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Learn how to easily `add a sold out` category to your WooCommerce products programmatically. This guide will help you manage your inventory more efficiently!
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How to Programmatically Add a "Sold Out" Category to WooCommerce Products

Managing an online store comes with its own set of challenges, one of which is effectively showcasing sold-out items. If you're using WooCommerce, you might want to mark out-of-stock items with a "Sold Out" category to help your customers easily identify which products are currently unavailable. This not only improves the organization of your store but also enhances the user experience. In this guide, we'll walk through how to implement this functionality using a few lines of code.

The Problem: Marking Sold-Out Products

In WooCommerce, when a product runs out of stock, it doesn't automatically categorize itself as "Sold Out". For better merchandise organization, you might want to have those items listed under a separate category. Fortunately, this can be achieved programmatically through WordPress's functions.

The Solution: Code Implementation

To automatically add the "Sold Out" category whenever products go out of stock, you’ll need to modify your theme's functions.php file. Here's how to implement the solution step-by-step.

Step 1: Define the Custom Function

You'll first need to define a hook that will trigger before the product title displays on your shop page. Below is a code snippet to get started:

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Step 2: Understanding the Code

Hook Definition: The add_action function tells WordPress to execute your custom function before the product title is displayed in the shop loop.

Term ID Retrieval: Using get_term_by, we retrieve the ID for the "Sold out" category based on its name.

Adding and Removing Categories: The code checks if the product is in stock or not and updates its categories accordingly.

Step 3: Making the Code Efficient

Instead of repeatedly querying the category by name, you can directly store the category ID for "Sold out". Replace the term retrieval logic with the actual term ID:

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Conclusion

With this coding solution, managing your WooCommerce product categories based on stock status becomes seamless. Now, every time a product runs out of stock, it will automatically receive the "Sold Out" category, and once it's back in stock, that category will be removed.

This simple tweak helps maintain clarity in your inventory, allowing customers to quickly find what they need while keeping your store organized. Happy selling!