WooCommerce: Get/Edit Logged in Username @ Checkout

On a recent job, a client asked me to get the logged in username in WooCommerce. Interesting task! He needed to show that on the checkout form page and also on the order email. Actually, this is quite simple to do and can be used for several applications.

WooCommerce: how to get the current user username — WooCommerce: how to get the current username

PHP snippet: get logged in username and show it on the WooCommerce checkout page in a billing field

/**
 * @snippet       Get Logged In Username - WooCommerce
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @sourcecode    https://businessbloomer.com/?p=552
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @testedwith    WooCommerce 3.5.2
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 */

add_action('woocommerce_after_checkout_billing_form', 'bbloomer_get_logged_in_username');

function bbloomer_get_logged_in_username( $checkout ) {

$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
$getmemid = $current_user->user_login;

woocommerce_form_field( 'memb_id', array(
'type' => 'text',
'class' => array('my-field-class form-row-wide'),
'label' => __('Label'),
'required' => 'true',
'placeholder' => __('Placeholder'),
), $getmemid);

}

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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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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.

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14 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Get/Edit Logged in Username @ Checkout”

Matt Marais
October 8, 2020

Hi, thank you for this snippet. This works great on the checkout page, but it doesn’t come through on the order email… Is there a way to do this?

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  October 16, 2020
  
  Hi Matt, 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!
  
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Carlotta
March 24, 2020

Hi, if i need to add a field or a title on the div “woocommerce-account-fields” when the user is not login in the chechout page what can i do?

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  March 27, 2020
  
  Hi Carlotta, 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!
  
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Dan McKee
March 12, 2019

It’s working. How do you get the field to be apart of the WooCommerce ‘Order Details?’

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  March 15, 2019
  
  Hello Dan, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is possible – unfortunately this is custom work and I cannot provide a complementary solution here via the blog comments. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding! ~R
  
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Jack
December 12, 2018

Thank you very much. Works perfectly

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  December 17, 2018
  
  Cheers 🙂
  
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ianroller
August 30, 2018

Thanks for the snippit. Is it possible to make the field read only?

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  September 3, 2018
  
  Hi Ian – thanks so much for your comment! Yes, the woocommerce_form_field() function has an attribute ‘custom_attributes’ that can be used to make the input readonly. Hope this helps!
  
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jamie
March 31, 2018

This still works great in the most recent version of Woo. One quick question I have is using this snippet, how can I define where it shows up in the form. Right now it puts it at the bottom of the checkout form. Is it possible to say put it after email address or in a specific order?

Thanks!

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  April 5, 2018
  
  Hey Jamie, thanks so much for your comment! Take a look at https://businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-move-reorder-fields-checkout-page/, you could add that as a new field and then define the priority maybe 🙂
  
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Kelly
December 19, 2017

how do you get this added tot he email as well?

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1. Rodolfo Melogli
  December 28, 2017
  
  Kelly, thanks so much for your comment! Maybe this video tutorial might help: https://businessbloomer.com/customize-emails-woocommerce/
  
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