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There is no need to count stock from wp-admin or maintain a separate spreadsheet.<\/p>\n\n<h4>See Inventory Check in action<\/h4>\n\n<p>Watch how to perform a WooCommerce stocktake from your phone, review stock discrepancies, and safely update your WooCommerce inventory.<\/p>\n\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/lhkTUuDGo8o<\/p>\n\n<h4>Simple WooCommerce stocktaking<\/h4>\n\n<p>Start a stock check and work through your physical inventory using a phone, tablet, or computer.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Search products by name or SKU<\/li>\n<li>Count simple products and variations<\/li>\n<li>Enter the quantity physically in front of you<\/li>\n<li>Pause and resume a stock check<\/li>\n<li>See which products have already been counted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Find stock discrepancies<\/h4>\n\n<p>When counting is complete, Inventory Check compares your physical counts with the quantities recorded in WooCommerce.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can quickly see:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Expected WooCommerce stock<\/li>\n<li>Physical quantity counted<\/li>\n<li>Stock differences<\/li>\n<li>Products requiring a recheck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Safely update WooCommerce stock<\/h4>\n\n<p>Inventory Check does not change your WooCommerce inventory while your team is counting.<\/p>\n\n<p>A supervisor reviews the completed stocktake before approving any changes.<\/p>\n\n<p>Inventory Check also detects when WooCommerce stock has changed during the stocktake. Conflicting products are flagged for review instead of overwriting newer stock quantities.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Designed for phones<\/h4>\n\n<p>The stocktaking interface runs outside wp-admin at <code>\/inventory-check\/<\/code> and is designed for use while walking around your stockroom or warehouse.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can optionally add Inventory Check to your phone's home screen for quick access.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Free features<\/h4>\n\n<p>The free version provides the complete manual WooCommerce stocktaking workflow:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile-friendly stocktaking interface<\/li>\n<li>Search by product name or SKU<\/li>\n<li>Simple and variable product counting<\/li>\n<li>Pause and resume<\/li>\n<li>Discrepancy review<\/li>\n<li>Stock conflict detection<\/li>\n<li>Supervisor approval<\/li>\n<li>WooCommerce stock reconciliation<\/li>\n<li>Completed stocktake history<\/li>\n<li>Counter and supervisor roles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Inventory Check Pro<\/h4>\n\n<p>Need to count larger inventories faster?<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Inventory Check Pro adds barcode scanning using your phone's camera<\/strong>, so warehouse staff can scan products instead of searching for them manually.<\/p>\n\n<p>Pro also adds:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Offline counting<\/li>\n<li>CSV export<\/li>\n<li>Detailed audit views<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The free version is not a trial. You can perform complete manual stocktakes without upgrading.<\/p>\n\n<h4>What this plugin does not do<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>It does not replace a warehouse-management system<\/li>\n<li>It does not collect customer names, addresses, emails, or payment data<\/li>\n<li>It does not change WooCommerce stock until a supervisor confirms in the app<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Documentation<\/h4>\n\n<p>Setup, roles, counting, review, and troubleshooting:<\/p>\n\n<p>https:\/\/neilmatthews.com\/inventory-check-for-woocommerce\/<\/p>\n\n<p>This plugin requires WooCommerce. Pretty permalinks are required for the app URL.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Privacy<\/h3>\n\n<p>Inventory Check processes:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress account data already on the site (login, display name, user ID)<\/li>\n<li>WooCommerce product names, SKUs, barcodes\/GTINs, thumbnails, and stock quantities<\/li>\n<li>Stocktake names, physical counts, and audit rows of stock changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>It does <strong>not<\/strong> process customer personal data or payment card data. Counts stay on the merchant's WordPress site. There is no neilmatthews.com inventory cloud.<\/p>\n\n<p>The optional home-screen app uses a service worker that caches CSS, JavaScript, and icons only. It does not cache authenticated REST responses.<\/p>\n\n<p>Pro builds may keep unsynced counts in the browser (IndexedDB), keyed by WordPress user ID, and wipe them on log out.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Freemius<\/h4>\n\n<p>Optional licensing and update delivery for the Pro package is provided by Freemius. 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The free version lets you find products by name or SKU.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20free%20version%20let%20me%20update%20woocommerce%20stock%3F\"><h3>Does the free version let me update WooCommerce stock?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The free version includes the complete manual stocktaking workflow, including counting, discrepancy review, supervisor approval, and updating WooCommerce stock.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20collect%20customer%20data%3F\"><h3>Does this collect customer data?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The app works with product and stock data only. It does not need customer names, addresses, emails, telephone numbers, or payment details. See the Privacy section below.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"do%20warehouse%20staff%20need%20wp-admin%3F\"><h3>Do warehouse staff need wp-admin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Counting is done in the Inventory Check app at <code>\/inventory-check\/<\/code>. Supervisors can open a lightweight History screen in wp-admin.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"when%20is%20woocommerce%20stock%20changed%3F\"><h3>When is WooCommerce stock changed?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Only after a supervisor reviews differences and confirms <strong>Update stock<\/strong> in the app. Ready lines are set to the counted quantity. Conflicts are left for a recheck.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20if%20stock%20changes%20while%20we%20are%20counting%3F\"><h3>What if stock changes while we are counting?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Inventory Check compares live WooCommerce stock to the quantity captured when the product was first counted. 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