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How Do I Change Select Option Text in WooCommerce?

Last updated on January 23, 2023 @ 12:08 pm

WooCommerce is a powerful eCommerce plugin that allows you to sell anything, beautifully. One of the many features that WooCommerce offers is the ability to change the text for the “Select” options field on products. For example, you can change the text from “Choose an Option” to “Please select an option below”.

To change the text for the Select options field, you need to add some code to your child theme’s functions.php file. You can do this by going to Appearance > Editor in your WordPress admin panel, and then selecting the functions.php file from the right hand side.

Once you have opened up functions.php, add the following code:

PRO TIP: If you are not a developer, do not attempt to change the select option text in WooCommerce as you could break your site.
function my_text_change() {
  return __( 'Please select an option below', 'woocommerce' ); 
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_add_to_cart_text', 'my_text_change' );

This code tells WooCommerce to use the new text that you have specified (Please select an option below) instead of the default text (Choose an Option). You can change the new text to whatever you like.

You can also style this text using HTML tags. For example, if you wanted to make the text bold and underlined, you would use the following code:

function my_text_change() {
  return __( '<b><u>Please select an option below</b></u>', 'woocommerce' ); 
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_add_to_cart_text', 'my_text_change' );

You can use any valid HTML tags in this code, so feel free to experiment and get creative!

Madison Geldart

Madison Geldart

Cloud infrastructure engineer and tech mess solver.