// Display order items product categories (Orders on front end and emails) add_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_end', 'display_custom_data_in_emails', 10, 4 ); function display_custom_data_in_emails( $item_id, $item, $order, $bool ) { // Get the product categories for this item $terms = wp_get_post_terms( $item->get_product_id(), 'product_cat', array( 'fields' => 'names' ) ); // Output a coma separated string of product category names echo "<br><small>" . implode(', ', $terms) . "</small>"; } // Display order items product categories in admin order edit pages add_action( 'woocommerce_after_order_itemmeta', 'custom_admin_order_itemmeta', 15, 3 ); function custom_admin_order_itemmeta( $item_id, $item, $product ){ //if( ! is_admin() ) return; // only backend // Target order "line items" only to avoid errors if( $item->is_type( 'line_item' ) ){ // Get the product categories for this item $terms = wp_get_post_terms( $item->get_product_id(), 'product_cat', array( 'fields' => 'names' ) ); // Output a coma separated string of product category names echo "<br><small>" . implode(', ', $terms) . "</small>"; } }