How to Automatically Create User Accounts when Generating Manual Orders?

Hi Everyone,

To address the issue of user accounts not being generated automatically when creating manual orders in WooCommerce, we can use the following code snippet. This code should be added to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin:

// Check if the request is in the WordPress admin area
if (is_admin()) {
    add_action('woocommerce_new_order', 'auto_create_user_account_for_orders', 10, 1);

    function auto_create_user_account_for_orders($order_id) {
        // Check if the current user has the 'manage_woocommerce' capability
        if (current_user_can('manage_woocommerce')) {
            // Get the order object
            $order = wc_get_order($order_id);

            // Check if the user is already registered (based on billing email)
            $user_email = $order->get_billing_email();
            $user = get_user_by('email', $user_email);

            // If user doesn't exist, create a new user account
            if (!$user) {
                // Generate a username based on the billing email
                $username = sanitize_user(current(explode('@', $user_email)), true);

                // Generate a random strong password
                $password = generate_strong_password();

                // Create the new user
                $user_id = wp_create_user($username, $password, $user_email);

                // Set the user role to customer (adjust as needed)
                $new_user = new WP_User($user_id);
                $new_user->set_role('customer');

                // Update the order with the user ID
                $order->set_customer_id($user_id);
                $order->save();
				
				$site_name = get_bloginfo('name');

                // Notify the user with custom login credentials
                //custom_wc_new_user_notification_email(array('password' => $password), $user_id, get_option('blogname'));
				custom_wc_new_user_notification_email(array('password' => $password), $user_id, $site_name);
            }
        }
    }

    // Custom function to generate a strong password
    function generate_strong_password() {
        // Adjust the password length and complexity as needed
        $password = wp_generate_password(12, true);
        return $password;
    }

    // Custom function to override WooCommerce new user email content
    function custom_wc_new_user_notification_email($args, $user_id, $site_name) {
        // Check if the user is already registered (based on billing email)
        $user_email = get_userdata($user_id)->user_email;

        // Set default values for subject and message

		$subject = __('Welcome to ') . $site_name;
        $message = sprintf(__('Hello %s,'), get_user_by('ID', $user_id)->user_login) . "\r\n\r\n";
        $message .= __('Thank you for creating an account on our site.') . "\r\n\r\n";
        $message .= __('You can log in to your account using the following details:') . "\r\n\r\n";
		$message .= '<a href="' . home_url('/my-account/') . '">Click here to log in</a>' . "\r\n\r\n";
		$message .= '<a >Click here to log in</a>';
        $message .= sprintf(__('Username: %s'), get_user_by('ID', $user_id)->user_login) . "\r\n";
        $message .= sprintf(__('Password: %s'), isset($args['password']) ? $args['password'] : 'YourCustomPassword') . "\r\n\r\n"; // Replace 'YourCustomPassword' with the generated password
        $message .= __('For security reasons, we recommend that you change your password after logging in for the first time.') . "\r\n\r\n";
        $message .= __('Thank you for choosing us!') . "\r\n\r\n";
        $message .= __('Best regards,') . "\r\n";
        $message .= $site_name;

        // Send the modified email to the customer's registered email
        wp_mail($user_email, $subject, $message);

        // Return the modified email message
        return array($subject, $message);
    }

}

Please make sure to test this code on a staging environment before applying it to your live site. Additionally, it’s essential to have a backup of your site before making any changes.

Thanks,
Group of Oceninfo

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