Title: Custom Ordernumber
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom Ordernumber

 *  Resolved [hyperV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyperv/)
 * (@hyperv)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-ordernumber/)
 * Hi Ewout,
 * I used your code from the FaQ part on your plugin site. I have the premium one
   from you. Now the Invoicenumer works. I like also to xustomize the Order Number
   and set it from 2 to B-2014-100002 from 23 to B-2014-100023. I like to use the
   sequential ordernumber from Woocommerce.
 * I get only B-2014-000000
 * I have changed you code to following:
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'wpo_wcpdf_order_number', 'wpo_wcpdf_order_number', 10, 4 );
       function wpo_wcpdf_order_number( $invoice_number, $order_number, $order_id, $order_date ) {
           $prefix = 'B-';
           $order_year = date_i18n( 'Y', strtotime( $order_date ) );
           $padding = 6; // number of digits - so 42 becomes 000042
           $suffix = '-';
           $order_number = $prefix . $order_year . $suffix . sprintf('%0'.$padding.'d', $order_number) ;
           return $order_number;
       }
       ```
   
 * Any idea to improve it?
 * Thanks a lot
 * Josef
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Ewout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pomegranate/)
 * (@pomegranate)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-ordernumber/#post-4836099)
 * Hi Josef,
    The `wpo_wcpdf_order_number` filter only takes one argument, `$order_number`.
   You can tell this by looking at the place where it’s applied, in `woocommerce-
   pdf-invoices-packingslips.php`:
 *     ```
       return apply_filters( 'wpo_wcpdf_order_number', $order_number);
       ```
   
 * so in this case you don’t have an order date to work with, but you should be 
   able to get the right date from `$wpo_wcpdf->export->order->order_date`.
 * However, I have a better solution for you, which works across all of WooCommerce,
   so that it looks the same everywhere:
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'woocommerce_order_number', 'hyperv_custom_order_number', 99, 2);
       function hyperv_custom_order_number( $order_number, $order ) {
       	if ( isset( $order_number ) ) {
       		$order_number = (int) ltrim($order_number, '#'); // strip #
       		$order_number = $order_number + 100000; // padding / offset
       		$order_year = date_i18n( 'Y', strtotime( $order->order_date ) );
   
       		// B-2014-100002
       		$order_number = 'B-' . $order_year . '-' . $order_number;
       	}
   
       	return $order_number;
       }
       ```
   
 * It depends a little bit on how the order_number is currently displayed, but for
   most configurations, this should work – let me know!
 *  Thread Starter [hyperV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyperv/)
 * (@hyperv)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-ordernumber/#post-4836100)
 * Thanks Ewout works really great
 * One hint for the extra fields:
 * It makes live muche easier for the user if you enable the 3 extra fields for 
   html code that you can input tables and text formating for better design.
 * I had the need to do so and ended up in deleting the 3 extra fields an implement
   my own footer.
 * Thanks a lot
 * Josef

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 * Last reply from: [hyperV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyperv/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-ordernumber/#post-4836100)
 * Status: resolved