Shipping Display Mode

mike i have several flooring websites i use woo on i updated to 2.5 version and had to override avada theme now i have no shipping method displayed at all it reads free shipping all the way through help me out brother i need my radio buttons back!

@mike we had many shipping methods because customers could pick where they were wanting an item delivery for free (there was a network of locations) and we had programmatically added each one as its own shipping method. This permitted us to have these locations easily reportable and made a nice user experience. We ended up having to make a single shipping method and then ask on the next page where they would want it to be delivered. This works, but was significantly more complex than simply looping an array of locations and adding them as shipping methods.

Either way, we were able to work around this limitation, but it would have saved myself and my team significant effort and let us focus on other, more important aspects of this implementation. While bringing the drop down option back isn’t something that needs to happen, the documentation certainly needs to be updated with clear examples on how to manually edit themes to provide such functionality along with not showing the option as available in the documentation. That being said, I really appreciate all of the effort you and your team make on improving woocommerce and I look forward to supporting you all with more plugin purchases in the future.

It’s quite easy, you need to use the templates.

In woocommerce/cart/cart-shipping.php replace the code for rendering radio buttons with the code to print the select control (I commented the radio buttons section below):

<?php elseif ( get_option( 'woocommerce_shipping_method_format' ) === 'select' ) : ?>

				<select name="shipping_method[<?php echo $index; ?>]" data-index="<?php echo $index; ?>" id="shipping_method_<?php echo $index; ?>" class="shipping_method">
					<?php foreach ( $available_methods as $method ) : ?>
						<option value="<?php echo esc_attr( $method->id ); ?>" <?php selected( $method->id, $chosen_method ); ?>><?php echo wp_kses_post( wc_cart_totals_shipping_method_label( $method ) ); ?></option>
					<?php endforeach; ?>
				</select>

			<?php else : ?>

				<!-- <ul id="shipping_method">
					<?php foreach ( $available_methods as $method ) : ?>

<li>
							<input type="radio" name="shipping_method[<?php echo $index; ?>]" data-index="<?php echo $index; ?>" id="shipping_method_<?php echo $index; ?>_<?php echo sanitize_title( $method->id ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $method->id ); ?>" <?php checked( $method->id, $chosen_method ); ?> class="shipping_method" />
							<label for="shipping_method_<?php echo $index; ?>_<?php echo sanitize_title( $method->id ); ?>"><?php echo wp_kses_post( wc_cart_totals_shipping_method_label( $method ) ); ?></label>
						</li>
					<?php endforeach; ?>
				 -->

				<select name="shipping_method[<?php echo $index; ?>]" data-index="<?php echo $index; ?>" id="shipping_method_<?php echo $index; ?>" class="shipping_method">
					<?php foreach ( $available_methods as $method ) : ?>
						<option value="<?php echo esc_attr( $method->id ); ?>" <?php selected( $method->id, $chosen_method ); ?>><?php echo wp_kses_post( wc_cart_totals_shipping_method_label( $method ) ); ?></option>
					<?php endforeach; ?>
				</select>

			<?php endif; ?>

Multidots,
I tried your plugin. I like the concept but I am getting errors at several times in the process…

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/techde10/public_html/VinoSay/wp-content/plugins/woo-shipping-display-mode/admin/partials/woo-shipping-display-mode-admin-display.php:17) in /home/techde10/public_html/VinoSay/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 1228

Dragos,
Wouldn’t you need to modify WooCommerce setting for shipping to force the ‘woocommerce_shipping_method_format’ to ‘select’ in order for this to work?

Ken

Thanks for getting back to me. I’ll try the updated code out.

Ken

Multidots,
Here’s a clue. With the plugin installed but not activated when I go to other plugins and click on ‘View Details’ it always takes me to the plugin following Shipping Display Mode which is WooCommerce USPS Drop Shipping. Clicking on the ones with ‘Visit Plugin Site’ I am always taken to the appropriate website which is expected since it is linking to an external site and not processing data internally.

Any suggestions…other than I am foolish for not doing a backup before uninstalling the plugin?

Your help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Ken