dynamically-change-woocommerce-order-date-on-status-change.code-snippets.xml

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<snippets>
  <snippet scope="1">
    <name>Dynamically change WooCommerce order date on status change</name>
    <desc></desc>
    <tags>order, status, woocommerce, change</tags>
    <code>add_action( 'woocommerce_loaded', 'wc_custom_loaded' );&#13;
&#13;
function wc_custom_loaded() {&#13;
	$old_statuses = array(&#13;
		'failed',&#13;
		//uncomment any of the below statuses to include those statuses&#13;
		//'pending',&#13;
		//'processing',&#13;
		//'on-hold',&#13;
		//'cancelled',&#13;
		//'refunded'&#13;
	);&#13;
	foreach ( $old_statuses as $old_status ) {&#13;
		add_action( 'woocommerce_order_status_' . $old_status . '_to_completed', 'wc_custom_change_posted_date', 99, 1 );&#13;
	}&#13;
}&#13;
&#13;
function wc_custom_change_posted_date( $order_id ) {&#13;
	$order = wc_get_order( $order_id );&#13;
	$args = array(&#13;
		'post_id' =&gt; $order_id,&#13;
		//wp_insert_post (called by wp_update_post) will set the date to "now" if `post_date` is empty, likewise with `post_date_gmt`&#13;
		'post_date' =&gt; '',&#13;
		'post_date_gmt' =&gt; '',&#13;
	);&#13;
	wp_update_post( $args );&#13;
}</code>
  </snippet>
</snippets>