WooCommerce: Add Select Field to “My Account” Register Form

We’ve already seen how to add First & Last Name to the “My Account” register form. Today, I want to expand a bit and show you how to add and save a select box.

WooCommerce: add a select box @ My Account registration form

PHP Snippet: Add Select Field to “My Account” Register Form | WooCommerce

/**
 * @snippet       Add Select Field to "My Account" Register Form | WooCommerce
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @sourcecode    https://businessbloomer.com/?p=72508
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @testedwith    WooCommerce 3.5.7
 * @donate $9     https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
 */
 
// -------------------
// 1. Show field @ My Account Registration
 
add_action( 'woocommerce_register_form', 'bbloomer_extra_register_select_field' );
 
function bbloomer_extra_register_select_field() {
   
    ?>
 
<p class="form-row form-row-wide">
<label for="find_where"><?php _e( 'Where did you find us?', 'woocommerce' ); ?>  <span class="required">*</span></label>
<select name="find_where" id="find_where" />
    <option value="goo">Google</option>
    <option value="fcb">Facebook</option>
    <option value="twt">Twitter</option>
</select>
</p>
 
<?php
   
}
 
// -------------------
// 2. Save field on Customer Created action
 
add_action( 'woocommerce_created_customer', 'bbloomer_save_extra_register_select_field' );
  
function bbloomer_save_extra_register_select_field( $customer_id ) {
if ( isset( $_POST['find_where'] ) ) {
        update_user_meta( $customer_id, 'find_where', $_POST['find_where'] );
}
}
 
// -------------------
// 3. Display Select Field @ User Profile (admin) and My Account Edit page (front end)
  
add_action( 'show_user_profile', 'bbloomer_show_extra_register_select_field', 30 );
add_action( 'edit_user_profile', 'bbloomer_show_extra_register_select_field', 30 ); 
add_action( 'woocommerce_edit_account_form', 'bbloomer_show_extra_register_select_field', 30 );
  
function bbloomer_show_extra_register_select_field($user){ 
   
  if (empty ($user) ) {
  $user_id = get_current_user_id();
  $user = get_userdata( $user_id );
  }
   
?>    
       
<p class="form-row form-row-wide">
<label for=""><?php _e( 'Where did you find us?', 'woocommerce' ); ?>  <span class="required">*</span></label>
<select name="find_where" id="find_where" />
    <option disabled value> -- select an option -- </option>
    <option value="goo" <?php if (get_the_author_meta( 'find_where', $user->ID ) == "goo") echo 'selected="selected" '; ?>>Google</option>
    <option value="fcb" <?php if (get_the_author_meta( 'find_where', $user->ID ) == "fcb") echo 'selected="selected" '; ?>>Facebook</option>
    <option value="twt" <?php if (get_the_author_meta( 'find_where', $user->ID ) == "twt") echo 'selected="selected" '; ?>>Twitter</option>
</select>
</p>
 
<?php
 
}
 
// -------------------
// 4. Save User Field When Changed From the Admin/Front End Forms
  
add_action( 'personal_options_update', 'bbloomer_save_extra_register_select_field_admin' );    
add_action( 'edit_user_profile_update', 'bbloomer_save_extra_register_select_field_admin' );   
add_action( 'woocommerce_save_account_details', 'bbloomer_save_extra_register_select_field_admin' );
  
function bbloomer_save_extra_register_select_field_admin( $customer_id ){
if ( isset( $_POST['find_where'] ) ) {
   update_user_meta( $customer_id, 'find_where', $_POST['find_where'] );
}
}

Where to add this snippet?

You can place PHP snippets at the bottom of your child theme functions.php file (delete "?>" if you have it there). CSS, on the other hand, goes in your child theme 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 free video tutorial "Where to Place WooCommerce Customization?"

Does this snippet (still) work?

Please let me know in the comments if everything worked 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 on PHP 7.3.

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24 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Add Select Field to “My Account” Register Form”

Jose
November 17, 2020

hi, how could I record the new custom field in the _users table in the wordpress database ?

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  November 25, 2020
  
  Hi Jose, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!
  
  Reply
Karsten
August 9, 2020
thanks for these numerous snippets! A great many of them are in use with us!
I’m trying to change this a bit …
The point is that we don’t need a select field, but a text field …
the background: it is about the possibility that the “new” user can enter a name by which he was “invited”.
So far we had solved this via an email invite plugin, but they are no longer GDPR compliant….

I replaced the following in the show field @ My Account Registration:
```
<p class="form-row form-row-wide">
<label for="invite_from"><?php _e( 'Hat dich jemand eingeladen?', 'woocommerce' ); ?>  </label>
<input type="text" class="input-text" name="invite_from" id="invite_from" value=""></input>
</p>
```
But what needs to be done in the section “Display invited Field @ User Profile (admin) and My Account Edit page (front end)”
```
<label for=""><?php _e( 'Hat dich jemand eingeladen?', 'woocommerce' ); ?>  </label>
<input type="text" class="input-text" name="invite_from" id="invite_from" value="">
<div pseudo="-webkit-textfield-decoration-container">
        <div>
            <div contenteditable="plaintext-only"><?php if (get_the_author_meta( 'invite_from', $user->ID ) == ??????????????????</div>
        </div>
```
Can you help me? Thanks, Karsten
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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  August 18, 2020
  
  Did you also save it (part 2)?
  
  Reply
Gideon
January 4, 2020

Hi Rodolfo

How can I add conditional logic to the field i.e greater than 18 years

Thanks

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  January 6, 2020
  
  Hi Gideon, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!
  
  Reply
Steve
October 29, 2019

What happens to your additional php code when there is an update to wordpress / woocommerce? Will it need re-applying?

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  October 29, 2019
  
  Hi Steve, it’s unlikely but yes, like all plugins and snippets it might need to be revised in case WooCommerce changes its coding
  
  Reply
Louis
May 28, 2019

Hell there,

This is like the best Woocommerce customization website i’ve ever come across. Thank you very much for the valuable site.
I am trying to customized the My Account > Account Details – I would like remove the password option completely and I am trying to integrate OTP service by MiniOrange. Please lemme know how to remove the password related option from there to replace with the OTP option.

thanks,

Louis

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  May 28, 2019
  
  Hi Louis, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!
  
  Reply
Sophia
April 6, 2019

Hi Rodolfo,

Thank you for the tutorial and it’s great. I added a field quite similar and everything looks good until the last step. When I try change the choice and save it, woocommerce would say it updates successfully. But it’s not. It remains the previous choice. Could you please help me out? Thanks a lot.

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  April 11, 2019
  
  Thank you Sophia 🙂 If you use the exact copy of my snippet, does it work/save?
  
  Reply
Monika
December 11, 2018

Hey Rodolfo,

Thank you for the code. It is of a great help!

Just wanted to notify you that there is a extra closing bracket at the end of the code which needs to be removed.

Thanks,
Monika

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  December 11, 2018
  
  Thank you 🙂
  
  Reply
John
October 17, 2018

Hi there,

When you changed the channel where this person has found the website, from e.g. Google to Facebook, and I save it, it does not change it and returns back to the initial choice.

=(

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  October 19, 2018
  
  You’re right John 🙂 I found a few bugs, so in 5 minutes I will publish the revised snippet!
  
  Reply
Javier Labbe
March 1, 2018

Rodolfo,

This code is excellent! You are saving me again! There isn’t a plugin to accomplish these simple tasks.

I am going to use this code for one of our Woocommerce sites. I was wondering if it would be difficult to add two features? The first, to make it required. The second, instead of Google, Facebook and twitter, I have Groups enabled for users and would want the choices to be Group A, Group B and Group C. Once the option is picked. I want it to post the selection and update to the user’s profile.

Many thanks for your hard work.

Javier

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  March 6, 2018
  
  Javier, 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
Alexander
September 24, 2017

Hello Rodolfo!

This is excellent! I would like to use this form to have someone select the type of account they are registering for. The two account types are Employer and Candidate. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  September 27, 2017
  
  Alexander, 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
Lee
August 8, 2017

thanks you so much :*

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  August 9, 2017
  
  🙂
  
  Reply
Michael
May 31, 2017
Hello Rodolfo,

Just want to say thanks for the tutorials – very informative!
Quick question in the section with option values of slt,prt, and ltd – are these random values?
```
    &lt;option value=&quot;slt&quot; ID ) == "goo") echo 'selected="selected" '; ?&gt;&gt;Google
    &lt;option value=&quot;prt&quot; ID ) == "fcb") echo 'selected="selected" '; ?&gt;&gt;Facebook
    &lt;option value=&quot;ltd&quot; ID ) == "twt") echo 'selected="selected" '; ?&gt;&gt;Twitter
```
The reason i am asking is I am working on using 8 fields (which I renamed in the Show field @ My Account Registration section) but there seems to be no correlation between that and the code pasted above. Just trying to understand the methodology here 🙂

Thanks!
Michael
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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  June 8, 2017
  
  Hey Michael, thanks for your comment! Yes, you can rename those to whatever you like, as long as you’re consistent in the input value and the echo “selected” check. Let me know
  
  Reply

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