Order action: view and print receipt

Adds an order action to view/print the order receipt by opening it in the admin’s browser. Useful for printing order receipts and using as packing lists.

If you need a more advanced version of this functionality, check out the official extension WooCommerce Print Invoices & Packing lists.

add_action( 'woocommerce_order_actions', function( $actions ) {

	$actions['wc_view_receipt'] = 'View or print the order receipt';

	return $actions;

} );

add_action( 'woocommerce_order_action_wc_view_receipt', function( $order ) {

	$receipt_url = sprintf(
		'%s/checkout/order-received/%d/?key=%s',
		site_url(), $order->get_id(), $order->get_order_key()
	);

	wp_safe_redirect( $receipt_url );
	exit;

} );

Instructions for Order action: view and print receipt

  1. Log into a staging or locally hosted clone of your site.
  2. Install and activate Code Snippets plugin.
  3. WP Admin > Snippets > Add New
  4. Copy and paste the code from the section above.
  5. Check to ensure formatting came over properly.
  6. Customize the code as desired.
  7. Add a meaningful title.
  8. Select whether to run on front-end or back-end (or both).
  9. Click “Save and Activate”.
  10. Test your site to ensure it works.
  11. Disable if any problems, or recover.
  12. Repeat for live environment.

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License

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