How to automatically Complete WooCommerce orders when they go to the Processing status
Every e-commerce site requires tracking and managing orders which can be quite a daunting task for the administrator, considering the amount of orders that an average high-traffic e-commerce website receives per day. When it comes to WooCommerce, an order gets created as soon as the Checkout process is completed. According to where the order is […]
How to display “You Save x%” below sale prices for simple and variable products in WooCommerce
We all know how discounts lure customers and increase sales. But showing that you are selling an item for a lesser price isn’t sufficient these days, with all retailers & ecommerce websites offering discounts at the same time. When only the old and new prices are displayed, the customer is left to do the math […]
How to add charges or discounts for different payment methods in WooCommerce
We see on ecommerce websites that with each payment method you choose while checking out, there is often a service charge or even a discount associated. It is also noteworthy that the service charge for Cash-on-Delivery is higher than that for alternative payment methods. This is to increase the chances of pre-payments. Pre-payments help to […]
How to remove the Last name field from the My Account page in WooCommerce
In most e-commerce businesses, the only value the Last Name field adds is that it sometimes eases the task of finding the address of the customer. In cases where the address is an office or a non-residential address, the Last Name field ensures that the product reaches the right person, especially in cases where there […]
How to make WooCommerce external product links open in a new tab
An External or Affiliate product in WooCommerce cannot be directly bought from the website, and needs to be purchased from an external source to which it is linked. A common problem faced by WooCommerce users is that the link associated with the Add to Cart or Buy Product or Buy Now button of such a […]
How to add text below the short description of the Product in WooCommerce
WooCommerce lets us write a short description for every product that we add to our store, which appears alongside the product image as illustrated in the image below: This “short description” can be updated anytime that you wish to add some text to it. However, sometimes, it may so happen that you want to […]
How to add text to the category description in WooCommerce
The category page on WooCommerce is in many ways like an aisle or a section of a super-market, where you can buy goods that fall under a particular category. A basic WooCommerce Category page includes the Title (Category Name), description of the category (if added), a sorting filter, followed by the product listing. In this […]
How to change the Add to Cart button on the WooCommerce Category and Shop pages and link it to the Product page
WooCommerce lets us add products to our virtual shopping cart through multiple ways. You can click on the “Add to cart” button situated below the product image on the Category page itself (such as in the example depicted by the image below) or on the Shop page, or by visiting the Product page and clicking […]
How to format WooCommerce prices
For reasons of design, presentation or to be consistent with the store or brand theme, we may often want to display our prices in different formats. In this post, you will learn how to format WooCommerce prices using the Settings option as well as the Code Editor. The post covers the following three points: Replacing […]
How to make fields required or optional on the WooCommerce Checkout page
On the WooCommerce Checkout page, we see that there are some fields which are absolutely required while some can be left vacant. Depending on your use case however, you may sometimes need your customers to treat an optional field as mandatory, or a mandatory field as optional. This post explains how you can modify the […]