[]You’d think WooCommerce had an easy way to get the order tax rate percentage, the same way as you can get almost everything inside the “order object” with a single line of PHP. Well, that’s not the case unfortunately.
[]The reason is that probably each order can have multiple tax rates, and that tax is not only applied to product prices, but also optionally to shipping, fees and more.
[]So, how do we get the list of tax rates in a WooCommerce order? Here’s a quick snippet that you can use – enjoy!
We can only get the total tax amount that was applied to a given WooCommerce order – but how do we get the percentage instead?
PHP Snippet: Get List of WooCommerce Order Tax Percentages
[]The function below “returns” an array of percentages – you can then use that in a plugin, snippet or theme in order to do calculations or print it somewhere.
/** * @snippet Get Order Tax Percentages * @usage Use bbloomer_woocommerce_get_tax_rates( $order ); * @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE * @author Rodolfo Melogli * @compatible WooCommerce 8 * @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/ */ function bbloomer_woocommerce_get_tax_rates( $order ) { $rates = array(); foreach ( $order->get_items(‘tax’) as $item_id => $item ) { $tax_rate_id = $item->get_rate_id(); $rates[] = WC_Tax::get_rate_percent( $tax_rate_id ); } return $rates; }
Where to add custom code?
[]You should place PHP snippets at the bottom of your child theme functions.php file and CSS at the bottom of its 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 guide “Should I Add Custom Code Via WP Editor, FTP or Code Snippets?” and my video tutorial “Where to Place WooCommerce Customization?”
Does this snippet (still) work?
Please let me know in the comments if everything went 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.[]If you think this code saved you time & money, feel free to join 17,000+ WooCommerce Weekly subscribers for blog post updates and 250+ Business Bloomer supporters for 365 days of WooCommerce benefits. Thank you in advance!
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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.
