The amazing thing about WooCommerce is that you can override any setting with a few lines of code. In today’s example we will try to code a solution where the “New Order” WooCommerce email will be delivered to a custom recipient based on the billing country.
This could be helpful when the WooCommerce store is managed by multiple people, and you want to make sure that order notifications only go to the right manager. Enjoy!
By default you can set one or more “New Order” email recipients. But what if you want to change the recipient based on the order billing country? Well, the snippet below gives you a quick solution!
PHP Snippet: Change WooCommerce “New Order” Email Recipient Based on Billing Country
/** * @snippet Switch New Order Email Recipient Based on Billing Country * @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE * @author Rodolfo Melogli * @compatible WooCommerce 8 * @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/ */ // PART 1 // Lets define the array of ‘country code’ => ’email’ pairs function bbloomer_location_admin( $location ) { $admins = array( ‘US’ => ‘[email protected]‘, ‘CA’ => ‘[email protected]‘, // etc ); return $admins[$location]; } // PART 2 // Lets set the new order email recipient add_filter( ‘woocommerce_email_recipient_new_order’, ‘bbloomer_dynamic_recipient’, 9999, 3 ); function bbloomer_dynamic_recipient( $email_recipient, $order_object, $email ) { if ( is_admin() ) return $email_recipient; if ( $order_object && $location = $order_object->get_billing_country() ) { $email_recipient = bbloomer_location_admin( $location ); } return $email_recipient; }
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.
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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.
