WooWeekly #537: Generate Test Data | Toggle Login & Registration | Extending REST API

Hello there,

Welcome back to WooWeekly! I’m glad you’re here for another round of WooCommerce insights. Every week, I curate tips and tutorials for you to help you sharpen your WooCommerce skills.

Between planning our next holiday, juggling my kid’s sport and my own, and obsessing over the final rush of my fantasy football leagues, things have been hectic. But hey, that’s part of the fun!

On the business side, tomorrow, Thursday 13, we’re going live with our next class: Generate WooCommerce Test Data. We’ll explore tools and demo everything in real time; free registration is still open, so join 36 attendees at https://www.businessbloomer.com/class/generate-woocommerce-test-data-products-orders-users/

Also, I had a great chat with a competitor partner in the WooCommerce space, and I’m really happy about it. Let’s see where it leads!

And to wrap things up, plugin sales are up and we welcomed three new Business Bloomer Club members (thanks to the finally-working PPP coupon that gives up to 75% off depending on billing country).

Anyhow, here’s your weekly round-up of WooCommerce tips and tricks. Enjoy!

Rodolfo Melogli


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WooCommerce Tips, Snippets & Tutorials

Here is a collection of posts to answer your biggest WooCommerce questions. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced store owner, these resources will help you optimize your WooCommerce store and grow your online business.

WooCommerce: Show/Hide Registration Form on Login Page

WooCommerce by default displays both login and registration forms on the same page when “Allow customers to create an account“ is enabled on the My Account page. However, for a cleaner and more user-friendly experience, you may want to hide the registration form initially. This method keeps the interface focused while still allowing easy access to the registration option. [Business Bloomer]

What is Ecommerce Customer Acquisition (2025 Guide)

Customer acquisition aims to grow a business’s customer base, hoping that more customers will increase revenue. It’s key to a business’s success, and if you’re starting out, you need it to survive. To grow your customer base, you must complement your acquisition efforts with customer retention. But what is it? [Iconic]

How to add an add-to-cart button to your WooCommerce store

This article is your comprehensive guide to adding, customizing, and troubleshooting the add-to-cart button in WooCommerce. Whether you’re a developer looking for full control, a store owner seeking an easy solution, or someone troubleshooting errors, these are practical steps to get the job done efficiently. Let’s get to it! [Kinsta]

Extending WooCommerce Product REST API Responses

WooCommerce supports many core properties when fetching a product via the REST API. In this tutorial, we’ll explore three code snippets that extend WooCommerce product responses, allowing for the retrieval and updating of custom fields and metadata. [KathyIsAwesome]


The Club Corner

Every week I share some highlights from our private community of Woo professionals – the Business Bloomer Club – which gives its members lifetime access to (1) WooCommerce support, (2) WooCommerce courses, (3) WooCommerce webinars, and (4) member-only resources.

Free Masterclasses Open For Registration

This Week’s Top Conversations

  1. Customizing the “Hello” Message on the WooCommerce My Account Page
  2. Simulating Automatic Cancellation of Pending Payments in WooCommerce
  3. Quantity Input as a Dropdown in WooCommerce: Limiting Quantity to a Custom Maximum
  4. Displaying WooCommerce Products in Swedish Alphabetical Order

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ICYMI: WooCommerce Snippets

WooCommerce: Add “Leave a Review” Column to Downloads Table

This snippet modifies the WooCommerce My Account downloads section, ensuring customers can leave product reviews directly from their available downloads. The button appears only for products that haven’t been reviewed yet. [Business Bloomer]

WooCommerce: Search Orders By 2-Letter Country Code [HPOS]

WooCommerce’s order search function is essential for store admins, but with the introduction of High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS), searching by billing or shipping country code may no longer work as expected. If you’re used to quickly filtering orders by country, this limitation can be frustrating. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to bring back this functionality using a custom code snippet. [Business Bloomer]

WooCommerce: Programmatically Mark Products As Featured

For store owners managing hundreds of products, setting featured items manually is inefficient. A dynamic approach can save admin time by automatically marking products as featured based on specific conditions, such as category, price, or custom logic. [Business Bloomer]

WooCommerce: Sticky Product “Update” Button @ WP Admin

In the WooCommerce product edit / add new product screen, the “Publish” / “Update” button is crucial for saving changes. However, when editing long product descriptions, adding images, or configuring variations, the button can disappear as you scroll down. A simple solution is to make the button sticky, ensuring it remains visible no matter how far you scroll. [Business Bloomer]

WooCommerce: Filter Products By Sale Status @ WP Dashboard

Sorting through hundreds or even thousands of products to find those with active sale prices can be a tedious task using the default WordPress admin interface. In this post, I’ll show you how to enhance your WooCommerce admin panel with a simple PHP snippet that adds a custom filter for sale status. [Business Bloomer]

WooCommerce: Allow Only Simple Products

WooCommerce stores that exclusively sell simple products can benefit from a cleaner backend by removing unused product types like variable, grouped, and external products. Simplifying the product editor and backend product listings not only declutters the interface but also reduces the chances of store managers making mistakes when adding or managing products. [Business Bloomer]


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  • Rodolfo Melogli

    Author, WooCommerce expert and WordCamp speaker, Rodolfo has worked as an independent WooCommerce freelancer since 2011. His goal is to help entrepreneurs and developers overcome their WooCommerce nightmares. Rodolfo loves travelling, chasing tennis & soccer balls and, of course, wood fired oven pizza.

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