STM Smart Checkout for WooCommerce

In part, and the plugin says exactly which part. Everything around the form works on the Cart and Checkout blocks: the full-page template, the trust header band, the step indicator, the legal footer line and the design tokens on the button, the fields and the order summary. Inside the form, the pieces that matter under German law are there as well: a required consent box for terms and cancellation policy that WooCommerce validates on the server — a request without the tick is refused — and writes onto the order together with the exact wording; on the block checkout this consent box needs WooCommerce 9.8 or newer, the first version with required checkboxes in its additional checkout fields. On older versions the plugin leaves WooCommerce’s own terms text or checkbox in place, in place of its notice and links above the buy button; the server does not check it, and the settings screen says so; the mandatory notice from your settings and the links to both texts one line above the buy button, the links opening in the same overlay as on the classic checkout; the buy button label from your settings; and the delivery time under each line item, in the cart block and in the order summary, resolved from the same sources as on the classic checkout. Also on the blocks since 0.1.47: the trust row under the buy button and the reassurance note under the consent box, in the same markup and the same stylesheet the classic checkout uses. Also on the blocks since 0.1.48: the switches for the coupon prompt and the order-notes field — the block checkout already folds both away behind a single line, so the separate “expandable line” setting for the notes has nothing left to do there. Not yet on the blocks: the column layouts and the field manager with its postcode autofill. The settings screen lists this, and the one-click switch to the classic cart and checkout remains for shops that want all of it today — the block markup is kept, so the way back is one click as well.

Yes — coexistence with both is a core design goal. The plugin respects their legal checkboxes, button texts and tax displays.

Yes. STM Smart Checkout Pro is a separate add-on that requires this free plugin. It adds the online withdrawal form and its management screen, the express zone for wallet buttons, payment-dependent required fields, the payment method customizer, a checkout field editor, field analysis, a layout test, card testing protection, safe mode, a mobile sticky order bar and an ultra-compact layout. Everything described in the description above is part of this free plugin and stays that way — Pro adds, it does not unlock. Details and pricing: STM Smart Checkout Pro for WooCommerce

No — that one is in Pro. EU directive 2023/2673 requires an online withdrawal function for distance contracts from 19 June 2026, and it is more than a form: a public page reachable for guests, pre-filling for logged-in customers, order matching that never turns a consumer away, notification and receipt mails, and a management screen with a status workflow. What the free plugin does cover is the checkout side of German and EU law — consent, the § 312j BGB button label, VAT statement, delivery time and the mandatory notice above the buy button.

No. If none is present, the checkout supplies the mandatory pieces itself: the consent box for terms and cancellation policy, the § 312j BGB button label, the VAT statement in the order summary, and the delivery time under each product. Each of these is decided by asking whether another plugin is actually rendering it — not by asking whether one is installed — so nothing ever appears twice.

Unit prices (PAngV) and sending the cancellation policy with the order confirmation mail stay with a dedicated legal plugin. The settings screen states this in plain language rather than leaving you to find out later, and it shows what the automatic detection last found on your checkout.

Yes. Leave the plugin switched off and open the checkout with ?stmc_preview=1 as a shop manager — you see the Smart Checkout, customers keep seeing the standard one. ?stmc_preview=off ends the preview again, and the settings screen tells you while it is running, with the link that ends it.

You get the standard WooCommerce checkout back, unchanged. The plugin arranges and supplements the existing checkout; it does not replace the template, the gateways or the order process, and it stores nothing your shop would miss.

It is built to. Themes with a server-side adapter (The7, Storefront) use their native distraction-free path; every other theme gets the plugin’s own minimal full-page template, so the theme’s header, menus and footer are never built while styles, analytics, consent tools and chat widgets keep working. Layout rules place the checkout anchors themselves, whatever markup a theme template wraps them in.

Yes, HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) is fully supported. Compatibility with the cart/checkout blocks is declared in the sense that this plugin does not interfere with them — it does not style them either; see the block-checkout question above.

No. No remote fonts, no tracking, no external requests. The postcode databases for DE/AT/CH ship with the plugin.