Unlocking the Power of Woocommerce Subscriptions: Adding a Line of Text Before Recurring Totals in the Cart Table

Are you tired of a cluttered and confusing cart table on your Woocommerce Subscriptions-based online store? Do you want to provide your customers with a clear and concise breakdown of their recurring payments? If so, you’re in the right place! In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the step-by-step process of adding a line of text before the recurring totals in the cart table, giving your customers a better understanding of their subscription costs.

Understanding the Default Cart Table

The default cart table in Woocommerce Subscriptions provides a bare-bones breakdown of the customer’s cart contents, including the product name, quantity, and subtotal. However, when it comes to recurring payments, the default table can be confusing, especially for customers who are new to subscription-based services.

As you can see, the default cart table doesn’t provide much context about the recurring payment, making it difficult for customers to understand how their subscription costs are broken down.

The Solution: Adding a Line of Text Before Recurring Totals

To provide a clearer breakdown of recurring payments, we’ll add a line of text before the recurring totals in the cart table. This will give customers a better understanding of their subscription costs and help to reduce confusion.

Step 1: Creating a Custom Function

The first step is to create a custom function that will add the line of text before the recurring totals. To do this, you’ll need to add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file:

<?php
function add_recurring_text_before_totals() {
  ?>

This function will be used to hook into the Woocommerce cart table and add our custom line of text.

Step 2: Hooking into the Cart Table

To add our custom line of text before the recurring totals, we’ll use the `woocommerce_cart_contents` action hook. This hook allows us to modify the cart table content before it’s rendered.

<?php
add_action( 'woocommerce_cart_contents', 'add_recurring_text_before_totals', 10 );
?>

The `10` in the code above refers to the priority of the hook, which determines when the function is executed. A lower priority means the function will be executed earlier, while a higher priority means it will be executed later.

Step 3: Adding the Custom Line of Text

Now that we’ve hooked into the cart table, we can add our custom line of text before the recurring totals. To do this, we’ll use the following code:

<?php
function add_recurring_text_before_totals() {
  ?><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Recurring Payment Information:</strong></td></tr>
  ?>
}
?>

This code adds a new table row with a colspan of 2, which spans the entire width of the table. The `` tag is used to add emphasis to the text, and the `Recurring Payment Information:` text is what will be displayed to the customer.

<?php
add_action( 'woocommerce_cart_contents', 'display_modified_cart_table', 20 );
function display_modified_cart_table() {
  wc_get_template( 'cart/cart.php' );
}
?>