By default, WooCommerce displays a “Buy Product” button label for external products. This button redirects to the external URL that is entered via the single product settings.
As usual, this “Buy Product” label may not suit all businesses, and therefore WooCommerce gives you the option to rename such buttons via the single product edit page settings. This is great, but at the same time you don’t want to manually edit hundreds of products when you can use a few lines of PHP, right?
So, here’s a super quick fix to override the “Buy Product” external add to cart button label to whatever you wish, without ever touching the manual settings. Enjoy!
With a few lines of code I was able to change the default external product add to cart button label “Buy Product” into “Buy Now ->“. Avoiding manual work via the WooCommerce product settings is always a great idea!
PHP Snippet: Override the “Buy Product” External Product Add to Cart Label @ WooCommerce Single Product & Shop Pages
/** * @snippet Edit “Buy Product” External Add to Cart Button Label * @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE * @author Rodolfo Melogli * @compatible WooCommerce 7 * @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/ */ add_filter( ‘woocommerce_product_single_add_to_cart_text’, ‘bbloomer_override_external_button_label’, 9999, 2 ); add_filter( ‘woocommerce_product_add_to_cart_text’, ‘bbloomer_override_external_button_label’, 9999, 2 ); function bbloomer_override_external_button_label( $text, $product ) { if ( $product->is_type( ‘external’ ) ) $text = ‘Buy Now →’; return $text; }
Where to add this snippet?
You can place PHP snippets at the bottom of your child theme functions.php file (delete “?>” if you have it there). CSS, on the other hand, goes in your child theme style.css file. Make sure you know what you are doing when editing such files – if you need more guidance, please take a look at my free video tutorial “Where to Place WooCommerce Customization?”
Does this snippet (still) work?
Please let me know in the comments if everything worked as expected. I would be happy to revise the snippet if you report otherwise (please provide screenshots). I have tested this code with Storefront theme, the WooCommerce version listed above and a WordPress-friendly hosting on PHP 7.3.
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Rodolfo Melogli
Business Bloomer Founder
Author, WooCommerce expert and WordCamp speaker, Rodolfo has worked as an independent WooCommerce freelancer since 2011. His goal is to help entrepreneurs and developers overcome their WooCommerce nightmares. Rodolfo loves travelling, chasing tennis & soccer balls and, of course, wood fired oven pizza.
