Woocommerce: Display Product Variation Description on order page

Question

I am trying to display the product variation description in the order detail page and in the order email. Following this example Woocommerce: Display Product Variation Description on Cart page it worked perfectly for the cart and also for the checkout. But it seems i can't find the right way of calling it for the order page.

This

$item = $cart_item['data'];
if(!empty($item) && $item->is_type( 'variation' ) ){
    echo '<dl><dd>' . $item->get_variation_description() }

is not working, as it calls for the cart item data .. And the get_post_meta as suggested here WooCommerce displaying variable description after variable price is not working either.

$_variable_description = get_post_meta( $variation->id , '_variation_description', true );

I tried to place it in either the order-details-item.php and the class-wc-order-item-meta.php, and of course the email-order-details.php

Any suggestions? Thanks!

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '17 at 08:08

I finally found a solution that worked here now showing the variation description on the order page and the order email.

add_filter( 'woocommerce_order_item_name', 'display_product_title_as_link', 10, 2 );
function display_product_title_as_link( $item_name, $item ) {

    $_product = get_product( $item['variation_id'] ? $item['variation_id'] : $item['product_id'] );

    $link = get_permalink( $_product->id );

    $_var_description ='';

    if ( $item['variation_id'] ) {
        $_var_description = $_product->get_variation_description();
    }

    return '<a href="'. $link .'"  rel="nofollow">'. $item_name .'</a><br>'. $_var_description ;
}

It puts the variations description right below the title, but that works for me.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 30 '21 at 14:02

Almost 5 years later and this still works and was exactly what I needed for a bakery site I'm building.

I used this combo (in case anyone else comes along):

function display_product_title_as_link( $item_name, $item ) {

    $_product = get_product( $item['variation_id'] ? $item['variation_id'] : $item['product_id'] );

    $link = get_permalink( $_product->id );

    $_var_description ='';

    if ( $item['variation_id'] ) {
        $_var_description = $_product->get_variation_description();
    }

    return '<a href="'. $link .'"  rel="nofollow">'. $item_name .'</a><br>'. $_var_description ;
}

add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_variation_title_include_attributes','__return_false' );

I really appreciate being able to find answers here.

where did you placed the code? In the functions.php or in the order-details email? It doesn't work for me — p_e_88, Feb 07 '22 at 12:36

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '17 at 19:17

add_filter( 'woocommerce_order_item_name', 'display_product_description', 10, 2 );
    function display_product_description( $item_name, $item ) {

        $_product = get_product( $item['variation_id'] ? $item['variation_id'] : $item['product_id'] );


        $_var_description ='';

        if ( $item['variation_id'] ) {
            $_var_description = $_product->get_variation_description();
        }

        return $_var_description ;
    }

Try this in you theme's functions.php

It works, as it now displays the variation description on the order page and email. BUT now it displays the description instead the name of the product .. — Heiko, Feb 27 '17 at 07:48

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 01 '18 at 10:54

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Finally found a solution that worked Problem solved, add this to child theme function.php:

add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_variation_title_include_attributes', '__return_false' );

answered Jan 01 '18 at 10:54

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