This WooCommerce customization is especially helpful for site owners who handle a high volume of orders daily or rely heavily on order dates for their business operations. In both scenarios, the code allows admins to quickly identify and sort orders based on which dates they were placed, making order management much easier. Try this feature to simplify managing your orders.
Solution: How to Add WooCommerce Order Numbers with Date Prefix
The code alters the order numbers by appending the date of creation along with the order IDs, utilizing a hyphen to separate them.
add_filter( 'woocommerce_order_number', 'ts_change_woocommerce_order_number', 1, 2 );
function ts_change_woocommerce_order_number( $order_id ) {
$order = wc_get_order( $order_id );
$order_date = $order->get_date_created();
$display_date = $order_date->date('Y/m/d'); // Format date as 'y/m/d'
$new_order_id = $display_date . '-' . $order_id; // Add a hyphen between date and order ID
return $new_order_id;
}
Output
When a new order is created, it retrieves the order’s creation date and formats it as ‘Y/m/d’ (Year/Month/Day). Then, it adds the date as a prefix to the new order ID separated by a hyphen.
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