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title: Order Status History Placeholders Reference
description: Reference for the placeholders in the WooCommerce My Account order status history templates, with an example.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/order-status-history-placeholders-reference/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: References
---

# Order Status History Placeholders Reference

When you display order status history on the customer **My Account > Orders** page, [Scheduled & Automatic Order Status Controller for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/order-status-rules-for-woocommerce/) builds the output from three templates: Before, Each record and After. This reference lists the placeholders each template accepts. All of this is available in the free version.

The templates live in the **My Account** section at **WPFactory > Order Status Rules** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Order Status Rules**).

### Templates and their placeholders

| Template | Option ID | Placeholders | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Before | `alg_wc_osr_my_account_orders_status_history_templates[before]` | `%current_status%` | `%current_status%` |
| Each record | `alg_wc_osr_my_account_orders_status_history_templates[each_record]` | `%record_nr%`, `%record_date%`, `%record_time%`, `%status_from%`, `%status_to%` | `<br>%status_from% &rarr; %status_to%` |
| After | `alg_wc_osr_my_account_orders_status_history_templates[after]` | `%current_status%` | (empty) |

### What each placeholder outputs

| Placeholder | Outputs |
| --- | --- |
| `%current_status%` | The order's current status name |
| `%record_nr%` | The record number within the history |
| `%record_date%` | The date of the status change |
| `%record_time%` | The time of the status change |
| `%status_from%` | The status the order changed from |
| `%status_to%` | The status the order changed to |

**Note:** the **Before** and **After** templates only support `%current_status%`. The per-change placeholders (`%record_nr%` and the rest) only work inside the **Each record** template, which is repeated once per history entry. `&rarr;` in the default is the HTML entity for a right arrow.

### Example

An "Each record" template of `<li>%record_date%: %status_from% &rarr; %status_to%</li>` renders one list item per status change, showing the date and the transition.

### Related

To enable and position this history, see the guide on showing order status history on the My Account page. For the underlying data, the history is stored in the order meta key `_alg_wc_order_status_change_history`.

### Get more from your automations

The My Account history is free. To drive it with more than one rule, [Order Status Rules](https://wpfactory.com/item/order-status-rules-for-woocommerce/) Pro removes the single-rule limit. [See what Pro unlocks](https://wpfactory.com/item/order-status-rules-for-woocommerce/).

Related articles

- [Order Status Rule Conditions Reference](https://wpfactory.com/docs/order-status-rule-conditions-reference/)
- [Show Order Status History on the My Account Page](https://wpfactory.com/docs/setting-myaccount-tab/)
- [How to Schedule Order Status Changes with Time Triggers](https://wpfactory.com/docs/schedule-order-status-changes-time-triggers/)
- [How to Copy and Reset Order Status Rule Settings](https://wpfactory.com/docs/copy-and-reset-order-status-rule-settings/)
- [Run Order Status Rules Automatically: Cron and Action Scheduler](https://wpfactory.com/docs/automatic-order-status-processing-cron/)