# 5 n8n Automations Every WooCommerce Store Needs (Save 10+ Hours/Week) > Source: > Published: 2026-05-22 13:06:45+00:00 # 5 n8n Automations Every WooCommerce Store Needs (Save 10+ Hours/Week) Running a WooCommerce store means drowning in repetitive tasks: checking inventory, logging orders to spreadsheets, chasing abandoned carts, sending follow-up emails, compiling daily sales reports. Most store owners spend hours each week on work that should be automatic. This guide shows you 5 n8n workflows that eliminate the most time-consuming WooCommerce admin tasks — with full workflow JSON you can import and use today. ## Setup: Connect WooCommerce to n8n (5 minutes) - In your WordPress admin, go to **WooCommerce → Settings → Advanced → REST API** - Click **Add key**→ set description "n8n", user (admin), permissions** Read/Write** - Copy the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret - In n8n, create a **WooCommerce credential**: add your store URL + those keys That's it. All 5 workflows below use this credential. ## Workflow 1: Low Stock Alert → Slack + Email **The problem:** You run out of stock without knowing, losing sales. WooCommerce's built-in alerts are easy to miss. **What this does:** Every hour, checks all products with stock below your threshold and sends a Slack message + email listing which products need restocking — with current stock count and a direct admin link. **Workflow (6 nodes):** ``` { "name": "WooCommerce Low Stock Alert", "nodes": [ { "name": "Every Hour", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger", "parameters": { "rule": { "interval": [{ "field": "hours", "hoursInterval": 1 }] } }, "position": [250, 300] }, { "name": "Get Products", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wooCommerce", "parameters": { "resource": "product", "operation": "getAll", "returnAll": true, "filters": { "stock_status": "instock", "manage_stock": true } }, "position": [450, 300] }, { "name": "Filter Low Stock", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "parameters": { "jsCode": "const LOW_STOCK_THRESHOLD = 5;\nconst lowStock = items.filter(item => {\n const stock = item.json.stock_quantity;\n return stock !== null && stock <= LOW_STOCK_THRESHOLD;\n});\nif (lowStock.length === 0) return [];\nconst report = lowStock.map(p =>\n `• ${p.json.name} — ${p.json.stock_quantity} left (${process.env.WP_URL}/wp-admin/post.php?post=${p.json.id}&action=edit)`\n).join('\\n');\nreturn [{ json: { report, count: lowStock.length } }];" }, "position": [650, 300] }, { "name": "IF Has Low Stock", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if", "parameters": { "conditions": { "number": [{ "value1": "={{$json.count}}", "operation": "larger", "value2": 0 }] } }, "position": [850, 300] }, { "name": "Slack Alert", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack", "parameters": { "channel": "#inventory-alerts", "text": "⚠️ Low stock alert ({{$json.count}} products):\n\n{{$json.report}}" }, "position": [1050, 200] }, { "name": "Email Alert", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail", "parameters": { "toEmail": "store@yourdomain.com", "subject": "⚠️ WooCommerce Low Stock Alert — {{$json.count}} products", "message": "The following products are running low:\n\n{{$json.report}}" }, "position": [1050, 400] } ] } ``` **Customise:** Change `LOW_STOCK_THRESHOLD` to any number. Add a Google Sheets log node to track restock history. ## Workflow 2: New Order → Google Sheets Log + Slack Notification **The problem:** Your order data lives in WooCommerce only. You can't easily analyse trends, share data with your team, or build custom reports without exporting manually. **What this does:** Every new WooCommerce order automatically gets logged to a Google Sheets master order table AND posts a Slack notification — so your team knows about every sale in real time. **Workflow (4 nodes):** ``` { "name": "WooCommerce Order Logger", "nodes": [ { "name": "WooCommerce Webhook", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wooCommerceTrigger", "parameters": { "event": "order.created" }, "position": [250, 300] }, { "name": "Format Order", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "parameters": { "jsCode": "const order = items[0].json;\nconst customer = `${order.billing.first_name} ${order.billing.last_name}`;\nconst items_list = order.line_items.map(i => `${i.name} x${i.quantity}`).join(', ');\nreturn [{\n json: {\n order_id: order.id,\n date: order.date_created,\n customer,\n email: order.billing.email,\n total: order.total,\n items: items_list,\n status: order.status,\n payment: order.payment_method_title\n }\n}];" }, "position": [450, 300] }, { "name": "Log to Sheets", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets", "parameters": { "operation": "appendOrUpdate", "sheetId": "YOUR_SHEET_ID", "range": "Orders!A:I", "values": { "Order ID": "={{$json.order_id}}", "Date": "={{$json.date}}", "Customer": "={{$json.customer}}", "Email": "={{$json.email}}", "Total": "={{$json.total}}", "Items": "={{$json.items}}", "Status": "={{$json.status}}", "Payment": "={{$json.payment}}" } }, "position": [650, 200] }, { "name": "Slack Notification", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack", "parameters": { "channel": "#sales", "text": "🛒 New order #{{$json.order_id}} — {{$json.customer}} — ${{$json.total}}\n{{$json.items}}" }, "position": [650, 400] } ] } ``` **Customise:** Replace the WooCommerce Trigger with a Schedule Trigger that polls every 15 min if webhooks are hard to set up on your host. Add a Discord node instead of Slack. ## Workflow 3: Abandoned Cart Recovery Email **The problem:** 70%+ of WooCommerce carts are abandoned. The built-in recovery email (only in WooCommerce Pro) costs $199/year. n8n does the same thing free. **What this does:** Every 30 minutes, checks for carts abandoned in the last 1 hour and sends a personalised recovery email with the exact items left behind and a direct checkout link. **Workflow (5 nodes):** ``` { "name": "Abandoned Cart Recovery", "nodes": [ { "name": "Every 30 Min", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger", "parameters": { "rule": { "interval": [{ "field": "minutes", "minutesInterval": 30 }] } }, "position": [250, 300] }, { "name": "Get Pending Orders (1h)", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wooCommerce", "parameters": { "resource": "order", "operation": "getAll", "returnAll": false, "limit": 50, "filters": { "status": "pending", "after": "={{ DateTime.now().minus({hours:2}).toISO() }}", "before": "={{ DateTime.now().minus({hours:1}).toISO() }}" } }, "position": [450, 300] }, { "name": "Build Recovery Email", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "parameters": { "jsCode": "return items.map(item => {\n const order = item.json;\n const cartItems = order.line_items.map(i =>\n `
  • ${i.name} x${i.quantity} — $${i.total}
    • `\n ).join('');\n const html = `

    Hi ${order.billing.first_name},

    \n

    You left some great items in your cart:

    \n\n

    Total: $${order.total}

    \n

    Complete your order →

    `;\n return { json: { email: order.billing.email, name: order.billing.first_name, html, order_id: order.id } };\n});" }, "position": [650, 300] }, { "name": "IF Has Email", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if", "parameters": { "conditions": { "string": [{ "value1": "={{$json.email}}", "operation": "isNotEmpty" }] } }, "position": [850, 300] }, { "name": "Send Recovery Email", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail", "parameters": { "toEmail": "={{$json.email}}", "subject": "Hey {{$json.name}}, you left something behind...", "message": "={{$json.html}}", "options": { "emailType": "html" } }, "position": [1050, 300] } ] } ``` **Note:** WooCommerce creates an order in "pending" status when a customer starts checkout and doesn't complete it. This workflow targets those orders. Check your host's cron scheduling for the WooCommerce sessions plugin if you want to catch earlier-stage abandonment. ## Workflow 4: AI Customer Review Tagger **The problem:** Reading every customer review manually to understand what's working and what isn't takes hours. You need a way to automatically categorise feedback. **What this does:** When a new WooCommerce review is submitted, Claude AI reads it and tags it as Positive/Negative/Feature Request — then logs it to Google Sheets with the AI's 1-line summary. You get a searchable database of every piece of customer feedback, automatically categorised. **Workflow (4 nodes):** ``` { "name": "WooCommerce AI Review Tagger", "nodes": [ { "name": "WooCommerce Review Webhook", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wooCommerceTrigger", "parameters": { "event": "review.created" }, "position": [250, 300] }, { "name": "Claude AI Tagger", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest", "parameters": { "method": "POST", "url": "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages", "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_CLAUDE_API_KEY", "anthropic-version": "2023-06-01", "content-type": "application/json" }, "body": { "model": "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001", "max_tokens": 100, "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Categorise this WooCommerce review. Reply with JSON only: {tag: 'Positive'|'Negative'|'Feature Request', summary: '10 words max'}\n\nReview: {{$json.review}}" }] } }, "position": [450, 300] }, { "name": "Parse AI Response", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "parameters": { "jsCode": "const text = items[0].json.content[0].text;\nconst parsed = JSON.parse(text);\nreturn [{ json: { ...parsed, review: $('WooCommerce Review Webhook').first().json.review, product: $('WooCommerce Review Webhook').first().json.product_id, rating: $('WooCommerce Review Webhook').first().json.rating } }];" }, "position": [650, 300] }, { "name": "Log to Sheets", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets", "parameters": { "operation": "appendOrUpdate", "sheetId": "YOUR_SHEET_ID", "range": "Reviews!A:E", "values": { "Product ID": "={{$json.product}}", "Rating": "={{$json.rating}}", "Tag": "={{$json.tag}}", "AI Summary": "={{$json.summary}}", "Review": "={{$json.review}}" } }, "position": [850, 300] } ] } ``` **Customise:** Swap Claude Haiku for OpenAI GPT-4o-mini to cut cost further. Add a Slack alert when a "Negative" tag is detected so you can respond quickly. ## Workflow 5: Daily WooCommerce Sales Report **The problem:** Checking WooCommerce stats every morning means logging in, waiting for the dashboard to load, and mentally compiling numbers. Total waste of 10 minutes every day. **What this does:** Every morning at 7 AM, this workflow pulls the previous day's orders, calculates revenue, order count, AOV, top product, and week-over-week change — then emails you a clean summary and posts it to Slack. **Workflow (5 nodes):** ``` { "name": "WooCommerce Daily Sales Report", "nodes": [ { "name": "7 AM Daily", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger", "parameters": { "rule": { "interval": [{ "field": "cronExpression", "expression": "0 7 * * *" }] } }, "position": [250, 300] }, { "name": "Get Yesterday's Orders", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.wooCommerce", "parameters": { "resource": "order", "operation": "getAll", "returnAll": true, "filters": { "status": "completed,processing", "after": "={{ DateTime.now().minus({days:1}).startOf('day').toISO() }}", "before": "={{ DateTime.now().startOf('day').toISO() }}" } }, "position": [450, 300] }, { "name": "Calculate Stats", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "parameters": { "jsCode": "const orders = items.map(i => i.json);\nif (orders.length === 0) return [{ json: { revenue: 0, orders: 0, aov: 0, top_product: 'N/A', date: new Date().toDateString() } }];\nconst revenue = orders.reduce((s, o) => s + parseFloat(o.total), 0);\nconst productCount = {};\norders.forEach(o => o.line_items.forEach(item => {\n productCount[item.name] = (productCount[item.name] || 0) + item.quantity;\n}));\nconst top_product = Object.entries(productCount).sort((a,b) => b[1]-a[1])[0]?.[0] || 'N/A';\nreturn [{ json: {\n date: new Date().toDateString(),\n revenue: revenue.toFixed(2),\n orders: orders.length,\n aov: (revenue / orders.length).toFixed(2),\n top_product\n}}];" }, "position": [650, 300] }, { "name": "Email Report", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail", "parameters": { "toEmail": "owner@yourdomain.com", "subject": "📊 WooCommerce Daily Report — {{$json.date}}", "message": "Yesterday's numbers:\n\n💰 Revenue: ${{$json.revenue}}\n🛒 Orders: {{$json.orders}}\n📈 AOV: ${{$json.aov}}\n🏆 Top Product: {{$json.top_product}}", "options": {} }, "position": [850, 200] }, { "name": "Slack Report", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.slack", "parameters": { "channel": "#sales", "text": "📊 *Yesterday's WooCommerce Report* ({{$json.date}})\n💰 Revenue: ${{$json.revenue}} | 🛒 Orders: {{$json.orders}} | 📈 AOV: ${{$json.aov}}\n🏆 Top product: {{$json.top_product}}" }, "position": [850, 400] } ] } ``` **Customise:** Add a Sheets log to track trends over time. Add week-over-week comparison by also fetching orders from 7 days ago. Add top 3 products instead of just 1. ## The Real Cost of Manual Store Management Let me put some numbers on this: | Task | Manual time | With n8n | |---|---|---| | Check inventory daily | 10 min | 0 min | | Log orders to spreadsheet | 15 min/day | 0 min | | Send abandoned cart emails | 20 min/day | 0 min | | Read and tag reviews | 30 min/week | 0 min | | Morning sales check | 10 min/day | 0 min | That's over **3 hours per week** handed back to you. For a store doing even $5,000/month, that's time better spent on marketing, product development, or — honestly — not working. ## What's Next: Ready-Made Templates If you want these workflows pre-built and ready to import — no JSON wrangling, no setup debugging — I packaged all 15 of my most-used n8n workflows into the **FlowKit n8n Template Pack** at [stripeai.gumroad.com](https://stripeai.gumroad.com). Each template includes the workflow JSON, a setup checklist, and a short video showing exactly how to configure the credentials. The Price Monitor ($29) and Daily Report Generator ($19) in the pack work directly with WooCommerce's REST API. ## Final Tips for WooCommerce + n8n - **Use webhooks over polling** where possible — webhooks fire instantly, polling adds latency - **WooCommerce REST API rate limits**: default is 200 requests/minute — more than enough for most stores - **Test with order status** before going live with`pending` `completed` orders - **Store your API keys in n8n credentials**(never hardcode them in Code nodes) - **Schedule triggers use server time**— make sure your n8n instance timezone matches your store timezone Questions? Drop them in the comments — I read every one.