WooCommerce: Stock Quantity in a Shortcode

It’s great that WooCommerce products clearly display their stock status and quantity on the single product page (and on the shop page, with this simple customization).

However, WooCommerce store owners often need to display the stock quantity in other sections of the website, such as the homepage, a blog post, a custom pricing table, and keep the quantity dynamic so that the text changes when there is a stock change.

We can therefore build a simple shortcode, that can automatically update the output, so that you never need to worry about changing that piece of content ever again. Enjoy!

PHP Snippet: Display Stock Quantity for a Product ID Via Shortcode

/**
 * @snippet       Stock Quantity Shortcode
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @compatible    WooCommerce 7
 * @donate $9     https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
 */

add_shortcode( 'stock_quantity', 'bbloomer_stock_quantity_by_product_id' );

function bbloomer_stock_quantity_by_product_id( $atts ) {
	$product_id = $atts['id'] ? $atts['id'] : 0;
	$product = wc_get_product( $product_id );
	if ( ! $product || ( $product && ! $product->managing_stock() ) ) return;
	return $product->get_stock_quantity();
}

Related posts:

1. WooCommerce: Display Out of Stock Products (Shortcode)
2. WooCommerce: In Stock Products Shortcode
3. WooCommerce: Display “In Stock” Products First @ Shop
4. WooCommerce: Count User Purchases By Product ID (Shortcode)
5. WooCommerce: Conditionally Force Product Quantity 1 @ Cart
6. WooCommerce: “Hide Out of Stock Items” Exception
7. WooCommerce: Stock Quantity Suffix e.g. “sq. in.”, “Kg”, “boxes”, etc.
8. WooCommerce: Disable Restocking @ Order Cancelled
9. WooCommerce: Products Attributes in a Shortcode
10. WooCommerce: Product Description in a Shortcode!

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Where to add custom code?

You should place PHP snippets at the bottom of your child theme functions.php file and CSS at the bottom of its style.css file. Make sure you know what you are doing when editing such files - if you need more guidance, please take a look at my guide "Should I Add Custom Code Via WP Editor, FTP or Code Snippets?" and my video tutorial "Where to Place WooCommerce Customization?"

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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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