendor Marketplace Pro plugin for sites that want to let the public post auctions (Vendor Marketplace is required to allow the public to post auctions)
	
	Added support for automatic auction relisting on a per product basis.
	
Version 2.4.14 - May 7, 2017

	Added sorting for showing auctions that end soonest, and auctions that end last
	
	Add new setting to display auction end date/time on shop and category pages

Version 2.4.13 - May 7, 2017

	Moved main settings to its own file, adjusted settings hooks

Version 2.4.12 - April 12, 2017

	WooCommerce 3.0.x compatibility

Version 2.4.11 - January 31, 2017

	Added feature to show automatic bids by default
	
	Added feature to send "auction ending" email notices to bidders that have auctions in their watchlists

Version 2.4.10 - September 6, 2016

	Remove protocol prefix for plugin_url so that script loads over SSL and non-SSL sites.

Version 2.4.9 - October 21, 2015

	Updated deprecated add to cart text hook
	
	Updated logic for removing items from a watch list

Version 2.4.8 - October 12, 2015

	Updated the automatic auction info refresh features to allow for more granular control

Version 2.4.7 - October 5, 2015

	New feature: Automatic auction information refresh when the auction is within X number of seconds of ending
	
	Fixed "Time remaining" display on the My Account page for users with a bid history

Version 2.4.6 - September 2, 2015

	Updated tabs display on single product pages to support changes in WooCommerce 2.4.x

Version 2.4.5 - May 6, 2015

	Make sure list table variables are declared

Version 2.4.4 - March 2, 2015

	Fixed "Send Offer" logic for auctions where the bidding did not exceed the reserve price

Version 2.4.3 - February 19, 2015

	Updated template file for displaying a user's won auctions and for display the "you won" notice on an ended auction page

Version 2.4.2 - February 11, 2015

	Updated SQL queries for silent auctions

Version 2.4.1 - October 13, 2014

	Surpress PHP warning messages for products that are not auctions

Version 2.4 - September 18, 2014

	WooCommerce 2.2 compatibility
	
	Added new feature to disable automatic bidding on a per-auction basis. Works with regular and reverse auctions.

Version 2.3.20 - July 2, 2014

	Added new action hook that triggers when an email notice is being sent to someone who was outbid

Version 2.3.19 - February 26, 2014

	Added reserve price functionality and an associated new template file
	
	Fixed some function calls that were passing outdated parameters when attempting to send email notices

Version 2.3.18 - February 24, 2014

	Updated bid_form template to use empty() instead of "> 0" 
	
	Updated function to return 1 instead of echo 1

Version 2.3.17 - February 19, 2014

	Fixed order payment status after payment is complete

Version 2.3.16 - January 20, 2014

	WooCommerce 2.1 compatibility
	
	Tweaked starting bid so that no increment is added when no bid exist. Bidding can start at the actual starting bid amount.

Version 2.3.15 - January 10, 2014

	Tweaked outbid notice email to include current actual bid amount
	
	Tweaked bid form template for reverse auctions - when the minimum bid amount is zero or less no bid form will appear
	
	Tweaked use of Bid Increment setting, formerly only used to force entry of a specific bid amount. Now used to also increase or decrease current bid amount. 
	
	Switched to new timer script

Version 2.3.14 - January 3, 2014

	Tweaked processing order for decimal and thousands separators.

Version 2.3.13 - January 2, 2014

	Tweaked to consider decimal and thousands separators.

Version 2.3.12 - December 19, 2013

	Fixed object to string version error when parsing message contents

Version 2.3.11 - November 22, 2013

	Fixed user meta function call

Version 2.3.10 - November 21, 2013

	Fixed auction reminder processing

Version 2.3.9 - November 5, 2013

	Fixed admin email notice content for notices of who won an ended auction

Version 2.3.8 - November 3, 2013

	Updated TimePicker code for jQuery 1.10.x compatibility
	
	Added addtional ajax call when auction ends check for auctions that need to be set to ended. Helps prevent browser redirect looping. 

Version 2.3.7 - October 29, 2013

	Fixed auction status display in admin area to display best bid and bidder for regular, reverse, regular silent, and reverse silent auction. Display now correctly indicates the best bidder for each auction listed.
	
	Fixed "Remove Bidder" functionality for regular auctions and regular silent auctions.
	
	Change bid caching to 60 seconds instead of 1 hour
	
	Added bid history tab for silent auctions when admins and shop manager are viewing the auction product page on the public site

Version 2.3.6 - October 28, 2013

	Fixed textdomain mixing
	
	Add support for removing the high bidder in regular silent auctions. Helpful for assigning the winner as the next highest bidder if the existing high bidder doesn't pay. 
	
	Fixed intermittent page reload loop when auction ends. 
	
	Fixed regular silent auction bidding so that matching bids gives the win to the person would bid the matching amount first.
	
	Fixed silent auction rebidding process to adjust the bid timestamp to the current time. This way previous bidders with the same amount are first in line to win if the highest bid is the matching bid in question.
	

Version 2.3.5 - October 26, 2013

	Fixed grammar mistake

Version 2.3.4 - October 25, 2013

	Fixed WordPress 3.7 compatibility issue with delete_post hook that fires during startup.

Version 2.3.3 - October 25, 2013

	Fixed condition where "Auction Ended" message might be sent more than once

Version 2.3.2 - October 18, 2013

	Added feature to remove high bidder for regular auctions when an auction is ended. Helpful for assigning the winner as the next highest bidder if the existing high bidder doesn't pay. This ONLY works for regular auctions. Feature will be expaned to work with other auction types in a future version.

Version 2.3.1 - October 16, 2013

	Fixed condition where auction related tabs might appear on regular product pages

Version 2.3 - July 31, 2013

	- Deprecated internal get_product() function because WooCommerce 2.x provides this function and this auctions plugin requires WC 2.x
	
	- Removed data element from cart_item_data array - unnecessary element causing errors on various versions of PHP
	
	- Clarified the online documentation as to how the bid increment setting is used.

Version 2.2.3 - July 5, 2013

	- Fixed condition where someone could potentially add a won auction to the cart more than once
	
	- Tweaked code to suppress potential warning message when someone clicks Pay Now, which may cause the cart redirect to fail
	
	- Removed deprecated class file
	
	- Add new feature to optionally extend the end time of an auction any time a bid is placed within X minutes of the auction's current end time. 

Version 2.2.2 - June 27, 2013

	- Fixed typo in automatic updater function call

Version 2.2.1 - June 19, 2013
	
	- Globlized some variables for future plugin compatibility
	
	- Fixed uasort warning message related to product data tabs
	
Version 2.2 - June 18, 2013

	- Added bid amount notice to silent auctions
	
Version 2.1 - June 17, 2013

	- Initial public release

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	- In-house development

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