Future‑proofing Toggle’s WooCommerce gift card checkout

Toggle is a Sheffield based platform that gives hospitality brands tools to sell and redeem digital and physical gift cards online and in‑store.

We initially worked with Toggle on a joint project with Carluccio’s, where we delivered a technical specification and migration scope to implement Toggle at checkout. This entailed replacing Carluccio’s previous gift card platform that relied on discount codes rather than true gift vouchers, as it created complications around free delivery rules and other promotional discounts.

Toggle then approached us with an urgent issue. Their existing WooCommerce plugin stopped working when the platform moved to a new React‑based checkout.

They needed a replacement that let customers enter a gift card code, securely validate it with Toggle’s API, and instantly update the order total. The new solution had to be secure, robust against future WooCommerce changes, and feel completely native to the checkout.

Absolute built a new WooCommerce checkout component using WooCommerce’s native React libraries, helping ensure long‑term compatibility with the platform.

The component talks to a secure PHP endpoint, which then connects server‑to‑server with Toggle’s API to apply or remove gift cards safely.

We also implemented a customer‑specific way to hold gift card codes during checkout and trigger cart re‑calculation events, so the order total always reflects the correct remaining balance.

These features are now part of the Toggle core platform and we were delighted to have been asked to provide our development expertise in order to deliver this functionality.