Enhance the search functionality within the WooCommerce admin panel to allow store administrators to search for orders, products, customers, or other relevant data using more criteria than the default options provided by WooCommerce.
By default, WooCommerce’s admin search allows you to search by basic fields like order numbers, customer names, or product titles. However, there may be instances where you need to search by additional or custom fields, such as a customer’s phone number, email address, product SKU, custom order meta fields, or specific attributes that are not included in the standard search.
Enhancing the WooCommerce admin search to include additional fields can improve efficiency by allowing administrators to quickly locate the information they need using more specific search criteria. This customization typically involves adding code to the WooCommerce installation, either through custom functions in the theme’s functions.php file or by creating a custom plugin. The additional fields can be integrated into the search queries that WooCommerce uses, ensuring that the search results include the relevant entries based on the expanded criteria.
For example, if you add a custom field to orders that tracks a unique customer ID or a special product attribute, modifying the WooCommerce admin search to include these fields would allow you to find orders or products using this specific data, streamlining the process of managing your store and responding to customer inquiries.
Example Code
<?php
function woocommerce_shop_order_search_additonal( $search_fields ) {
$search_fields[] = '_shipping_company';
return $search_fields;
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_shop_order_search_fields', 'woocommerce_shop_order_search_additonal' );
add_filter('woocommerce_shop_subscription_search_fields', 'woocommerce_shop_order_search_additonal');
