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WooCommerce: Hide Shipping Rate If Variation ID Is In The Cart

Are you facing a situation where some of your WooCommerce product variations require different shipping options? Perhaps a bulky variation needs a special freight rate, while others can utilize standard shipping. The default settings might display all shipping methods for every variation, leading to confusion for your customers.

This blog post offers a solution! We’ll walk you through hiding shipping rates based on the variation ID in the cart. With clear explanations and an easy-to-follow code snippet, you’ll learn how to customize your store’s shipping experience for a more streamlined checkout process.

How to Find Variation IDs – WooCommerce

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PHP Snippet: Disable Shipping Rate if Variation ID is in the Cart – WooCommerce

/**
 * @snippet       WooCommerce Disable Shipping Rate if Variation ID @ Cart
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @compatible    WooCommerce 8
 * @community     https://businessbloomer.com/club/
 */

add_filter( 'woocommerce_package_rates', 'bbloomer_unset_woocommerce_shipping_methods_when_ids', 9999, 2 );

function bbloomer_unset_woocommerce_shipping_methods_when_ids ( $rates, $package ) {
	foreach ( WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item_key => $cart_item ) {
		if ( $cart_item['variation_id'] == 3102 ) {
			if ( isset( $rates['flat_rate:5'] ) ) unset( $rates['flat_rate:5'] );
			break;
		}
	}
	return $rates;
}

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

18 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Hide Shipping Rate If Variation ID Is In The Cart”

  1. Bradley Maravalli

    What do I do if I want to also track the variation product quantity?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hello Bradley, 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. Juho

    How to make this snippet work with WooCommerce Product Add-ons?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Juho, 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
  3. Greg

    Hi Rodolfo,
    Thanks for sharing this this is exactly what I am looking for! Do you know whether this is still compatible with the latest version of Woocommerce to date?
    Apologize for asking but my knowledge of coding is very basic and I don’t want to mess around with my webshop!
    Thanks a million,
    Greg

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Greg, thanks for your comment! I strongly recommend to test this function (and all functions) on a clone version of your website – never on a live website. Let me know if it works 🙂

      Reply
    2. Greg

      Thanks for your feedback! Unfortunately it doesn’t work for me 🙁
      The shipping option is disabled for the Variation IDs I selected but when placed in the cart it is not possible to finalize the order as the “proceed to checkout” button is no longer available.
      Have I missed something? Thanks!

      Reply
      1. Rodolfo Melogli

        Hey Greg, this snippet does not disable the proceed to checkout button so there must be some third party conflict. Sorry but I can’t help here via the blog comments. Thanks for your understanding 🙂

        Reply
  4. MSD

    Hi,
    Thanks for this tutorial.
    I am a developer, I am using BACS method for payment.
    Can I show bank account based on the variable product?
    Suppose I have the single product and my variable products are “A”, “B” and “C”.
    So when user select “A” then he can only see my bank account “AC1”,
    So when user select “B” then he can only see my bank account “AC2”,
    So when user select “c” then he can only see my bank account “AC3”.
    Please please help me.
    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hey MSD, thanks for your comment! Yes, you’ll first need to duplicate the BACS payment gateway (via PHP), and after that you can apply your rules. Unfortunately this is custom and I cannot help here in the blog comments. Thanks for your understanding!

      Reply
  5. Rob

    Hey Rodolfo,

    Loving your blog, thanks for this.

    I was wondering if you could assist with a variation of this.

    I need to remove the “Calculate Shipping” button for either of the 2 conditions:
    1. “Calculate Shipping” has already been clicked and used to calculate shipping
    2. Free Shipping is applied through cart total or coupon

    For me the “Calculate Shipping” link still appears after it’s been clicked. It also appears if free shipping has been achieved by the cart total reaching a threshold or a coupon code. It’s a little confusing to see it after there is already shipping values.

    Thanks!
    Rob

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hey Rob, thanks for your comment! Are you suggesting here to remove the button via Ajax (on the same page, instantly, without refreshing the page)?

      Reply
  6. compasslocal

    Im looking for a way to make a product have free shipping if a certain variation is selected. I sell an item in small. medium, large. Medium and Large should use fedex but small is free. But if someone adds a small and a large to the order, the small should remain free and the large should calculate shipping as normal… Any advise is welcome 🙂

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hey thanks for your feedback! You should be able to do that by adding shipping class to your specific variations. You can check Woo documentation here. Hope this helps!

      Reply
  7. George Teichmann

    I am using the WooCommerce’s “Local Pickup Plus” Plugin. How would I eliminate certain Pickup Locations when certain Product Variations are in the cart? I want customers that purchase a specific variation to only be allowed to select from specific location. I believe this post is in the neighborhood of what I am looking for.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      George thanks for your inquiry. This is unfortunately pretty custom and depends on the plugin code I think. The system would be pretty similar but the specific code would depend on the plugin. Sorry but I can’t help here 🙂

      Reply
  8. James

    How would I do this but just for a specific product ID, not a variation? Say for 2 or 3 different product Id’s if they are in the cart only allow local pickup or local delivery, so:

    if product id: 100, or 101 is in cart:

    disable flate rate, only allow local pickup or local delivery, can this be done?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      James, thanks for your question. You can simply check for a specific product ID by using is_single(ID) where ID is the ID of the product. Hope this helps!

      Reply
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