WooCommerce: Add Shipping Phone @ Checkout

I’m surprised WooCommerce doesn’t offer this field out of the box. Most ecommerce websites actually require a shipping phone to organize delivery and communicate with the end customer in case there are problems.

Thankfully, there is a hook (filter) for that. It’s called “woocommerce_checkout_fields” and can be used to remove, move or add checkout fields quickly. And here’s how to add, for example, a new shipping field called “shipping_phone”. Enjoy!

How to create a new checkout field: shipping phone

PHP Snippet: Display Shipping Phone @ Checkout Fields

/**
 * @snippet       Shipping Phone & Email - WooCommerce
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @compatible    WooCommerce 6
 * @donate $9     https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
 */

add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields', 'bbloomer_shipping_phone_checkout' );

function bbloomer_shipping_phone_checkout( $fields ) {
	$fields['shipping']['shipping_phone'] = array(
		'label' => 'Phone',
      'type' => 'tel',
		'required' => false,
		'class' => array( 'form-row-wide' ),
      'validate' => array( 'phone' ),
		'autocomplete' => 'tel',
		'priority' => 25,
	);
	return $fields;
}
 
add_action( 'woocommerce_admin_order_data_after_shipping_address', 'bbloomer_shipping_phone_checkout_display' );

function bbloomer_shipping_phone_checkout_display( $order ){
    echo '<p><b>Shipping Phone:</b> ' . get_post_meta( $order->get_id(), '_shipping_phone', true ) . '</p>';
}

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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.

24 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Add Shipping Phone @ Checkout”

  1. Me

    Just added this and works great. Thank you

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Yay

      Reply
  2. Anan

    This is great. Can you tweak it a bit to behave more like the billing phone field where only numbers, brackets and dashes are allowed? I tried setting the type as ‘tel’ with no luck. I also tried ‘number’ but I’m not getting it to quite matchup to the billing phone field.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Thanks for your feedback, Anan. Changed the snippet a little, check it out

      Reply
  3. Kate

    Hi,
    Thanks a lot for the snippet! It works great.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Cool

      Reply
  4. Najm

    Hi there,

    Thanks a lot for the snippet! It works like a charm.

    Is there a way to get the phone number in emails as well? is there a short code for it? Am trying to add it to my email customizer builder.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Najm, 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
      1. Janko Kosi

        adding phone in the email should be part of this. Come on Rodolfo, you’ll be charging 100 USD just to show us how to do this?

        Reply
        1. Rodolfo Melogli

          I have this already in other snippets on this same site: https://www.businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-add-custom-checkout-field-php/ (part 3).

          As you can see, I share all my knowledge for free, so I charge only when the customer has no time or knowledge. You simply had to do a search on Business Bloomer, but it seems you didn’t have the time lol

          Reply
  5. Alicia McDonald

    I just added this and it still works 🙂

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Great!

      Reply
  6. Judith

    Thanks! I love your website – I learned a lot from your code snippets and started always looking for code-snippet solutions instead of adding plugins for everything!

    I added this code and it shows up correctly in the checkout page. How to add a second field (shipping email for example) in addition to the first field?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hello Judith, 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
  7. Gabriele

    congratulations for the code and thanks. Is it possible to make the field editable from backend? because when I have to add orders manually I can’t enter the number

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Gabriele, 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
  8. Nani

    Hi,

    I’m Nani.
    I’ve added this kind of thing, but somehow now showing the phone number in email.
    How to solve that?
    Thanks.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Nani, I don’t fully understand. Can you provide a screenshot please?

      Reply
      1. Kirill

        I guess the question was how to have the recipient’s phone visible in the new order email (shipping address details) – there should be a line of code that adds shipping phone number in the new order email template.

        Reply
        1. Rodolfo Melogli

          Ah, gotcha. Yes, that’s a complex yet doable customization

          Reply
  9. Shrik

    Thank you! This still works, however the shipping fields end up misaligned with the billing fields since the Shipping Phone is inserted after the Name instead of after the Zip. The example given at https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/tutorial-customising-checkout-fields-using-actions-and-filters/ has a cleaner implementation.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Thank you!

      Reply
  10. mauro

    Thank you Rodolfo,
    code is working, text field is added in checkout page, is present in the order in the back office, but is not returned in the “Thank you for your order” email
    Grazie
    Mauro

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Correct, Mauro. Try studying this: https://businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-add-custom-checkout-field-php/ (part #5 snippet #2)

      Reply
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