add_action( 'woocommerce_email_order_details', function( $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email ) {
// Only For Specific Emails
if(
empty( $email->id )
|| ! in_array( $email->id, [ 'customer_completed_order', 'customer_invoice' ] )
) {
return;
}
// Get ShipStation Status
global $wpdb;
$order_id = $order->get_id();
$sql = "
SELECT comment_content
FROM {$wpdb->comments}
WHERE comment_post_ID = %d
AND comment_content LIKE '%% shipped via %%'
ORDER BY comment_ID DESC
LIMIT 1
";
$order_note = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( $sql, $order_id ) );
// Handle No Results
if( ! $order_note ) {
return;
}
// Get Tracking Number From String
$words = preg_replace( "/[^A-Za-z0-9 ]/", '', $order_note );
$words = explode( ' ', $words );
$last_index = sizeof( $words ) - 1;
$tracking_num = $words[$last_index];
// Detect USPS
if( stristr( $order_note, 'USPS' ) ) {
$order_note = str_replace( 'USPS', '<strong>USPS</strong>', $order_note );
$tracking_link = 'https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1';
}
// Detect UPS
else if( stristr( $order_note, 'UPS' ) ) {
$order_note = str_replace( 'UPS', '<strong>UPS</strong>', $order_note );
$tracking_link = 'https://www.ups.com/track?loc=en_US&tracknum';
}
// Detect FedEx
else if( stristr( $order_note, 'FedEx' ) ) {
$order_note = str_replace( 'FedEx', '<strong>FedEx</strong>', $order_note );
$tracking_link = 'https://www.fedex.com/fedextrack/?trknbr';
}
// Add Tracking Link
if( ! empty( $tracking_link ) ) {
$tracking_link = sprintf(
'<a target="_blank" href="%s=%s">%s</a>',
$tracking_link,
$tracking_num,
$tracking_num
);
$order_note = str_replace( $tracking_num, $tracking_link, $order_note );
}
// Output
echo wpautop( $order_note );
}, 10, 4 );

Place order tracking information onto order completed emails
Looks for order tracking information from ShipStation in order notes and places into order completed emails. Supports USPS, UPS, and FedEx.
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