Here’s a question we came across on the WooCommerce repository recently: “The default behavior before the update was for the Add Note section to default to Note to Customer. We have part of our workflow expecting this and now there is an additional step changing the type of note. Is there a way for us to change the default back to Note to Customer?” The default option for adding an order note was changed in…
There are several reasons you might want to get all WooCommerce orders for a customer in your shop. For example, you may want to find out if they’ve ever purchased a product, or do something as simple as count the number of orders they’ve placed with you. Since orders are a custom post type, you can use get_posts to query orders, which is a pretty standard WP query that most developers are familiar with and…
While WooCommerce contains tons of helper functions, such as functions that will give you all “on sale” products, there’s no function in WooCommerce that will return all coupons present within a shop. This is because there’s a pretty easy way to query them yourself because coupons are their own custom post type: the shop_coupon post type. This means that we can simply query all posts for that post type to get a list of WooCommerce…
We’ve released a new extension for WooCommerce that many of you have been asking about. The WooCommerce Order Status Manager will allow you to create custom WooCommerce order statuses and completely integrate them into your orders flow. Rather than simply adding a one-off status with custom code, you can integrate these statuses with core statuses for a seamless order management experience. Add a custom status, icon, and action button easily. Then, create a “Next Statuses”…
If you’re using the official WooCommerce iPhone app, you may have noticed that custom order statuses have their own icon when displayed in your order details: These handy little icons (designed by Jay Koster) can be added to your WooCommerce “Orders” page as well so they’re consistent throughout your shop and the app. Here’s a quick guide on how to add WooCommerce custom order status icons. You don’t have to be using the iPhone app…
New extension alert! WooCommerce Order Status Control is now available at WooCommerce! You know all of those annoying little tasks that you have to do every day, and they constantly eat up little bits of time? Stuff that you do anyway, because it’s just a little bit of time, but it still adds up each day…stuff like tying your shoes. You could save this time with an improved system, such as slip on shoes, or…
Hi all! Some of you have asked us both here and at Sell with WP a bit about how to customize your WooCommerce emails. We did write about creating your own custom WooCommerce emails, but changing the look of your emails to blend in with your brand is an important part of your store’s communication. We wanted to let you know that Justin has written a tutorial on customizing WooCommerce order emails at Sell with…
This week’s “Ask SkyVerge” question comes from Adrian, who wants to know: Can you sort the items in the order alphabetically? Ex: if someone orders broccoli, cabbage, string cheese Can your organize the items in the order alphabetically? Well, depending on where you need the items to appear sorted, you sure can! First, the code, which can be dropped into your current theme’s functions.php if you like: /* * Filters the $order->get_items() method results to…
Hi everyone! We’ve been a bit quiet lately since we’ve been busy updating all of our plugins to be compatible with WooCommerce 2.1. However, we wanted to share some of the big changes we’ve made with you to some of the WooCommerce extensions we offer, so we’ll take a look at the WooCommerce Customer / Order CSV Export Suite first. Re-written to Maximize Performance We’ve rebuilt the extension from the ground up to vastly improve…
Hi all! We’re excited to share that we have three new extensions for WooCommerce that were just released yesterday. Quick, grab them for 35% off within the next couple days! Admin Custom Order Fields First, Admin Custom Order Fields has deployed, which takes you one step closer towards using WordPress and WooCommerce as a CRM rather than just an eCommerce platform. Admin Custom Order Fields (ACOF) will allow you to create text field, drop-downs, checkboxes,…