I Built a WooCommerce Inventory Forecasting Plugin — Self-Hosted, No Monthly Fees

After months of development, I just launched StockPulse — a WooCommerce plugin that turns your order history into an inventory intelligence system. The problem I was solving Running a WooCommerce store means constantly answering questions like: "How many days of stock do I have left for each product?" "When should I reorder before I run out?" "Which products have been sitting in my warehouse for 60+ days with zero sales?" The existing solutions are either expensive SaaS tools ($49–199/month) or ancient CodeCanyon plugins that haven't been updated since 2017. I wanted something self-hosted, one-time payment, no external API calls. What StockPulse does Days of Stock Remaining — calculates how many days your current stock will last based on your actual sales velocity. Smart Reorder Points — tells you exactly when to reorder, factoring in your supplier lead time plus a 25% safety buffer: reorder_point = (daily_velocity × lead_time_days) + safety_stock safety_stock = daily_velocity × (lead_