WooCommerce: Add Custom Field to “Quick Edit”

WooCommerce product custom fields are possibly the most used customization from what I’ve seen over the years on clients’ websites.

Adding custom fields to the product backend is pretty straight forward (including the input fields to be used for editing their values), however there are two additional areas where you need to do more work in order to allow for custom field editing: the “Quick Edit” and the “Bulk Edit” sections (WordPress Dashboard > Products).

We already saw how to allow a new custom field to appear in the Bulk Edit section, so this time we’ll talk about the Quick Edit window. So, how do we add a custom field in there (WordPress Dashboard > Products > Hover on a given product > Quick Edit)?

Well, here’s a fully working snippet for you. Enjoy!

PHP Snippet: Add Custom Field to Quick Edit @ WooCommerce Products Admin

Please note that inside the snippet you need to replace “_custom_field” with the actual key of your custom field. Given you’ve probably added the custom field with a plugin, you should find its key inside the field settings. If you added it via code, then you’ve defined this key yourself.

/**
 * @snippet       Add Custom Field @ WooCommerce Quick Edit Product
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @testedwith    WooCommerce 7
 * @community     https://businessbloomer.com/club/
 */
 
add_action( 'woocommerce_product_quick_edit_start', 'bbloomer_show_custom_field_quick_edit' );

function bbloomer_show_custom_field_quick_edit() {
	?>
	<label>
		<span class="title">Custom field</span>
		<span class="input-text-wrap">
			<input type="text" name="_custom_field" class="text" value="">
		</span>
	</label>
	<br class="clear" />
	<?php
}

add_action( 'manage_product_posts_custom_column', 'bbloomer_show_custom_field_quick_edit_data', 9999, 2 );

function bbloomer_show_custom_field_quick_edit_data( $column, $post_id ){
    if ( 'name' !== $column ) return;
    echo '<div>Custom field: <span id="cf_' . $post_id . '">' . esc_html( get_post_meta( $post_id, '_custom_field', true ) ) . '</span></div>';
	 wc_enqueue_js( "
		$('#the-list').on('click', '.editinline', function() {
			var post_id = $(this).closest('tr').attr('id');
			post_id = post_id.replace('post-', '');
			var custom_field = $('#cf_' + post_id).text();
			$('input[name=\'_custom_field\']', '.inline-edit-row').val(custom_field);
        });
	 " );
}

add_action( 'woocommerce_product_quick_edit_save', 'bbloomer_save_custom_field_quick_edit' );

function bbloomer_save_custom_field_quick_edit( $product ) {
    $post_id = $product->get_id();
    if ( isset( $_REQUEST['_custom_field'] ) ) {
        $custom_field = $_REQUEST['_custom_field'];
        update_post_meta( $post_id, '_custom_field', wc_clean( $custom_field ) );
    }
}

Where to add custom code?

You should place custom PHP in functions.php and custom CSS in style.css of your child theme: where to place WooCommerce customization?

This code still works, unless you report otherwise. To exclude conflicts, temporarily switch to the Storefront theme, disable all plugins except WooCommerce, and test the snippet again: WooCommerce troubleshooting 101

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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. Follow @rmelogli