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How Do I Change the Placeholder in WooCommerce?

Last updated on January 21, 2023 @ 12:28 pm

When it comes to eCommerce platforms, WooCommerce is one of the most popular choices among store owners. Part of the reason for its popularity is its flexibility – WooCommerce can be customized to a great extent without requiring coding knowledge. One of the things you might want to customize is the placeholder text that appears in the search field and in other places on your WooCommerce store.

For example, by default, the search field on a WooCommerce store says “Search products…”. This might not be what you want visitors to see on your store, especially if you sell other things besides products. In this case, you can change the placeholder text to something else, like “Search our site…”

PRO TIP: If you are using WooCommerce to manage your online store, it is important to understand how to change the placeholder text for your products. By default, WooCommerce will use the product name as the placeholder text for your products. However, you may want to change this to something else, such as the product description or a custom message.

Changing the placeholder text in WooCommerce is relatively simple, but it is important to understand the consequences before doing so. First, changing the placeholder text will only affect new products that are added to your store. products that have already been added will not be affected. Second, if you change the placeholder text and then later decide to revert back to the default WooCommerce behavior, you will need to manually update all of your products.

With that said, if you still want to change the placeholder text in WooCommerce, here’s how:

1. Login to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to WooCommerce -> Settings.

2. On the Settings page, click on the “Products” tab.

3. Scroll down to the “Product Data” section and look for the “Placeholder Text” setting.

4. Enter the new placeholder text in the

Here’s how you can change the placeholder text in WooCommerce:

  1. Log in to your WordPress site and go to Appearance > Customize. This will open the WordPress Customizer.
  2. On the left side of the screen, you will see a list of options that you can customize. Click on WooCommerce > Settings. This will take you to the WooCommerce settings page.
  3. Click on Catalog. On this page, you will see an option called “Search form placeholder text”. Enter the text that you want to appear as the placeholder in this field.
  4. Click on “Save Changes”. That’s it! The new placeholder text will now appear on your WooCommerce store.
Madison Geldart

Madison Geldart

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