Hiding a Shipping option for certain products or categories
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Sometimes you might need to hide one or more shipping option(s) for a particular product or category. This code will do this, all you need to do is add it to your themes Functions.php file.
In this example, I am hiding the shipping option called "Free Shipping". You can get this from the database table called "woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods".
The category ID I am using is 390 which is the parent category ID, you will find this in the table "terms".
/**
* Hide Free Shipping for certain products only.
* The category ID of 390 is the main category I would like to hide the shipping for. Check all categories with the parent of 390.
* woocommerce_package_rates will only fire when something has changed in the basket. Use the Debug option in WooCommerce Shipping settings to test.
*
*/
add_filter( 'woocommerce_package_rates', 'hide_free_Shipping', 10, 2 );
function hide_free_Shipping( $rates, $package ) {
/**
* Set the shipping methods to be removed (like "fat_rate:5").
*
*/
$method_instances_ids = array('free_shipping:1');
$found = false;
/**
* Loop through cart items checking for products with category parent of 390.
*
*/
if ( $package ) foreach( $package['contents'] as $cart_item ) {
$cat = wp_get_post_terms($cart_item['product_id'], 'product_cat');
if ( $cat ) foreach ( $cat as $v ) {
if ( $v->parent == '390' ) {
$found = true;
break;
}
}
unset( $cat );
}
/**
* If not found exit.
*
*/
if ( ! $found ) return $rates;
/**
* Loop through your active shipping methods.
*
*/
foreach( $rates as $rate_id => $rate ) {
/**
* Remove shipping method.
*
*/
if ( in_array( $rate_id, $method_instances_ids ) ){
unset( $rates[$rate_id] );
}
}
return $rates;
}
Something to remember, the filter "woocommerce_package_rates" will only run when the basket products have changed. You can use the Debug option in the WooCommerce Shipping settings to test it out.