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How Do I Edit Transactional Emails in WooCommerce?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 10:22 pm

WooCommerce is a powerful eCommerce plugin for WordPress. One of the features that makes WooCommerce so powerful is the ability to customize transactional emails.

Transactional emails are the emails that are sent to customers after they make a purchase, or when they sign up for an account on your WooCommerce site.

There are two ways to edit transactional emails in WooCommerce. The first way is to use the WooCommerce Email Customizer plugin.

This plugin allows you to customize the appearance of all of your transactional emails using a simple drag-and-drop interface. You can preview your changes in real-time, and then save your changes when you’re done.

The second way to edit transactional emails in WooCommerce is to edit the template files directly. This method is more advanced, and requires knowledge of HTML and CSS. However, it gives you complete control over the appearance of your transactional emails. To edit the template files, you’ll need to access your WordPress installation via FTP.

PRO TIP: If you are not familiar with HTML and CSS, do not attempt to edit transactional emails in WooCommerce. You could break the email template and cause errors with your WooCommerce store.

Once you’ve accessed your WordPress installation via FTP, navigate to the /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/ directory.

In this directory, you’ll find all of the templates for WooCommerce’s transactional emails. Edit the template files that correspond to the email that you want to customize.

When editing template files, be sure to only edit the code between the “” and “” tags. Any code outside of these tags will be overwritten when WooCommerce is updated.

Once you’ve made your changes, save the template file and upload it back to your WordPress installation. Your changes will now be reflected in all of your transactional emails.

Dale Leydon

Dale Leydon

Sysadmin turned Javascript developer. Owner of 20+ apps graveyard, and a couple of successful ones.