WooCommerce: Add Order Notes to WooCommerce PDF Invoices

I use the “WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips” plugin, available on the WP Repository, to invoice my clients. At times, for accounting purposes, I need to show the VAT/TAX ID of the client on the PDF invoice.

So, I open the order via WooCommerce > Orders, open the order I want to edit, add a “Note to the Customer” from the right hand side… and then have the following snippet in my functions.php adding such information on the PDF invoice!

Add a “Note to customer” via the Order Admin

/**
 * @snippet       Add "Note to Customer" @ WooCommerce PDF Invoice
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @sourcecode    https://businessbloomer.com/?p=21728
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli, Hans Schuijff @ dewitteprins.nl
 * @compatible    WC 3.1.0, Woo P.I.P.S. 2.0+
 * @donate $9     https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
 */

add_action( 'wpo_wcpdf_after_order_details', 'bbloomer_add_note_to_customer_to_PDF_invoice_new', 10, 2 );

function bbloomer_add_note_to_customer_to_PDF_invoice_new( $template_type, $order ) {
    $document = wcpdf_get_document( $template_type, $order );
    $document->order_notes();
}

And here’s the final result:

Displaying order notes on “WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips” invoice PDF

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Where to add custom code?

You should place PHP snippets at the bottom of your child theme functions.php file and CSS at the bottom of its style.css file. Make sure you know what you are doing when editing such files - if you need more guidance, please take a look at my guide "Should I Add Custom Code Via WP Editor, FTP or Code Snippets?" and my video tutorial "Where to Place WooCommerce Customization?"

Does this snippet (still) work?

Please let me know in the comments if everything went as expected. I would be happy to revise the snippet if you report otherwise (please provide screenshots). I have tested this code with Storefront theme, the WooCommerce version listed above and a WordPress-friendly hosting.

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Rodolfo Melogli

Business Bloomer Founder

Author, WooCommerce expert and WordCamp speaker, Rodolfo has worked as an independent WooCommerce freelancer since 2011. His goal is to help entrepreneurs and developers overcome their WooCommerce nightmares. Rodolfo loves travelling, chasing tennis & soccer balls and, of course, wood fired oven pizza.

16 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Add Order Notes to WooCommerce PDF Invoices”

  1. Jason

    I’ve been trying to find this solution, but for the invoices and packing slip plugin that webtoffee makes. And it’s driving me up a wall. Why on earth did woocommerce decide to use post comments as the order notes instead of using postmeta???

    Any ideas on how I can get it to work on the plugin I’m using? Hopefully you’ve used it before.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      I’m sure WebToffee will be happy to help

      Reply
  2. Alejandro Vanni sarras

    worked 100%

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Cool

      Reply
  3. arij

    Hello its not working now can you check ?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Works for me. Which PDF plugin are you using?

      Reply
      1. Nick

        Hello
        Thanks a lot for all your tips – very useful !
        This one does not work for me either – I use Woocommerce Pdf Invoices Packing Slips.
        Could you please double-check if one of the latest Woocommerce updates have not impactd your snippet ?

        Thanks

        Nick

        Reply
        1. Rodolfo Melogli

          Hi Nick, seems https://docs.wpovernight.com/woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips/displaying-order-notes/ states the same. In case contact the plugin dev?

          Reply
  4. Adam

    Thanks as always. I am having difficulty understanding if each of the two snippets goes into the child theme functions.php? When I added both nothing seemed to appear in the pdf invoice. Thanks.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hey Adam, thanks for your comment! I removed the second snippet as it’s obsolete now, so you need to use just the first one. Order notes should appear on PDF invoices, unless something has changed in the plugin coding. Please note only “Notes to customer” will show (and not the other kind of notes). Test this out and let me know 🙂

      Reply
  5. Nuno Morais Sarmento

    Thanks for sharing your WP code snippets, very useful.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  6. Chris

    thanks for that snippet, works fine. Only thing is: it shows “Note to client” on the Invoice as well, followed by the actual note.

    Is there an easy way to get rid of the “Note to client” part?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hello Chris, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is possible – but unfortunately this is custom work and I cannot provide a complementary solution here via the blog comments. Thanks a lot for your understanding! ~R

      Reply
  7. Linda Carey

    I want to do something similar with this plugin but do not know how to write the code!

    I want to add the customer’s email to the packing list right underneath the shipping method. I cannot figure out how to do it for the life of me.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hey Linda, thanks for your comment! Have you tried asking the plugin’s support team?

      Reply
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