How Do I Change the Out of Stock Status in WooCommerce?

If you are using WooCommerce to sell products on your WordPress site, you may have noticed that there is no obvious way to change the “Out of Stock” status for a product. This can be frustrating if you have a product that goes in and out of stock frequently, or if you accidentally mark a product as out of stock and need to change it back. Fortunately, there is a way to change the out of stock status for a product in WooCommerce, though it requires editing some code.

To change the out of stock status for a product in WooCommerce, you will need to access your site’s code via FTP or through your hosting control panel. Once you have access to your site’s files, open the wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/admin/meta-boxes/class-wc-meta-box-product-data.php file in a text editor. Around line 1240, you will see the following code:

$stock = get_post_meta( $thepostid, '_stock', true );
echo '<span class="stock_status" id="_stock_status">' 
. wc_get_stock_html( $product ) . '</span>';

Replace this code with the following:

$stock = get_post_meta( $thepostid, '_stock', true );
$backorders = get_option( 'woocommerce_allow_backorders' );
$manage_stock = (
     'yes' === get_option(
     'woocommerce_manage_stock' ) ) ? true : false;
?>
<div class="control">
<label for=" stock_status" class="label"><?php _e(
     'Stock status', 'woocommerce' ); ?>
<?php echo wc_help_tip( __(
     'Controls whether or not the product is marked as "in stock"
or "out of stock" on the frontend.',
     'woocommerce' ) );
     // @codingStandardsIgnoreLine ?></label>
<select name=" _stock_status" id=" _stock_status"
class="select short wc-enhanced-select dropdown visibility"
     data-allowclear="true"
     data-placeholder=""
     tabindex=""
     aria-hidden="true" 
     style="">;
<?php foreach (
   wc_get_product_stock_status_options() as $key = > $value ) : ?>;
<option value=" <"?php echo esc_attr( $key ); ?>"
<"?php selected( $key === $_stock['value'] ); ?>" >"