{"id":792,"date":"2020-07-07T08:34:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T08:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/?p=792"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:20:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:20:24","slug":"upgrade-and-downgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/premium-settings\/upgrade-and-downgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade and downgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The switch between one subscription and another, can only take place between variations of the same product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 3 options with regards to a possible switch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Never:<\/strong> Never upgrade nor downgrade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yes, only to a variation with a lower priority: <\/strong>When switching from a higher level to a lower one, from priority 2 to priority 1 is a downgrade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yes, without limits:<\/strong> When switching to any level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When talking about levels, we refer to &#8216;<strong>variations priority<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Upgrade-and-downgrade.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1202\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Upgrade-and-downgrade.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade downgrade switch\" class=\"wp-image-1727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Upgrade-and-downgrade.jpg 1202w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Upgrade-and-downgrade-300x169.jpg 300w, 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downgrades<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yes, for all plan changes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Prorate.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Prorate.jpg\" alt=\"Prorate options\" class=\"wp-image-1734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Prorate.jpg 996w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Prorate-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2023\/10\/Prorate-768x153.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details about Prorate please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/premium-settings\/no-prorate\/\">\u2192 No prorate<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/premium-settings\/prorate\/\">\u2192 Prorate<\/a> posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does it look on the frontend?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enable the option and allow your customers to change plans (whether it is for an upgrade or a downgrade) they will be able to change the plan from the plan details in \u201cMy Account\u201d page, as shown in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full no-shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-subscription\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2020\/07\/Subscription-switch.jpg\" alt=\"Subscription switch\" 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