Automatically populate shipping address in customer account

Hello cutu234,

Thank you for contacting Woo support.

To get a clearer idea of the setup, could you share a screenshot of the My Account page where the billing and shipping address fields are displayed? It would help me see how they are currently structured.

Also, if you could provide the URL for the checkout page, I’d like to review the process.
Once I have a better look, I can suggest a more precise solution.

Best regards.

Hi there,

thank you very much. This is the checkout page. Here’s a screenshot of the My Account page:

It is easier to see in a basic installation. This is how it looks after creating the account.

After filling in the billing details it looks like this:

Many users think that they HAVE to fill in the shipping details, which is quite annoying.

• This reply was modified 5 months, 4 weeks ago by cutu234.

Hey! Thank you for the feedback, no such option exists indeed. I filled an issue with this as our team is looking to work on that area in the near future.
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https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/51647

Thank you very much. While this seems like a minor issue, it would be a significant improvement for many users. It wouldn’t hurt at all, since this dataset is filled in after the first order anyway.

By the way, is a filter or hook available to add some text on this specific account page? Right now, we use a modified language file. It works, but is not perfect in terms of maintenance. We try to avoid modifiying template files. So, a hook or filter would be a better option. Unfortunately, I didn’t find anything.

Hello cutu234,

Thank you for your reply.

We appreciate your feedback regarding billing and shipping addresses.

By the way, is a filter or hook available to add some text on this specific account page? Right now, we use a modified language file. It works, but is not perfect in terms of maintenance. We try to avoid modifiying template files. So, a hook or filter would be a better option. Unfortunately, I didn’t find anything.

This forum is intended for support related to WooCommerce core.
If you are looking for help related to custom-coded solutions, I suggest posting this question in Woo Community Slack or Woo Community Facebook group.

You may also consult a professional developer at WooExperts or Codeable.
I hope this helps.

Best regards.

• This reply was modified 5 months, 4 weeks ago by Zubair Zahid (woo-hc). Reason: typo

Thank you for your feedback.

This forum is intended for support related to WooCommerce core.

Filters and hooks ARE part of the Woocommerce core. I don’t ask for any custom coding. I just need to know whether a filter or hook exists. I’m happy with a link to the documentation. I searched for it, but couldn’t find it.

There’s nothing beside that button, so you have to use woocommerce_my_account_after_my_address or redo the template.

Excellent, thank you very much. That’s pretty much exactly what I needed. For those, who have the same issue:

add_action('woocommerce_my_account_after_my_address', 'custom_content_after_address_section');
function custom_content_after_address_section()
{
    echo '<p>Some content...</p>';
}

Snippet goes into functions.php.

Hello @cutu234,

Glad to know that you were able to resolve the issue.

Thank you for sharing the solution and contributing to the WooCommerce Community. This can indeed help others who might encounter similar issues.

Should you have further inquiries, kindly create a new topic here.

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Thanks!

I’ve just found out that this standard code snippet will show the text below both the billing and shipping address column which is far from perfect. A better solution is this:

add_action('woocommerce_my_account_after_my_address', 'custom_content_after_address_section');
function custom_content_after_address_section($address_type)
{
    if ('shipping' === $address_type) {
        echo '<p>Some content...</p>';
    }
}