No way to stop admin emails on order status change

Hey there,

Is there any chance that the customer address is the same as the admin one? By default, WooCommerce will only send admin emails when an order is new, fails, or is canceled. The other status emails are sent to the customer typically. However, if the customer’s email is the same as the admin’s email, then the admin will get those messages too.

That happens to me a lot with testing orders on sites. If that’s still not the case, send over a screenshot of the email settings (WooCommerce > Settings > Emails) and we’ll take a look.

Thanks

Hey, thanks for the quick answer.

Here are our Woo email settings: https://i2.paste.pics/d169a0a1aeaf0e1559c12e9767c15ac9.png

I also installed WP Mail Log plugin to check what emails are being sent. The case you described is not valid for us since admin recipients are always the same and the customer emails are client ones.

Customers receive only one email with the current setup – when they make an order (triggers the Processing order hook).

If I then go and change the order from Pending Payment to On hold or Complete it seems to triger the New order hook even though it is not a new order. Seems that the hook is not triggered if the status is changed from Processing (initial status) to Pending Payment or Completed, which is strange.

So to summarize:
Pending Payment -> Completed – triggers New order admin email again
Pending Payment -> On hold – triggers New order admin email again
Processing -> Completed – not trigger any email
Processing -> Pending Payment – not trigger any email

Haven’t included all variations but those are the most commonly used for us.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by zoroxx.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by zoroxx.

Hey there,

Any feedback on that issue?

@3sonsdevelopment any feedback?

Hey @zoroxx,

I did some additional testing on one of my sites and so far, I can’t duplicate this. I’m only able to trigger the New Order email once. After that, it won’t send again for me.

Does this happen when only WooCommerce and the Storefront theme are active?

Hey, @3sonsdevelopment

Yes, tried isolated testing with only the two active and it is the same. The theme is Astra. Any suggestions how to approach it?

Hi @zoroxx,

Thanks for keeping the thread up.

At this point, I would suggest using the same steps of a conflict test to check whether the issue is being caused by some other tool or code you have on your site because it’s not the usual behavior of WooCommerce. You can find the steps to carry out the test here: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/how-to-test-for-conflicts/

*Remember to comment out the custom code you have when doing the test.

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks.

Hi @abwaita

I see how this is the way to troubleshoot it but I’ve tried it before even writing here. Disabled all plugins, only Woo left and it still occurred. Using qute common theme – Astra.

Not sure what else can be done?

Thanks for getting back @zoroxx.

Since you mentioned trying out some code snippets regarding mailing, did you disable them as well during the test? Also, we normally recommend testing using a default WordPress theme like Twenty Twenty-One. Maybe you could give testing another try with these two in mind to see if anything comes up.

Also, just to take a look at your setup, could you please share a copy of your site’s System Status? You can find it via WooCommerce > Status. Select “Get system report” and then “Copy for support”.? Once you’ve done that, paste it here in your response.

Thanks.

Hi @abwaita

With default theme Twenty Twenty-One, no code snippets, no plugins on except Woo – still receive New Order emails when changing statuses.

Copying the system report from the test environment with default theme, no plugins since the problem occurs there as well. If you need the production one, please let me know.

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Hi @abwaita

Any insights from the logs?

Hey @abwaita

Any news?

Try this link for customization you can do to stop emails: https://woocommerce.com/document/unhookremove-woocommerce-emails/

Hi @zoroxx

The system log showed your site was using an old version of WooCommerce (4.8.0).

Have you updated it to the latest available version?