WooCommerce change order status BACS processing - php

Question

In WooCommerce any order placed with the BACS (direct bank transfer) is set to "on-hold".
How would one go about changing this automatically to processing?
I wan't it to work inside the functions.php
I have the following code but that doesn't work:
add_filter( 'woocommerce_payment_complete_order_status', 'rfvc_update_order_status', 10, 2 );
function rfvc_update_order_status( $order_status, $order_id ) {
$order = new WC_Order( $order_id );
if ( 'on-hold' == $order_status && 'on-hold' == $order->status ) {
return 'processing';
}
return $order_status;
}
Any help would be great!

Answer 1

New 2020 update
WooCommerce version 3.4 has introduced a much better hook than woocommerce_thankyou or woocommerce_thankyou_bacs, that allows to change the default order status for BACS payment method.
Using this hook will:
clearly lighten the necessary code,
avoid "on-hold" notification to the customer when a BACS order is placed.
So use instead the following:
add_filter( 'woocommerce_bacs_process_payment_order_status','filter_bacs_process_payment_order_status_callback', 10, 2 );
function filter_bacs_process_payment_order_status_callback( $status, $order ) {
return 'processing';
}
Code goes in functions.php file of the active child theme (or active theme). Tested and works.
Original answer:
Update (added a version for woocommerce 3+ at the end)
It seems that woocommerce_payment_complete_order_status action hook doesn't trigger with BACS payment method.
Based on this thread, 'woocommerce_thankyou' action hook does the job:
add_action( 'woocommerce_thankyou', 'bacs_order_payment_processing_order_status', 10, 1 );
function bacs_order_payment_processing_order_status( $order_id ) {
if ( ! $order_id ) {
return;
}
// Get an instance of the WC_Order object
$order = new WC_Order( $order_id );
if ( ( get_post_meta($order->id, '_payment_method', true) == 'bacs' ) && ('on-hold' == $order->status || 'pending' == $order->status) ) {
$order->update_status('processing');
} else {
return;
}
}
Code goes in function.php file of your active child theme (or active theme). tested and works.
For woocommerce 3+ versions:
Here we use the similar composite hook woocommerce_thankyou_{$order->get_payment_method()}:
add_action( 'woocommerce_thankyou_bacs', 'bacs_order_payment_processing_order_status', 10, 1 );
function bacs_order_payment_processing_order_status( $order_id ) {
if ( ! $order_id ) {
return;
}
// Get an instance of the WC_Order object
$order = wc_get_order( $order_id );
if ( in_array( $order->get_status(), array('on-hold', 'pending') ) ) {
$order->update_status('processing');
} else {
return;
}
}
Code goes in function.php file of your active child theme (or active theme). tested and works.

Answer 2

There is a new filter which will allow you to set the status when BACS 'payment' is processed.
/**
* Change the default status when BACS 'payment' is processed.
*
* #see WC_Gateway_BACS::process_payment()
* woocommerce/includes/gateways/bacs/class-wc-gateway-bacs.php:362
* #since Mar 8, 2018
* #link https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/750fda3b1b55c55645f626d3873d956282e3ac1b/includes/gateways/bacs/class-wc-gateway-bacs.php#L364
*
* #filter woocommerce_bacs_process_payment_order_status
* #priority 10
* #args 2
*
* #param string $status Status to filter. Default 'on-hold'.
* #param WC_Order $order
* #return string New status 'processing'.
*/
add_filter( 'woocommerce_bacs_process_payment_order_status', function( $status = 'on_hold', $order = null ) {
return 'processing';
}, 10, 2 );

Answer 3

Try changing the code to this:
function rfvc_update_order_status( $order_status, $order_id ) {
$order = new WC_Order( $order_id );
if ( 'on-hold' == $order_status && 'on-hold' == $order->status ) {
$order->update_status('processing', 'order_note');
}
return $order_status;
}
The key change here is this:
$order->update_status('processing', 'order_note');
You can add order note too if you prefer.