WooCommere Remove Checkout Billing Fields For Virtual Product Orders

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About This Solution

This snippet checks the cart contents and will remove the billing fields if there are only virtual products in the order.

This means your customers will only need to enter their first name, last name, email address, and optionally any order notes.

If you wish to remove Order notes you can view the guide here: How to remove the Order Notes section from the WooCommerce checkout.

Keep in mind, some payment gateways require billing fields, particularly the postcode, to process orders.

/**
 * Snippet Name:	WooCommere Remove Checkout Billing Fields For Virtual Products
 * Snippet Author:	ecommercehints.com
 */

add_filter( 'woocommerce_checkout_fields' , 'ecommercehints_remove_checkout_billing_fields_if_virtual_product' );
function ecommercehints_remove_checkout_billing_fields_if_virtual_product( $fields ) {

   $only_virtual_in_cart = true; // If there is a physical product too, don't remove the fields

   foreach( WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item_key => $cart_item ) {

      if ( ! $cart_item['data']->is_virtual() ) {
		  $only_virtual_in_cart = false;
	  }
   }
	if ($only_virtual_in_cart) {
		unset($fields['billing']['billing_company']);
		unset($fields['billing']['billing_address_1']);
		unset($fields['billing']['billing_address_2']);
		unset($fields['billing']['billing_city']);
		unset($fields['billing']['billing_postcode']);
		unset($fields['billing']['billing_country']);
		unset($fields['billing']['billing_state']);
		unset($fields['billing']['billing_phone']);
	}
     return $fields;
}

Snippet Benefits

Reduce friction at the checkout by removing unnecessary fields.
By reducing the number of steps you are more likely to increase the conversion rate and reduce the checkout abandonment rate.