To automatically create a user account after WooCommerce checkout, you can use the woocommerce_thankyou hook. Here’s how you can do it:
Steps to Auto-Create a User After WooCommerce Checkout
- Check if the user is a guest (not logged in).
- Generate a random password.
- Create a new WordPress user.
- Associate the order with the newly created user.
- Send login details to the user.
Code Snippet for functions.php
Add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 | function auto_create_user_after_checkout( $order_id ) {if ( !$order_id ) return;$order = wc_get_order( $order_id );$email = $order->get_billing_email();$first_name = $order->get_billing_first_name();$last_name = $order->get_billing_last_name();// Check if user already existsif ( email_exists( $email ) ) return;// Generate a random password$password = wp_generate_password();// Create a new user$user_id = wp_create_user( $email, $password, $email );if ( is_wp_error( $user_id ) ) return;// Update user metawp_update_user( array('ID' => $user_id,'first_name' => $first_name,'last_name' => $last_name,'role' => 'customer' // Assign WooCommerce customer role));// Link order to the new user$order->set_customer_id( $user_id );$order->save();// Send email notification to user$subject = "Your New Account Details";$message = "Hello $first_name,\n\n";$message .= "An account has been created for you on " . get_bloginfo( 'name' ) . ".\n";$message .= "Here are your login details:\n\n";$message .= "Username: $email\n";$message .= "Password: $password\n\n";$message .= "Login here: " . wp_login_url() . "\n\n";wp_mail( $email, $subject, $message );}add_action( 'woocommerce_thankyou', 'auto_create_user_after_checkout' ); |
How This Works
Automatically creates a user account if they checkout as a guest.
Links the WooCommerce order to the new user.
Emails login details to the customer.
Assigns the “customer” role to the new account.