For any business firm whether it is online or offline it is really important to have information regarding its customers. It helps a lot in making transactions easier and in avoiding any kind of disputes over transactions due to lack of communication between customer and seller.
Adding additional fields might seem like a lot of customization and editing work of a template. But WebToffee PDF Invoice and Packing Slip plugin for WooCommerce makes the process a whole lot easier.
Adding additional fields to a PDF invoice
Installing the PDF Invoices and Packing Slip plugin for WooCommerce brings you solutions to almost every problem on the invoice, packing slips, delivery note, shipping label, etc. Adding extra fields to the invoice will never be easy elsewhere. Let’s take a look at all the steps carefully.
Step 1 – Install PDF Invoice/Packing plugin for WooCommerce on your store site.
Step 2 – Go to WooCommerce > Invoice/ Packing > Invoice
Step 3 – Click on the Advanced tab. The additional settings pertaining to order/product meta are configured in the advanced tab.
Here is a screenshot of the Invoice advanced settings page.
- Order meta fields: Append additional order information in the invoice by selecting the required item from the drop-down. You can select an item from the list of default fields or click the Add Existing Order Meta Field button to create custom meta fields by providing a custom field Name and its corresponding meta key. The order meta key, if configured, can be found in the custom field section in the WooCommerce Order page of a product.
The list of default order metadata populated in the drop-down are as shown below:
To add other custom order meta details (probably from another third-party plugin) other than the ones displayed in the drop-down, click on Add Existing Order Meta Field.
For example, to add a custom VAT number in the invoice populated from the plugin EU VAT Number for WooCommerce, you will have to key in an appropriate field name and its corresponding meta key in the checkout meta key fetcher pop up as shown below:
The meta key for the VAT Number (_vat_number) can be obtained from the respective plugin’s documentation. The invoice with its order meta EU VAT Number will be as shown below:
The settings can be saved by clicking on the Update Settings button.
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Comments (12)
Velfi
July 7, 2020
Hi,
My site was developed by a developer, it created custom fields for my product, such as the ISBN number, editor… I want to put these fields in my pdf invoice. Can your plugin help me with this? I’m not sure how the custom field was created so I wouldn’t buy your plugin to see after it doesn’t work for me…
Thank you for your answer.
Mark
July 8, 2020
You can add any metadata stored with products to invoice using our plugin. Refer the tutorial video here.
Alexander van Aken
June 20, 2020
How Can I remove the existing Order meta fields that I added. I made a mistake and I get an error when updating it with a different meta but need the same label name. Can you point me out the database table that has these fields so I can remove them manually (fine by me).
Mahmoud Gabr
August 27, 2020
I have the same question. Any reply ?
Mark
August 27, 2020
Hi,
Add below code in functions.php and reload the page once and then remove the code.
function wt_pklist_remove_additional_data_fields(){
if(!class_exists('Wf_Woocommerce_Packing_List'))
{
return;
}
$out=array();
Wf_Woocommerce_Packing_List::update_option('wf_additional_data_fields', $out);
}
wt_pklist_remove_additional_data_fields();
Mahmoud Gabr
August 27, 2020
I applied the provided code put the issue didn’t fixed
Jun
December 6, 2019
Could I use this plugin to display the product add-on field (fill the form before you add the product into the cart) on the PDF invoice?
Mark
December 6, 2019
Hi,
Yes. You can add any product or order-related meta stored with order details into invoice and other labels.
Chris
December 12, 2018
If I wanted to add the Post ID on each order what would I use for the meta value?
Mark
December 13, 2018
Hi Chris,
Post ID will be the same as order number unless you use any plugins /code to customize order number. You can just enable Order Number in template customization window to add order number.
If you use custom order number, it might require some code snippet to implement it. Reach us via support link above.
Tpm
November 25, 2018
Where do I find the name and the corresponding meta key?
Mark
November 26, 2018
Hi,
It will depend upon the plugin you are using to add the additional meta fields. If the plugin is adding the data as order post meta, look at the woocommerce custom fields section in the order edit page.