On a recent job, a client asked me to display the logged-in username in WooCommerce. It sounded like a simple task, but it actually opened the door to some interesting use cases. He specifically wanted the username to appear on the Checkout page—perhaps to personalize the experience—and also within the Order confirmation email sent to the customer.
This kind of functionality can be useful in many scenarios: showing a personalized greeting, tagging orders with usernames for internal reference, or even building custom conditional logic based on the current user.
Luckily, WooCommerce gives us access to the current user object pretty easily. Whether you’re editing templates or using hooks, retrieving the logged-in username is a quick win that can help enhance the user experience and add a touch of personalization to the purchase flow.
Here’s a simple code snippet you can use to get the logged-in username in WooCommerce.
PHP Snippet: Show Username On The WooCommerce Checkout Page
/**
* @snippet Get Logged In Username - WooCommerce
* @how-to businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-customization
* @author Rodolfo Melogli, Business Bloomer
* @testedwith WooCommerce 9
* @community https://businessbloomer.com/club/
*/
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'),
'placeholder' => __('Placeholder'),
), $getmemid );
}
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?
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!
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?
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!
It’s working. How do you get the field to be apart of the WooCommerce ‘Order Details?’
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
Thank you very much. Works perfectly
Cheers 🙂
Thanks for the snippit. Is it possible to make the field read only?
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!
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!
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 🙂
how do you get this added tot he email as well?
Kelly, thanks so much for your comment! Maybe this video tutorial might help: https://businessbloomer.com/customize-emails-woocommerce/