woocommerce/docs/code-snippets/useful-functions.md

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Useful Core Functions

WooCommerce core functions are available on both front-end and admin. They can be found in includes/wc-core-functions.php and can be used by themes in plugins.

Conditional Functions

WooCommerce conditional functions help determine the current query/page.

is_woocommerce

Returns true if on a page which uses WooCommerce templates (cart and checkout are standard pages with shortcodes and thus are not included).

is_woocommerce()

is_shop

Returns true when viewing the product type archive (shop).

is_shop()

is_product

Returns true when viewing a single product.

is_product()

Coupon Functions

wc_get_coupon_code_by_id

Get coupon code by coupon ID.

wc_get_coupon_code_by_id( $id )

The argument $id is the coupon ID.

wc_get_coupon_id_by_code

Gets the coupon ID by code.

wc_get_coupon_id_by_code( $code, $exclude = 0 )

$code is the coupon code and $exclude is to exclude an ID from the check if you're checking existence.

User Functions

wc_customer_bought_product

Checks if a customer has bought an item. The check can be done by email or user ID or both.

wc_customer_bought_product( $customer_email, $user_id, $product_id )

wc_get_customer_total_spent

Gets the total spent for a customer.

wc_get_customer_total_spent( $user_id )

$user_id is the user ID of the customer.

wc_get_customer_order_count

Gets the total orders for a customer.

wc_get_customer_order_count( $user_id )

$user_id is the user ID of the customer.

Formatting Functions

wc_get_dimension

Takes a measurement $dimension measured in WooCommerce's dimension unit and converts it to the target unit $to_unit.

wc_get_dimension( $dimension, $to_unit, $from_unit = '' )

Example usages:

wc_get_dimension( 55, 'in' );
wc_get_dimension( 55, 'in', 'm' );

wc_get_weight

Takes a weight $weight weighed in WooCommerce's weight unit and converts it to the target weight unit $to_unit.

wc_get_weight( $weight, $to_unit, $from_unit = '' )

Example usages:

wc_get_weight( 55, 'kg' );
wc_get_weight( 55, 'kg', 'lbs' );

wc_clean

Clean variables using sanitize_text_field. Arrays are cleaned recursively. Non-scalar values are ignored.

wc_clean( $var )

wc_price

Formats a passed price with the correct number of decimals and currency symbol.

wc_price( $price, $args = array() )

The $args array has an option called ex_tax_label if true then an excluding tax message will be appended.

Order Functions

wc_get_orders

This function is the standard way of retrieving orders based on certain parameters. This function should be used for order retrieval so that when we move to custom tables, functions still work.

wc_get_orders( $args )

Arguments and usage

wc_get_order

This is the main function for returning orders, uses the WC_Order_Factory class.

wc_get_order( $the_order = false )

The the_order parameter can be a post object or post ID of the order.

wc_orders_count

Returns the orders count of a specific order status.

wc_orders_count( $status, string $type = '' )

Searches orders based on the given $term.

wc_order_search( $term )

Page Functions

wc_get_page_id

Gets a WooCommerce page ID by name, e.g. thankyou

wc_get_page_id( $page )

wc_get_endpoint_url

Gets the URL for an $endpoint, which varies depending on permalink settings.

wc_get_endpoint_url( $endpoint, $value = '', $permalink = '' )

Product Functions

wc_get_products

This function is the standard way of retrieving products based on certain parameters.

wc_get_products( $args )

Arguments and usage

wc_get_product

This is the main function for returning products. It uses the WC_Product_Factory class.

wc_get_product( $the_product = false )

The argument $the_product can be a post object or post ID of the product.

wc_get_product_ids_on_sale

Returns an array containing the IDs of the products that are on sale.

wc_get_product_ids_on_sale()

Returns an array containing the IDs of the featured products.

wc_get_featured_product_ids()

Gets the related products for product based on product category and tags.

wc_get_related_products( $product_id, $limit = 5, $exclude_ids = array() )

Account Functions

wc_get_account_endpoint_url

Gets the account endpoint URL.

wc_get_account_endpoint_url( $endpoint )

Attribute Functions

wc_get_attribute_taxonomies

Gets the taxonomies of product attributes.

wc_get_attribute_taxonomies()

wc_attribute_taxonomy_name

Gets the taxonomy name for a given product attribute.

wc_attribute_taxonomy_name( $attribute_name )

wc_attribute_taxonomy_id_by_name

Gets a product attribute ID by name.

wc_attribute_taxonomy_id_by_name( $name )

REST Functions

wc_rest_prepare_date_response

Parses and formats a date for ISO8601/RFC3339.

wc_rest_prepare_date_response( $date, $utc = true )

Pass $utc as false to get local/offset time.

wc_rest_upload_image_from_url

Uploads an image from a given URL.

wc_rest_upload_image_from_url( $image_url )

wc_rest_urlencode_rfc3986

Encodes a $value according to RFC 3986.

wc_rest_urlencode_rfc3986( $value )

wc_rest_check_post_permissions

Checks permissions of posts on REST API.

wc_rest_check_post_permissions( $post_type, $context = 'read', $object_id = 0 )

The available values for $context which is the request context are read, create, edit, delete and batch.