Change order status when order has backorder items in it

Question

In WooCommerce, How to change the on-hold order status to something else, if this order has back-ordered items in it?

I have tried to use a custom function hooked in woocommerce_order_status_on-hold action hook without success.

Can anyone help me on this issue?

Thanks.

Answer 1

function mysite_hold($order_id) {

    $order = new WC_Order($order_id);
    $items = $order->get_items();
    $backorder = FALSE;

    foreach ($items as $item) {
        if ($item['Backordered']) {
            $backorder = TRUE;
            break;
        }
    }
    if($backorder){
        $order->update_status('completed'); //change your status here
    }
}
add_action('woocommerce_order_status_on-hold', 'mysite_hold');

//You may need to store your backorder info like below

wc_add_order_item_meta($item_id, 'Backordered', $qty - max(0, $product->get_total_stock()));

Please try this snippet