What does “completed” really mean in regard to WooCommerce orders? No one knows. Admins and customers included.
For physical products, usually that’s when the order is shipped (unless you add a custom order status in between “processing” and “completed“). For digital stores, that’s when the downloads are delivered.
Now, wouldn’t it be cool if we could rename this “completed” order status label to something else? This would make everyone’s life easier. Well, thankfully with a few lines of code this is definitely possible… enjoy!
With the snippet below, I was able to rename the “completed” order status label, as well as the “Completed (XYZ)” counter in the navigation links. This should also change the frontend, and specifically the order status in the Orders tab of the WooCommerce My Account page
PHP Snippet: Rename “Completed” Order Status to “Shipped” @ WooCommerce Admin / My Account Page
Of course, together with the code below, also make sure to change the “Completed Order” email subject / content to make sure the label change is also matched.
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.
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Great thanks Rodolfo just what I was looking for.
Is it possible to rename the bulk action to “Mark as ‘new name'”
Great! I’m sure that is possible. Maybe with https://www.businessbloomer.com/translate-single-string-woocommerce-wordpress/ (untested)