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How to use the Subscription Date filter in Store Exporter Deluxe

Need a subscriptions export for just last month’s billing run, or a list of everyone who signed up this week? Store Exporter Deluxe has a Subscription Date filter built into its Subscriptions export, so you don’t have to export every subscriber and trim the file afterward.

You’ll see how to set the filter, what it matches, and what to check when the export is empty.

For the full rundown of available fields, formats, and Scheduled Exports for subscriptions, see How to export subscriptions in Store Exporter Deluxe.

Prerequisites

RequirementDetails
PluginStore Exporter Deluxe is active and licensed
WooCommerce SubscriptionsInstalled and active, with at least one subscription on your store
Administrator accessYou’ll need an account with access to the WordPress admin dashboard

Set the Subscription Date filter

  1. Go to WooCommerce → Store Export, then click Quick Export.
  2. Under Select Export Type, choose Subscriptions.
  3. Click the Filters & Sorting step to expand it.
  4. Tick the Subscription Date checkbox. Its description reads “Include subscriptions created within a date range.”
  5. Set both the From and To fields, or click one of the shortcut buttons: Today, Yesterday, Last 7 days, Last 30 days, or Custom range.
  6. Open Export Options and pick a File Format.
  7. Click Run Export.

Set both From and To. If you leave either blank, the filter is dropped entirely and the export includes every subscription, even though the card still shows the one date you did set. Dates are inclusive on both ends: a range of From October 1 to To October 31 includes subscriptions created on October 1 and October 31.

The expanded Subscription Date filter showing the From and To date fields and the Today, Yesterday, Last 7 days, Last 30 days, and Custom range shortcut buttons

What the date filter matches

The Subscription Date filter matches each subscription’s creation date, not its next payment date, trial end date, or last payment date. If you need subscriptions due to renew in a specific window instead, export without the date filter and sort or filter the resulting file by the Next Payment column.

You can combine Subscription Date with the Subscription Status and Subscription Product filters on the same Filters & Sorting step to narrow the export further. For example, tick Subscription Status, select Active, and set a date range together to list only the active subscriptions created in that period.

Common use cases

Use the Subscription Date filter for billing period reconciliation: export subscriptions created in a given month and match them against your accounting records. It also works well for new subscriber audits, pulling a list of everyone who signed up this week or last week with the Last 7 days shortcut.

For a recurring feed into a CRM or accounting tool, a Scheduled Export isn’t the right fit here: its date range is fixed at save time and never advances. Instead, run a fresh Quick Export each period and set a new From and To date each time.

Supported export formats

Quick Export offers CSV, TSV, XLS, XLSX, and XML for subscription exports, with the same date filter available in every format. If you need JSON or RSS output instead, set up a scheduled export, which supports those two formats as well.

Troubleshooting

The export finishes but the file has no rows
Check the From and To dates, and any other filters you ticked, such as Subscription Status or Subscription Product. Any of them can narrow the export down to zero rows. If you’re not sure when your subscriptions were created, remove the date filter, run the export, and check the Start Date column, which usually matches the creation date.
The date range doesn’t seem to include a subscription you expect
Confirm the subscription’s creation date falls on or between your From and To dates. Since dates are inclusive, a subscription created exactly on your To date should still appear. If it doesn’t, double check the subscription’s actual Start Date value from an export without the date filter applied.

FAQ

What happens if I only set one of the From or To dates?
Nothing related to the date range is applied. If either From or To is left blank, the filter is dropped entirely, and the export includes every subscription regardless of date.
Can I combine the date filter with other filters?
Yes. The Subscription Date filter works alongside Subscription Status and Subscription Product on the same Filters & Sorting step, so you can narrow an export by status, product, and date range at the same time.
Does this filter also apply to YITH Subscriptions exports?
No. YITH Subs is a separate export type from Subscriptions, and it doesn’t have a Subscription Date filter in Quick Export.

Need more help?

If you’re using Store Exporter Deluxe and run into an issue this article doesn’t cover, open a support ticket and our team will help you get your subscription export working.

If you’re using the free Store Exporter plugin, ask on the WordPress.org support forum and our team will get back to you there.

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