A disclaimer first: please make sure this is legal in your country and also that your checkout visitors are aware they will become registered customers without explicit consent (i.e. without ticking a “create an account on this site” checkbox).
So, yeah, there is a way to turn guest checkouts into registered customer ones. Also, there is a neat WooCommerce function to bulk add all past guest orders to a new customer (wc_update_new_customer_past_orders).
Of course, “Allow customers to place orders without an account” must be enabled in your WooCommerce settings, otherwise you’re not allowing guest checkouts and the snippet will be irrelevant.
So, here’s the fix. Enjoy!
PHP Snippet: Automatically Register Guest Customers @ WooCommerce Checkout (and Programmatically Log Them In @ WooCommerce Thank You Page)
/**
* @snippet Register Guest Users @ WooCommerce Checkout
* @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
* @author Rodolfo Melogli
* @testedwith WooCommerce 6
* @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
*/
add_action( 'woocommerce_thankyou', 'bbloomer_register_guests', 9999 );
function bbloomer_register_guests( $order_id ) {
$order = wc_get_order( $order_id );
$email = $order->get_billing_email();
if ( ! email_exists( $email ) && ! username_exists( $email ) ) {
$customer_id = wc_create_new_customer( $email, '', '', array(
'first_name' => $order->get_billing_first_name(),
'last_name' => $order->get_billing_last_name(),
));
if ( is_wp_error( $customer_id ) ) {
throw new Exception( $customer_id->get_error_message() );
}
wc_update_new_customer_past_orders( $customer_id );
wc_set_customer_auth_cookie( $customer_id );
} else {
$user = get_user_by( 'email', $email );
wc_update_new_customer_past_orders( $user->ID );
wc_set_customer_auth_cookie( $user->ID );
}
}
I dont know why, but it doesnt work for me. It is not creating new ser from guest order…
Not sure, works for me!
Hello, I noticed that although the new orderer receives a user account, the data from the order (name, address, city, zip code, etc.) is not transferred to the master data of the user account. These are only stored in the order, i.e. the user must enter his data again with the next order. Is this correct or a bug with me? Thanks for the great snippet. Best regards, Oliver
There may be another set of code for that, please test the following (add it BEFORE the wc_update_new_customer_past_orders line):
if ( $customer_id ) { $customer = new WC_Customer( $customer_id ); if ( $order->get_billing_first_name() && '' === $customer->get_first_name() ) { $customer->set_first_name( $order->get_billing_first_name() ); } if ( $order->get_billing_last_name() && '' === $customer->get_last_name() ) { $customer->set_last_name( $order->get_billing_last_name() ); } if ( is_email( $customer->get_display_name() ) ) { $customer->set_display_name( $order->get_billing_first_name() . ' ' . $order->get_billing_last_name() ); } $customer->save(); }This should save WordPress user name, last name and display name. If this works let me know and I’ll add more code to save also billing & shipping
Hi Rodolfo,
I’ve set this up in a child theme, but how do I get it to kick in so it creates an wp role for the existing guest customers?
David
A role which is not “customer”?
Hello,
This works, but I noticed it slows down WooCommerce a LOT. When I place an order, it takes forever to get to the checkout and then confirm the order. I assume he is searching all customers records first trying to find the matching email? If I remove the snippet, the speed is back to normal. Any ideas if this can be avoided?
Let me update. I ran it again, and it seems like the lag was not because of this snippet. It might have been a temporary thing on the server and the snippet does not seem to slow down anything. Sorry about that. 🙂
No prob at all!
Thanks for This! Really helps a lot! I just want to know if you have a related tutorial where order from guest checkout can be sync if customer created an account? Thank you!
Hey Jovan, wc_update_new_customer_past_orders() function already does that
If this Snippet removes the Create account password on checkout, then how would the customer access their account?
Hi Brooke! wc_create_new_customer should already email account details to customer – please test and let me know