Show customer order history in the WooCommerce order detail page

When managing orders in WooCommerce, sometimes you need more context: has this customer ordered before? How often? Do they usually cancel? Having that information visible can help you make better decisions.

In this article, I’ll show you how to add a custom metabox to the order edit screen, displaying all other orders from the same customer, with the most important fields: ID (with link), Order Number, Date, Status, and Total. All of this with a simple snippet—no plugins needed.

What we’re building

At the end of this tutorial, when viewing a WooCommerce order placed by a registered user, you’ll see a box like this on the right sidebar:

|----------------------------------------------------------|
| ID    | Order No. | Date       | Status      | Total     |
|-------|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|
| #123  | 123       | 2024-12-10 | Completed   | $50.00    |
| #100  | 100       | 2024-10-02 | Cancelled   | $30.00    |
| #91   | 91        | 2024-09-15 | Processing  | $75.99    |

The snippet

Paste this code into your child theme’s functions.phpfile or into a custom plugin:

ID );
    $customerId = $order->get_customer_id();

    if ( ! $customerId ) {
        echo '
This order has no assigned customer.
';
        return;
    }

    $customerOrders = wc_get_orders( [
        'customer_id' => $customerId,
        'exclude'     => [ $order->get_id() ],
        'limit'       => -1,
        'orderby'     => 'date',
        'order'       => 'DESC',
        'return'      => 'ids'
    ] );

    if ( empty( $customerOrders ) ) {
        echo '
This customer has no other orders.
';
        return;
    }

    echo '';
    echo '';

    foreach ( $customerOrders as $orderId ) {
        $pastOrder     = wc_get_order( $orderId );
        $orderLink     = get_edit_post_link( $pastOrder->get_id() );
        $orderIdHtml   = '#' . esc_html( $pastOrder->get_id() ) . '';
        $orderNumber   = $pastOrder->get_order_number();
        $orderDate     = $pastOrder->get_date_created() ? $pastOrder->get_date_created()->date( 'Y-m-d' ) : '-';
        $orderStatus   = wc_get_order_status_name( $pastOrder->get_status() );
        $orderTotal    = $pastOrder->get_formatted_order_total();

        echo '';
    }

    echo '

            
ID
            
Order No.
            
Date
            
Status
            
Total
          

                
' . $orderIdHtml . '
                
' . esc_html( $orderNumber ) . '
                
' . esc_html( $orderDate ) . '
                
' . esc_html( $orderStatus ) . '
                
' . $orderTotal . '
              
';
}

Code Explanation

• add_meta_box: Adds a custom metabox to the order edit screen.
• get_customer_id(): Retrieves the user ID who placed the current order (if registered).
• wc_get_orders(): Fetches all other orders from the same customer, excluding the current one.
• get_order_number(): Returns the actual order number, which may differ from the ID if you’re using plugins like Sequential Order Numbers.
• get_edit_post_link(): Provides the admin URL to edit the selected order.
• get_date_created(): Gets the order’s creation date (formatted for display).
• wc_get_order_status_name(): Converts the internal status slug (completed, cancelled, etc.) to a readable label like “Completed” or “Cancelled”.
• get_formatted_order_total(): Displays the order total with currency formatting.
• Simple HTML Table: Keeps the UI clean and compact inside the admin sidebar.

Final result

This metabox gives you quick insight into the customer’s behavior—whether they’re a frequent buyer, a new client, or someone who often cancels. A small improvement that can really help in stores where customer history matters (like custom products, returns, or support-heavy shops).