How To Manually Add Company To Woocommerce Registration Form

How to Manually Add a Company Field to Your WooCommerce Registration Form (Beginner-Friendly)

Want to tailor your WooCommerce store to business customers? Adding a “Company” field to your registration form is a fantastic first step! It allows you to gather essential information, segment your customer base, and potentially offer specific deals or pricing for businesses. This guide walks you through manually adding this crucial field, step-by-step, with clear explanations and real-world examples. No coding wizardry required, just follow along!

Why Add a “Company” Field?

Imagine you sell office supplies. Knowing whether a customer is an individual buying for personal use or a company stocking up their offices is valuable. Here’s why:

• Targeted Marketing: You can create email campaigns specifically for businesses, highlighting bulk discounts or tailored product recommendations. For example, “Get 10% off your first bulk order of paper for new business accounts!”
• Customer Segmentation: Easily separate your business customers from individual buyers for better reporting and analysis. You might discover that business customers have higher average order values.
• Custom Pricing and Discounts: Offer special pricing or discounts exclusively for businesses. This can incentivize them to choose your store over competitors.
• Improved Customer Service: Understanding a customer’s business type helps you provide more relevant support. A large company might require faster response times or dedicated account managers.
• B2B Opportunities: If you’re looking to expand into the B2B space, this is a fundamental data point.

Before You Start: Important Considerations

• Backup Your Website: *Always, always, always* back up your website before making any code changes. This ensures you can quickly restore your site if anything goes wrong. Plugins like UpdraftPlus are your friend here.
• Child Theme Recommended: Modifying your theme’s core files directly is risky. A child theme allows you to make changes without affecting the parent theme and potentially losing your modifications during updates. If you don’t have one, create one!
• Code Editor: You’ll need a code editor to modify the `functions.php` file. Popular options include VS Code, Sublime Text, and Notepad++.

Step 1: Accessing the `functions.php` File

The `functions.php` file is the heart of your theme. It’s where you add custom code snippets to extend your website’s functionality. You can access it in two ways:

1. Via WordPress Dashboard: Navigate to Appearance > Theme Editor. (USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. Making a mistake here can break your site.) Select your child theme’s `functions.php` file from the right-hand menu.

2. Via FTP/File Manager: Connect to your website using an FTP client (like FileZilla) or your hosting provider’s file manager. Navigate to `wp-content/themes/your-child-theme/` and find the `functions.php` file.

Step 2: Adding the Code Snippet

This code snippet will add the “Company” field to the WooCommerce registration form:

<?php
/**
Add custom fields to WooCommerce registration form
*/
function woocommerce_register_form_company_field() {

?>

*

<input type="text" class="input-text" name="billing_company" id="reg_billing_company" value="<?php if ( ! empty( $_POST['billing_company'] ) ) {

echo esc_attr( wp_unslash( $_POST[‘billing_company’] ) );

} ?>” />

<?php

}

add_action( ‘woocommerce_register_form’, ‘woocommerce_register_form_company_field’ );

/

* Validate the company field

*/

function woocommerce_validate_company_field( $username, $email, $validation_errors ) {

if ( isset( $_POST[‘billing_company’] ) && empty( $_POST[‘billing_company’] ) ) {

$validation_errors->add( ‘billing_company_error’, __( ‘Please enter your company name.’, ‘woocommerce’ ) );

}

return $validation_errors;

}

add_filter( ‘woocommerce_registration_errors’, ‘woocommerce_validate_company_field’, 10, 3 );

/

* Save the company field

*/

function woocommerce_save_company_field( $customer_id ) {

if ( isset( $_POST[‘billing_company’] ) ) {

update_user_meta( $customer_id, ‘billing_company’, sanitize_text_field( $_POST[‘billing_company’] ) );

}

}

add_action( ‘woocommerce_created_customer’, ‘woocommerce_save_company_field’ );

?>

Explanation of the Code:

• `woocommerce_register_form_company_field()`: This function adds the HTML for the “Company” field to the registration form. It creates a text input field with the label “Company” and marks it as required.
• `add_action( ‘woocommerce_register_form’, ‘woocommerce_register_form_company_field’ );`: This line hooks our function into the `woocommerce_register_form` action, which is responsible for displaying the registration form.
• `woocommerce_validate_company_field()`: This function validates the “Company” field. It checks if the field is empty and, if so, adds an error message to the registration form.
• `add_filter( ‘woocommerce_registration_errors’, ‘woocommerce_validate_company_field’, 10, 3 );`: This line hooks our validation function into the `woocommerce_registration_errors` filter.
• `woocommerce_save_company_field()`: This function saves the entered “Company” information to the user’s profile as user meta.
• `add_action( ‘woocommerce_created_customer’, ‘woocommerce_save_company_field’ );`: This line hooks our saving function into the `woocommerce_created_customer` action, which is triggered after a new user is created.

Copy and paste this code at the end of your `functions.php` file. Save the file.

Step 3: Testing the Registration Form

Now, visit your WooCommerce registration page (usually located at `/my-account/` on your website). You should see the new “Company” field. Try registering with and without filling the field to ensure the validation works correctly.

Step 4: Viewing the Saved Company Information

After a user registers with their company name, you can view this information in two ways:

1. WordPress User Profile: Navigate to Users > All Users in your WordPress dashboard. Find the user who registered and click “Edit.” The “Company” name will be stored in the “Billing Company” field within their profile.

2. Custom Code (Optional): If you need to display the company name elsewhere on your site, you can use the `get_user_meta()` function in your theme’s templates. For example:

<?php
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
$company_name = get_user_meta( $user_id, 'billing_company', true );

if ( $company_name ) {

echo ‘

Company: ‘ . esc_html( $company_name ) . ‘

‘;

}

?>

This code snippet retrieves the company name from the current user’s profile and displays it on the page.

Customization Options

• Change the Label: Modify the text `esc_html_e( ‘Company’, ‘woocommerce’ );` in the `woocommerce_register_form_company_field()` function to change the label displayed on the form. For example, you could change it to `”Organization”` or `”Business Name”`.
• Make it Optional: Remove the `*` tag in the `woocommerce_register_form_company_field()` function and remove the validation code in the `woocommerce_validate_company_field()` function to make the field optional.
• Add Other Fields: You can easily adapt this code to add other fields like “VAT Number” or “Industry.” Just copy and paste the existing code, adjust the field names, labels, and validation rules.

Troubleshooting

• Form Not Appearing: Double-check that you’ve added the code correctly to your child theme’s `functions.php` file and that you haven’t made any syntax errors.
• Validation Not Working: Ensure that the `woocommerce_validate_company_field()` function is correctly hooked into the `woocommerce_registration_errors` filter.
• Company Data Not Saving: Verify that the `woocommerce_save_company_field()` function is correctly hooked into the `woocommerce_created_customer` action.