Title: Max characters for order_comments
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Max characters for order_comments

 *  [whatachamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whatachamp/)
 * (@whatachamp)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max-characters-for-order_comments/)
 * Hello,
 * I have customised the order_comments field in my functions.phph to call it a 
   Gift Message as per code below. Now I would like to limit the number of characters
   that can be input to 100.
 * Can anyone suggest how to do this?
 * Many thanks
 *     ```
       function custom_override_checkout_fields( $fields ) {
            $fields['order']['order_comments']['placeholder'] = 'If your item is a gift, type your gift message here (max 100 characters)';
            $fields['order']['order_comments']['label'] = 'Gift Message';
            return $fields;
       }
       ```
   
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 *  [wooassist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooassist/)
 * (@wooassist)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/max-characters-for-order_comments/#post-5647792)
 * You just need to hook your function for the filter `woocommerce_checkout_fields`.
   Just add the line below.
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields' , 'custom_override_checkout_fields' );
       ```
   
 * Hope this helps.

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