How to make changes to a column in WooCommerce admin orders list without modifying the core file

Question

Before asking this question I noticed that there are other similar questions on Stack Overflow without an accepted answer. Although each issue has a different context, I believe there is something in common.

I found these questions but they didn't help:

1. Overriding WooCommerce function in includes folder

2. Override woocommerce files from includes folder

3. How to override a function in Woocommerce WC_Order_Data_Store_CPT Class

I need to make some changes to the WooCommerce core file, but I don't want to touch the original files. So is there a way to override the functions of the files located in the includes folder?

Specifically, the file is this:

https://woocommerce.github.io/code-reference/files/woocommerce-includes-admin-list-tables-class-wc-admin-list-table-orders.html

I need to modify this piece of code (lines 235 and 237), the match would be the last two printf. My question is if this piece of code can be modified with some filter or functions in functions.php file, so if WooCommerce updates I don't lose the changes.

/**
 * Render column: order_status.
 */
protected function render_order_status_column() {
    $tooltip                 = '';
    $comment_count           = get_comment_count( $this->object->get_id() );
    $approved_comments_count = absint( $comment_count['approved'] );

    if ( $approved_comments_count ) {
        $latest_notes = wc_get_order_notes(
            array(
                'order_id' => $this->object->get_id(),
                'limit'    => 1,
                'orderby'  => 'date_created_gmt',
            )
        );

        $latest_note = current( $latest_notes );

        if ( isset( $latest_note->content ) && 1 === $approved_comments_count ) {
            $tooltip = wc_sanitize_tooltip( $latest_note->content );
        } elseif ( isset( $latest_note->content ) ) {
            /* translators: %d: notes count */
            $tooltip = wc_sanitize_tooltip( $latest_note->content . '<br/><small style="display:block">' . sprintf( _n( 'Plus %d other note', 'Plus %d other notes', ( $approved_comments_count - 1 ), 'woocommerce' ), $approved_comments_count - 1 ) . '</small>' );
        } else {
            /* translators: %d: notes count */
            $tooltip = wc_sanitize_tooltip( sprintf( _n( '%d note', '%d notes', $approved_comments_count, 'woocommerce' ), $approved_comments_count ) );
        }
    }

    if ( $tooltip ) {
        printf( '<mark class="order-status %s tips" data-tip="%s"><span>%s</span></mark>', esc_attr( sanitize_html_class( 'status-' . $this->object->get_status() ) ), wp_kses_post( $tooltip ), esc_html( wc_get_order_status_name( $this->object->get_status() ) ) );
    } else {
        printf( '<mark class="order-status %s"><span>%s</span></mark>', esc_attr( sanitize_html_class( 'status-' . $this->object->get_status() ) ), esc_html( wc_get_order_status_name( $this->object->get_status() ) ) );
    }
}

Answer 1

What you can do is remove the original order-status column, and then add a new custom order-status column in the same location:

function filter_manage_edit_shop_order_columns( $columns ) {
    // Loop trough existing columns
    foreach ( $columns as $key => $name ) {
        // NOT equal
        if ( $key !== 'order_status' ) {        
            $new_columns[$key] = $name;
        } else {
            // Replace with custom column
            $new_columns['my_order_status'] = __( 'Status', 'woocommerce' );
        }
    }

    return $new_columns;
}
add_filter( 'manage_edit-shop_order_columns', 'filter_manage_edit_shop_order_columns', 10, 1 );

Then you take over the existing code, and adjust it where desired:

function action_manage_shop_order_posts_custom_column( $column, $post_id ) {
    // Get order
    $order = wc_get_order( $post_id );
    
    /**
     * Render column: order_status.
     */
    if ( $column == 'my_order_status' ) {
        $tooltip                 = '';
        $comment_count           = get_comment_count( $order->get_id() );
        $approved_comments_count = absint( $comment_count['approved'] );

        if ( $approved_comments_count ) {
            $latest_notes = wc_get_order_notes(
                array(
                    'order_id' => $order->get_id(),
                    'limit'    => 1,
                    'orderby'  => 'date_created_gmt',
                )
            );

            $latest_note = current( $latest_notes );

            if ( isset( $latest_note->content ) && 1 === $approved_comments_count ) {
                $tooltip = wc_sanitize_tooltip( $latest_note->content );
            } elseif ( isset( $latest_note->content ) ) {
                /* translators: %d: notes count */
                $tooltip = wc_sanitize_tooltip( $latest_note->content . '<br/><small style="display:block">' . sprintf( _n( 'Plus %d other note', 'Plus %d other notes', ( $approved_comments_count - 1 ), 'woocommerce' ), $approved_comments_count - 1 ) . '</small>' );
            } else {
                /* translators: %d: notes count */
                $tooltip = wc_sanitize_tooltip( sprintf( _n( '%d note', '%d notes', $approved_comments_count, 'woocommerce' ), $approved_comments_count ) );
            }
        }

        if ( $tooltip ) {
            printf( '<mark class="order-status %s tips" data-tip="%s"><span>%s</span></mark>', esc_attr( sanitize_html_class( 'status-' . $order->get_status() ) ), wp_kses_post( $tooltip ), wp_kses( wc_get_order_status_name( $order->get_status() ) ) );
        } else {
            printf( '<mark class="order-status %s"><span>%s</span></mark>', esc_attr( sanitize_html_class( 'status-' . $order->get_status() ) ), wp_kses( wc_get_order_status_name( $order->get_status() ) ) );
        }
    }
}
add_action( 'manage_shop_order_posts_custom_column' , 'action_manage_shop_order_posts_custom_column', 10, 2 );