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How Do I Add a Billing Field in WooCommerce?

Last updated on January 17, 2023 @ 4:17 pm

PRO TIP: If you are not a developer, or are not comfortable with code, do not attempt to add a billing field in WooCommerce. You could break your site, and will likely need to hire a developer to fix it.

Adding a billing field in WooCommerce is simple. There are two ways to do it: through the admin panel or by editing the code.

If you want to add a billing field through the admin panel, log in to your WordPress site and go to WooCommerce > Settings. On the Settings page, go to the Billing tab.

On the Billing tab, you will see a list of all the default fields that are displayed on the billing form. To add a new field, click on the Add Field button.

You will be presented with a popup where you can enter the details of your new field. Enter a Field Label and choose a Field Type.

The Field Type will determine what kind of data the field will collect (e.g. text, number, email address, etc. ).

Once you have entered all the details for your new field, click on the Save Changes button. Your new field will now be displayed on the billing form.

If you want to add a billing field by editing the code, you will need to add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file:

function WooCommerce_add_billing_field( $fields ) {
$fields['billing_new_field'] = array(
'label'       => __( 'New Field', 'woocommerce' ),
'placeholder' => _x( 'Enter data', 'placeholder', 'woocommerce' ),
'required'    => false,
'class'       => array( 'form-row-wide' ),
'clear'       => true);
return $fields; } 
add_filter( 'woocommerce_billing_fields', 'woocommerce_add_billing_field' ); ?>

In this code, we are adding a new field to the billing form called "New Field". You can change the label and placeholder text to whatever you want. You can also change the class to "form-row-first" or "form-row-last" if you want to position the field differently on the form.

Once you have added this code to your functions.php file, save and upload it to your server.

Kathy McFarland

Kathy McFarland

Devops woman in trade, tech explorer and problem navigator.