If you don’t want to assign the WooCommerce user role “customer” to new… customers, there is simple PHP that can be added to your functions.php to achieve this. Enjoy!
Change WooCommerce user role upon registration
PHP Snippet: Change User Role for New Customers – WooCommerce
/**
* @snippet Change User Role for New Customers - WooCommerce
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*/
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// 1. ADD NEW ROLE
add_role( 'pending', __( 'Pending' ), array(
'read' => true,
));
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// 2. ASSIGN NEW ROLE
add_filter( 'woocommerce_new_customer_data', 'tutoraspire_assign_custom_role' );
function tutoraspire_assign_custom_role( $args ) {
$args['role'] = 'pending';
return $args;
}
