咨询：如何修改WooCommerce邮件？找不到对应模板文件

Hey there! I’ve dealt with this exact frustration before—trying to tweak WooCommerce emails but not finding the right files, or worrying about breaking core plugin stuff. Let me break this down clearly for you.

First, let’s locate the base files, but a critical note: never edit these core plugin files directly. WooCommerce updates will overwrite any changes you make here, and you’ll lose all your work.

• The core email templates live in your WordPress install at: wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/emails/
• Inside this folder, you’ll find all the main email files like customer-processing-order.php (for processing order emails), customer-completed-order.php (completed order alerts), and shared components like email-header.php and email-footer.php.

This is the industry-standard method—your changes will stay intact even when WooCommerce or your theme updates. Here’s how to set it up:

1. In your WordPress themes directory (wp-content/themes/), go to your child theme folder (if you don’t have a child theme, create one first—it’s worth the 5 minutes of setup to avoid losing customizations later).
2. Create a new folder named woocommerce inside your child theme if it doesn’t already exist.
3. Inside that woocommerce folder, create another subfolder named emails.
4. Now, copy the specific email template file you want to edit from the core woocommerce/templates/emails/ folder into your child theme’s woocommerce/emails/ folder.
5. Edit the copied file in your child theme—WooCommerce will automatically use this version instead of the core template.

Sometimes, the part of the email you want to change isn’t in the main email template files. Here are common scenarios:

• Content added via hooks: WooCommerce uses action hooks to inject dynamic content into emails (like before/after the order table). Instead of editing templates, you can add custom code to your child theme’s functions.php file. For example, to add a custom thank-you message after the order table:

add_action( 'woocommerce_email_after_order_table', 'custom_post_order_message', 10, 4 );
function custom_post_order_message( $order, $sent_to_admin, $plain_text, $email ) {
    // Only show this to customers, not admins
    if ( !$sent_to_admin ) {
        echo '<p>Just a quick note: We’ll process your order within 24 hours and send a tracking link once it ships!</p>';
    }
}

• Order details or line items: These are often pulled from template parts in woocommerce/templates/order/ (like order-details.php or order-item.php). If you want to modify how order items look in emails, copy these files to your-child-theme/woocommerce/order/ and edit them there—they’ll be used in all emails that include order details.

• After editing, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Emails, select the email you modified, and click "Send test email" to preview your changes.
• If your edits don’t show up, double-check that the file path in your child theme matches the core path exactly (case-sensitive on some servers!).

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Rocío SG