Increase Conversion Rates with Fluid Checkout for WooCommerce Lite

About Fluid Checkout for WooCommerce – Lite

Fluid Checkout is a plugin for WooCommerce websites that improves the checkout experience and can increase conversion rates by up to 36%. It offers features such as a linear, Shopify-like checkout, trust symbols on the checkout page, coupon code field that doesn't distract customers, instant field validation, saved customer data, and more. There is also a PRO version available with additional features and add-ons.

Screenshots

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Frequently asked questions

What is Fluid Checkout?

Fluid Checkout is a plugin that simplifies and improves the checkout experience on WooCommerce websites. It offers a linear, Shopify-like checkout process and eliminates unnecessary friction, leading to better conversion rates and customer satisfaction.

What are the Lite features?

The Lite version of Fluid Checkout includes features such as multi-step or single-step checkout layouts, optimized mobile experience, the ability to add trust symbols to the checkout page, shipping before billing, hidden optional fields, instant field validation, integrated coupon code field, shipping phone field, automatically saved customer data, skip completed steps, and log-in without leaving the checkout.

What are the PRO features?

The PRO version of Fluid Checkout includes additional features such as design templates, account matching, edit cart at checkout, express checkout buttons, cart page optimization, thank you/order confirmation page, offer gift options, local pickup, international phone number formatting and validation, and more options for the coupon code field.

Is Fluid Checkout customizable?

Yes, Fluid Checkout is fully customizable. It provides HTML/PHP based templates and offers filters and action hooks for customization. You can also customize the styles using CSS or SASS.

Are there translations available?

Yes, Fluid Checkout is translatable and currently available in multiple languages including English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. The plugin also supports RTL languages.

Changelog

4.0.2 – 2025-02-24

Bump tested up to WordPress 6.7.2 and WooCommerce 9.6.2
Added: Compatibility with theme Motta.
Added: Compatibility with theme Rehub.
Added: Compatibility with plugin Fetchify.
Added: Compatibility with plugin WooComerce Quantity Discounts, Rules & Swatches.
Added: Compatibility with plugin Revolut Gateway for WooCommerce.
Added: New CSS variables to set different background color for the highlighed sections billing address, shipping address, and for the total row on the order summary.
Added: New filter fc_use_verbose_loading_indicator to enable use of verbose loading indicator icon on blocked parts of the page, and on the entire page when submitting the checkout form.
Improved: Set product image size styles to avoid larger images when other plugins add an unexpected p element around the image on the checkout page.
Improved: Compatibility with plugin Germanized for WooCommerce. Remove duplicate place order button when using WooCommerce PayPal Payments plugin.
Improved: Compatibility with theme Woodmart. Fixed customer’s data not being retrieved when using the “Social authentication” feature.
Improved: Compatibility with theme Shoptimizer. Fixed z-index position for mobile menu and menu overlay, fix relative sticky elements for header layouts.
Improved: Compatibility with plugin WooPayments. Fixed layout breaking when WooPayments payment method is selected on checkout page.
Improved: Compatibility with plugin WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips.
Improved: Compatibility with plugin Mailchimp for WooCommerce. Remove subscription checkbox value from the step review text lines.
Improved: Get variable for shipping same as billing directly in the shipping form template file to avoid PHP warnings when that information is not passed when using it.
Improved: Styles for loading indicator for the place order button to only show loading icon while processing, hiding its text.
Improved: Styles code for the order summary section, to allow changing the main element’s selector.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin WooCommerce Stripe Gateway. Ensure use of data from express checkout methods when updating checkout and processing orders.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin Brevo for WooCommerce (formerly Sendinblue).
Fixed: Remove some WooCommerce checkout form hooks in multiple places to avoid issues with other plugins that move or call them early.
Fixed: Layout styles causing sticky header for some themes to not get sticky.
Fixed: PHP warnings for undefined variable $new_line.
Fixed: Custom translation files from Loco Translate not loading correctly.

4.0.1 – 2025-01-07

Bump tested up to WooCommerce 9.5.1
Added: Compatibility with theme Loobek.
Added: Compatibility with plugin Debloat by asadkn.
Added: Compatibility with plugin OTP Login/Signup Woocommerce Premium.
Added: Option to set form fields font size to 16px and avoid automatic zoom in issue on some mobile browsers.
Added: Option to only show allowed countries for shipping or billing for the International Phone Number feature (PRO).
Improved: Use template file from checkout page to display available payment methods on the account add payment method page.
Fixed: Compatibility with theme Shoptimizer. Fix layout of the header when using some header variations from the theme, and restore the padlock icon on proceed to checkout and place order buttons.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin WooCommerce Subscriptions. PHP warning when trying to output information for recurring shipping packages.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin Germanized for WooCommerce. Remove duplicate place order button that appears briefly on the checkout page.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin Germanized for WooCommerce PRO. Fixes VAT ID being displayed twice on the substep review text for billing and shipping.
Fixed: Issue with shipping methods section displayed blank in some cases when no methods are available.
Fixed: Issues with collapsible/expansible sections wrongly setting focus at initialization.
Fixed: Prevent substep review text from being visible at the same time as the fields section.
Fixed: Prevent order summary from being visible on mobile view at first while still loading the checkout page.
Fixed: Add hooks for billing phone on contact step earlier to prevent compatibility issues with other plugins.
Fixed: Prevent horizontal scroll on IE, EDGE and Safari.
Fixed: Make sure Mailcheck typo checks is run only on targeted email fields.
Fixed: Fix error when trying to remove phone number from address data in some cases.
Fixed: Fatal error when trying to change the translation file loaded for language variations on versions of WordPress prior to 6.6.0.

4.0.0 – 2024-12-11

POSSIBLY BREAKING CHANGES – Changes to how substeps are added to the checkout page can break functionality of Fluid Checkout PRO and other add-ons until they are also updated to the latest versions, which might affect custom code on your website.
Bump tested up to WordPress 6.7.1 and WooCommerce 9.4.3
Added: Support for the Order Pay page feature of Fluid Checkout PRO.
Added: Compatibility with theme Colibri WP.
Added: Compatibility with plugin CartBounty – Save and recover abandoned carts for WooCommerce.
Added: Compatibility with plugin CartBounty Pro – Save and recover abandoned carts for WooCommerce.
Added: Filter hook fc_substep_text_contact_field_keys_skip_list to allow skipping displaying some fields in the contact substep review text.
Improved: Refactor how substeps are registered and output to the checkout form.
Improved: Compatibility with theme Woodmart. Fix layout issue when free shipping bar feature from theme is disabled, and with versions 8.0+ of the theme.
Improved: Compatibility with plugin Germanized for WooCommerce (free). Prevent hiding optional fields added by the pickup location feature from Germanized.
Fixed: Instant validation for confirmation fields not working as expected.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce PRO by ThemeHigh. Automatically disable enhanced select2 component from the plugin when using the enhanced select fields (with TomSelect) from Fluid Checkout.
Fixed: Show password button not always working on the login form at checkout when the button is present.
Fixed: How the plugin translation files are loaded. Fixes issue with WordPress 6.7 and Loco Translate not loading the correct translations.
Removed: Filter fc_force_register_steps as checkout steps and substeps needs to be registered for some functions to be available.
Removed: Action hooks fc_checkout_before_step_<step_id> and fc_checkout_after_step_<step_id> and replaced them with fc_checkout_before_step and fc_checkout_after_step which passes the step id as a parameter.
Removed: Action hooks fc_checkout_start_step_<step_id> and fc_checkout_end_step_<step_id> and replaced them with fc_checkout_start_step and fc_checkout_end_step which passes the step id as a parameter.
Removed: Deprecated parameters $is_sidebar_widget from action hooks fc_checkout_before_order_review, fc_checkout_before_order_review_inside, fc_checkout_after_order_review_title_before, fc_checkout_after_order_review_title_after, fc_checkout_order_review_sidebar_before_actions, fc_checkout_after_order_review_inside, fc_checkout_after_order_review.
Removed: Compatibility with plugin Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce. Moved to Fluid Checkout PRO.

3.2.6 – 2024-11-14

Bump tested up to WordPress 6.7 and WooCommerce 9.4.1
Added: Compatibility with theme Uncode.
Added: Compatibility with plugin Wawp – OTP Verification, Order Notifications, and Country Code Selector for WooCommerce.
Added: Add notice for incompatible plugin WooCommerce Checkout Manager by Quadlayers.
Added: Add specific labels for proceed to next step buttons, and add filter fc_proceed_to_next_step_button_label to allow more control when changing these button labels.
Improved: Compatibility with theme Woodmart. Added compatibility with the Free Gifts feature of the theme.
Improved: Compatibility with plugin Mailchimp for WooCommerce. Prevent hiding the newsletter checkbox field behind a link button when set as optional.
Improved: Compatibility with plugin WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency by WPML. Fix language switcher getting cut off when added inside the order summary section below the order summary table.
Improved: Compatibility with Hubspot. Mark billing fields to send for to Hubspot as the customer lead information when using the Hubspot Tracking scripts.
Improved: Styles of the order summary section cutting off some elements when they needed to be visible. Remove overflow: hidden from styles to allow elements to be displayed.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin WooCommerce Memberships. Prevent PHP warnings when trying to determine if the distraction free header should be used on the checkout page when user is not logged in.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin WooCommerce Subscriptions. Fix fatal error when processing checkout updates if cart contains only digital products.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin WooCommerce Subscriptions. Fix shipping fees label on the order summary and make it translatable from WooCommerce.
Fixed: Compatibility with plugin MyParcel. Fixed issue with the delivery options keeping triggering the checkout updates indefinitely.
Fixed: Some translations to the Italian language.
Fixed: Instant validation skipping some fields added by 3rd-party plugins.
Fixed: Use checkout field attributes optional_expand_link_label directly when setting the optional field expansible link button label. The link label should now contain the Add part as well as the desired field name.
Fixed: Showing shipping methods even when option to hide them until full address provided is enabled.
Fixed: Text domain for translatable strings on address sections for email notifications.

3.2.5 – 2024-10-10

Bump tested up to WooCommerce 9.3.3
Added: Option to define which address to save as the shipping address when using a local pickup shipping method. (PRO feature)
Added: Compatibility with theme Kapee.
Added: Compatibility with plugin Customer Email Verification PRO by Zorem.
Added: Compatibility with plugin Mollie Payments for WooCommerce. Fix company field value empty when using payment method Billie from Mollie.
Improved: Set all Javascript assets to be loaded at the page footer and defered for better page loading performance.
Improved: Compatibility with plugin WooCommerce Subscriptions. Move shipping methods available for subscription plans from the order summary to the shipping methods section.
Improved: Add new CSS variables for customizing the coupon code elements and coupon section.
Improved: Accept a new parameter $context for the hook fc_css_variables. Defaults to frontend.
Improved: Change hook used to run database migrations on first activation.
Fixed: Do not save shipping phone number to order data when shipping address is not needed for the order.
Fixed: Deprecated PHP messages saved to log files when using Fluid Checkout with recent versions of PHP.
Fixed: Javascript error when trying to re-set the focus on the element after refreshing fragments in some cases.
Fixed: Substeps keeping expanding, collapsing or changing its visibility state in some cases.
Fixed: Compatibility issue between Brazilian Market and PayPal Brasil plugins where the state field would be cleared in some cases.
Fixed: Wrong focused element and scroll positions when first loading the checkout page in some cases.

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