WooCommerce: How To Get Order Data

When building or customising a WooCommerce website, having a reliable library of code snippets can save a significant amount of development time, especially when working with order data.

WooCommerce provides access to structured order objects, similar to how WordPress handles post objects. These order objects allow you to retrieve key information such as purchased items, billing and shipping details, order totals, and more. This makes it easier to extend functionality or integrate with other systems.

Using WooCommerce hooks such as do_action and apply_filters, you can pass additional data into your custom functions and modify how order information is processed or displayed. This approach follows best practice and ensures your customisations remain flexible and maintainable.

Adding Custom Functions

Custom PHP functions can be added to your website in a couple of ways. The most common approach is placing them in your theme’s functions.php file. For more robust or scalable projects, I recommend using a site-specific plugin, as this keeps your custom functionality separate from your theme and reduces the risk of losing changes during updates.

Below are example snippets you can use to retrieve WooCommerce order data:

Access $order

// Get Order ID
$order->get_id();
 
// Get Order Totals $0.00
$order->get_formatted_order_total();
$order->get_cart_tax();
$order->get_currency();
$order->get_discount_tax();
$order->get_discount_to_display();
$order->get_discount_total();
$order->get_fees();
$order->get_formatted_line_subtotal();
$order->get_shipping_tax();
$order->get_shipping_total();
$order->get_subtotal();
$order->get_subtotal_to_display();
$order->get_tax_location();
$order->get_tax_totals();
$order->get_taxes();
$order->get_total();
$order->get_total_discount();
$order->get_total_tax();
$order->get_total_refunded();
$order->get_total_tax_refunded();
$order->get_total_shipping_refunded();
$order->get_item_count_refunded();
$order->get_total_qty_refunded();
$order->get_qty_refunded_for_item();
$order->get_total_refunded_for_item();
$order->get_tax_refunded_for_item();
$order->get_total_tax_refunded_by_rate_id();
$order->get_remaining_refund_amount();
 
// Get Order Items
$order->get_items();
$order->get_items_key();
$order->get_items_tax_classes();
$order->get_item();
$order->get_item_count();
$order->get_item_subtotal();
$order->get_item_tax();
$order->get_item_total();
$order->get_downloadable_items();
 
// Get Order Lines
$order->get_line_subtotal();
$order->get_line_tax();
$order->get_line_total();
 
// Get Order Shipping
$order->get_shipping_method();
$order->get_shipping_methods();
$order->get_shipping_to_display();
 
// Get Order Dates
$order->get_date_created();
$order->get_date_modified();
$order->get_date_completed();
$order->get_date_paid();
 
// Get Order User, Billing & Shipping Addresses
$order->get_customer_id();
$order->get_user_id();
$order->get_user();
$order->get_customer_ip_address();
$order->get_customer_user_agent();
$order->get_created_via();
$order->get_customer_note();
$order->get_address_prop();
$order->get_billing_first_name();
$order->get_billing_last_name();
$order->get_billing_company();
$order->get_billing_address_1();
$order->get_billing_address_2();
$order->get_billing_city();
$order->get_billing_state();
$order->get_billing_postcode();
$order->get_billing_country();
$order->get_billing_email();
$order->get_billing_phone();
$order->get_shipping_first_name();
$order->get_shipping_last_name();
$order->get_shipping_company();
$order->get_shipping_address_1();
$order->get_shipping_address_2();
$order->get_shipping_city();
$order->get_shipping_state();
$order->get_shipping_postcode();
$order->get_shipping_country();
$order->get_address();
$order->get_shipping_address_map_url();
$order->get_formatted_billing_full_name();
$order->get_formatted_shipping_full_name();
$order->get_formatted_billing_address();
$order->get_formatted_shipping_address();
 
// Get Order Payment Details
$order->get_payment_method();
$order->get_payment_method_title();
$order->get_transaction_id();
 
// Get Order URLs
$order->get_checkout_payment_url();
$order->get_checkout_order_received_url();
$order->get_cancel_order_url();
$order->get_cancel_order_url_raw();
$order->get_cancel_endpoint();
$order->get_view_order_url();
$order->get_edit_order_url();
 
// Get Order Status
$order->get_status();
 
// source: https://docs.woocommerce.com/wc-apidocs/class-WC_Order.html

Access to $order_id

// Get $order object from order ID
 
$order = wc_get_order( $order_id );
 
// Now you have access to (see above)...
 
$order->get_id()
$order->get_formatted_order_total( )

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