WooCommerce: Calculate Sales by Product ID (Shortcode)

Let’s say you’re developing a custom sales page or a landing page. A great way to increase your conversion rate is by showing the number of purchases close to the “add to cart” button.

We’ve already seen how to do this on the single product page, but what if you need to show this on a custom page, and therefore you need a shortcode?

Well, this is super easy and I’m currently using the snippet below on my own website, and specifically in the pricing table of my #CustomizeWoo online course sales page. So, here you go – enjoy!

A shortcode to display the number of product sales based on the WooCommerce product ID

PHP Snippet: Display Product ID Total Sales Anywhere (Shortcode)

Simply use [sales id=”123″] where “123” is your product ID to show the number of product sales

/**
 * @snippet       Product Sales by ID - WooCommerce Shortcode
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @compatible    WooCommerce 3.6.4
 * @donate $9     https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
 */

add_shortcode( 'sales', 'bbloomer_sales_by_product_id' );
  
function bbloomer_sales_by_product_id( $atts ) {
	    
	$atts = shortcode_atts( array(
		'id' => ''
	), $atts );
	
	$units_sold = get_post_meta( $atts['id'], 'total_sales', true );
    
	return $units_sold;
    
}

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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.

17 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Calculate Sales by Product ID (Shortcode)”

  1. David

    Hi! 🙂 How to add only 24 hours sales in code ? Thanks!

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi David, 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
  2. Eduardo Sandoval

    Hey, great tutorial, and how would I change the code if I would like to display the product sales on my homepage, rather than the product page?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Eduardo, you can use this shortcode on any page/post

      Reply
  3. William Cosme

    Didn’t work 🙁

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Please expand on that?

      Reply
  4. Yossef Trabelsi

    Can I make it so several products?
    Meaning calculate and view all the product sales from a specific category?

    Reply
    1. Yossef Trabelsi

      Meaning the id will calculate the entire product category sales, instead of one single product.

      Reply
      1. Rodolfo Melogli

        Yossef, 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
  5. franji

    how can i get the total revenue or total amount of the product payments (sales) from product id?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hey Franji, 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
  6. Yossef Trabelsi

    Does it work with variable products?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Not sure, try it out. You could try with a single variation ID and/or a variable product ID

      Reply
  7. Alain

    Your snippet count every both completed and cancelled orders as units sold…

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      It’s not my snippet, it’s WooCommerce fault in case you’re right, as total_sales variable is updated at checkout but not edited if an order is cancelled 🙂 You could use a version of this instead: https://businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-count-product-recent-sales/

      Reply
  8. Nikolay Mollov

    Hello Rodolfo,
    Can you help me please to do it the total sales by category and the total sales in the shop.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Nikolay, 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
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