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F4 Shipping Phone and E-Mail for WooCommerce

By FAKTOR VIER

E-commerce & Shopping /

F4 Shipping Phone and E-Mail for WooCommerce Review - In-Depth Analysis

This plugin adds e-mail and telephone fields to the WooCommerce shipping address. It enhances the checkout process by allowing customers to provide additional contact information.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.73/10

User Rating

5/5 (based on 8+ reviews)

Active Installations

800+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

This plugin adds essential fields for e-mail and telephone number to the WooCommerce shipping address. It integrates seamlessly into the checkout process, making it easier for customers to provide their contact information.

The plugin adds these fields to the shipping address checkout form, the edit shipping address form, and the edit order backend page. It also ensures that e-mail and telephone data is included in privacy data exports and can be erased upon request.

By default, the settings from the billing address are used, allowing for easy configuration. Users can customize whether the fields are required or optional through the WooCommerce settings. The plugin is lightweight, optimized, and completely free!

Comparing to Alternatives

F4 Shipping Phone and E-Mail for WooCommerce stands alone in its category with no close direct alternatives available, making it a unique solution for adding shipping phone and email fields.

Top alternatives

Strengths

Extremely simple and focused functionality
Adds shipping phone and email fields to WooCommerce emails
Lightweight and does not bloat the site
Includes shipping phone in REST API meta fields
Highly praised for ease of use and effectiveness

Weaknesses

Limited to only adding shipping phone and email fields
No additional customization options beyond its core purpose
Lacks a pro version with extended features

User Sentiment Analysis

With a perfect 5-star rating from all 8 reviewers, user feedback is overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the plugin's simplicity and effectiveness.

Positive highlights

'Great Plugin' - miwebdesigns
'This is a great plugin!' - yujinyang
'Simple and Great' - niguramu
'Excellent and simple' - Galeor
'Lightweight plugin. Great support.' - tjos123

Common complaints

Weaknesses

Limited feature set focused solely on shipping phone and email fields
No advanced customization or additional functionalities

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users who need a straightforward, no-fuss solution to add shipping phone and email fields to WooCommerce emails without extra features or complexity.

Not ideal for

Those looking for a multifunctional plugin with extensive customization or additional shipping-related features may find this plugin too limited.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version fully covers the plugin's core functionality of adding shipping phone and email fields to WooCommerce emails.

Final Verdict

F4 Shipping Phone and E-Mail for WooCommerce is a niche plugin that excels at its specific task, earning perfect user ratings and praise for simplicity and reliability. Its lack of vulnerabilities and lightweight design make it a safe and efficient choice for WooCommerce store owners needing this functionality.

However, its focused scope means it may not satisfy users seeking broader shipping customization options or advanced features. Given the absence of alternatives and a pro version, it is ideal for those prioritizing simplicity and essential functionality over extensiveness.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free F4 Shipping Phone and E-Mail for WooCommerce plugin.

WooCommerce

Shipping

Telephone

Checkout

Screenshots

FAQ

Since WooCommerce 5.6 the shipping phone is natively supported in the formatted shipping address. You have to make sure that your template files
(emails/email-addresses.php, emails/plain/email-addresses.php, order/order-details-customer.php) are up-to-date (@version 5.6.0). If your template is not at
least 5.6 compatible then you can simply add the following hook to your functions.php. This hook should restore the previous functionality until your templates are up-to-date:

add_filter('F4/WCSPE/append_phone_field_to_formatted_address', '__return_true')

Since WooCommerce 5.6 the order of our shipping email/phone fields is different than the billing email/phone fields. Thats because our simple solution to add
this fields to every theme without changing the code is limited and the WooCommerce 5.6 update changes a few things in the template files that prevents us from
displaying the fields in the right order. Also the shipping fields may look different than the billing fields, because we don’t add any html code to format the output.
If you want to change the order of the billing phone/email or the displayed output, you can follow these steps to disable our default output and add your own code:

Add the following hook to your theme (functions.php):

add_filter('F4/WCSPE/append_email_field_to_formatted_address', '__return_false'); add_filter('F4/WCSPE/append_phone_field_to_formatted_address', '__return_false'); // only for versions lesser than 5.6

Search in the template file emails/email-addresses.php for the following code:

<address class="address">     <?php echo wp_kses_post( $shipping ); ?>     <?php if ( $order->get_shipping_phone() ) : ?>         <br /><?php echo wc_make_phone_clickable( $order->get_shipping_phone() ); ?>     <?php endif; ?> </address>

and replace it with this code:

<address class="address">     <?php echo wp_kses_post( $shipping ); ?>     <?php if ( $order->get_shipping_phone() ) : ?>         <br /><?php echo wc_make_phone_clickable( $order->get_shipping_phone() ); ?>     <?php endif; ?>     <?php if ( $order->get_meta('_shipping_email') ) : ?>         <br/><?php echo esc_html( $order->get_meta('_shipping_email') ); ?>     <?php endif; ?> </address>

Search in the template file emails/plain/email-addresses.php for the following code:

if ( $order->get_shipping_phone() ) {     echo $order->get_shipping_phone() . "\n"; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped }

and replace it with this code:

if ( $order->get_shipping_phone() ) {     echo $order->get_shipping_phone() . "\n"; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped } if ( $order->get_meta('_shipping_email') ) {     echo $order->get_meta('_shipping_email') . "\n"; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped }

Search in the template file order/order-details-customer.php for the following code:

<?php if ( $order->get_shipping_phone() ) : ?>     <p class="woocommerce-customer-details--phone"><?php echo esc_html( $order->get_shipping_phone() ); ?></p> <?php endif; ?>

and replace it with this code:

<?php if ( $order->get_shipping_phone() ) : ?>     <p class="woocommerce-customer-details--phone"><?php echo esc_html( $order->get_shipping_phone() ); ?></p> <?php endif; ?>  <?php if ( $order->get_meta('_shipping_email') ) : ?>     <p class="woocommerce-customer-details--email"><?php echo esc_html( $order->get_meta('_shipping_email') ); ?></p> <?php endif; ?>

The code may vary in your theme, you just have to look for similar looking code.