Are WooCommerce Orders Stored in the Database?
Yes, they are stored in the wp_posts table.
WooCommerce orders are a Custom Post Type (CPT) so they're located in the wp_posts table. If you search the post_type field for 'shop_order', your SQL query will retrieve all your WooCommerce orders.
How Do You Export a Catalog of Products from WooCommerce?
WooCommerce Admins wishing to export their catalog of products can generate a CSV using the Product Importer/Exporter feature:
1. Navigate to WooCommerce > Products.
2, Select Export.
3. Select to Export All Columns.
4. Select to Export All Products.
5. Select to Export All Categories.
6. Proceed the export.
Exporting Orders from Your Online Store
Nexcess Cloud clients can transfer WooCommerce orders to new sites and export their WooCommerce settings. This article explains how to move your WooCommerce orders in the case where you are migrating them to a new site. Other use cases include:
- Providing your order data to third-party dropshipping companies.
- Backing up your order data.
- Analyzing your order data
The core functionality of WooCommerce does not support the export of order data, but a successful order data export can be achieved with the help of plugins. Most of them are paid or freemium, and below are just a few examples:
In this article, we will use the free version of Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce to show how to export WooCommerce settings and orders.
What You Need
You need the following items to export order data from your online store hosted with Nexcess:
- An active Managed WooCommerce or StoreBuilder plan.
- Access to the wp-admin area of your WooCommerce website. If you do not have credentials for it, please get in touch with our Nexcess Support Team via chat, phone, or ticket.
Step #1: Installing the Plugin
The Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce plugin can be downloaded from its directory at WordPress.org. Once you have downloaded and installed the plugin, log into your wp-admin area using your admin credentials.
Plugins can be installed by navigating to the Plugins section > Add New > Upload Plugin.
Drag the ZIP file containing the plugin to the “Choose File” and drop it, or select it manually by clicking on the “Choose File” button.
After it has been installed, don’t forget to activate it from the plugins page. Once it is activated, you will be able to access it from the WooCommerce section.
Step #2: Configuring Filters
To migrate WooCommerce orders to a new site, it is necessary to configure all the filters so that the export file does not lack any critical information.
On the other hand, some fields can be omitted for convenience. For example, if you are analyzing coupon usage, you might not need data that is not directly associated with it, such as a customer's phone.
Date Filtering
The first filter option by date or date range. Depending on what data you are interested in, you can filter your orders by Order Date, Modification Date, Paid Date, and Completed Date.
Additionally, date and orders (Order ID) ranges can be configured to get a more specific list.
The “Express export” button allows you to generate a report using the default settings for filtering and sorting.
Additional Filtering
Another filtering option this plugin offers is filtering by a specific attribute.
Filter by Order
It allows you to include or leave out orders with certain statuses and add custom fields to specify your filtering needs more precisely. If you are to analyze the percentage of refunded orders, check the “Export refunds” box.
Filter by Product
This filtering option allows you to export orders containing specific products. Alternatively, it is possible to export orders for any product, but with omitting any products you are not interested in. This can be achieved by filling out the “Products” or “Exclude Products” fields, respectively. “Product SKU” (stock keeping unit) is a helpful option if you need to export data for a specific SKU.
Filter by Customer
Filtering by customer allows you to export WooCommerce orders based on customers’ usernames and roles. It can be useful if you need to check orders made by several selected customers.
Filter by Coupon
This option allows you to filter your orders based on coupon usage. You can specify if you need data on all the orders made with coupons or if you want to know more about specific coupons. The latter can be helpful if you assess the effectiveness of one of your promos.
Filter by Billing
Billing filtering allows you to filter your orders based on your customers' billing information (city, state, postcode, or country). Different payment methods can also be taken into account. This attribute can help you determine the most active customers and most used payment methods. You can use this information to explore the possibility of opening a physical store in that location or finding equivalents for the most used payment methods in case they fail.
Filter by Shipping
Filtering by shipping can help you analyze the most frequently used shipping locations and methods. Using this information, you can evaluate if better shipping terms can be arranged or if self-pickup points can be established for these locations.
Filter by Item & Metadata
This section contains miscellaneous and some additional filtering options.
Step #3: Configuring Fields to Display
Once you expand the “Set up fields to export” section at the bottom of the page, you will see the following options.
This section allows you to select fields that you want to export. By default, the plugin suggests an extensive list of fields, and depending on your use case, you might want to remove some of them, depending on your data analysis needs. For example, if you want to migrate your WooCommerce orders to a new site, you should add as many relevant fields as possible.
Step #4: Configuring Exporting Options
Finally, the plugin allows you to choose the format for the file and generate a filename based on tags. Default tags are:
- %y - current year
- %m - current month
- %d - current day
- %h - current hour
- %i - current minute
- %s - current second
For convenience, hour, minute, and second tags can be removed, and the filename changed to something like “Orders - mywoocommercedomain.com - generated on %y-%m-%d”.
The plugin offers a wide choice of formats, and each can be configured by clicking on the arrow next to the format, but the default settings are fine if you want to migrate your WooCommerce orders to a new site.
Step #5: Finishing Up
The last step to export your WooCommerce orders is to click the “Export” button, as shown below. Depending on the number of orders being exported, the process may take some time.
It will download the export file in the selected format to your computer. Additionally, all the filtering settings can be saved for future exports.
The export file can now be used to migrate your WooCommerce orders and settings to a new site.
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