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title: How to Show Checkout Fields Conditionally
description: Show a WooCommerce checkout field only in certain situations, based on what is in the cart or who the customer is.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/woocommerce-conditional-checkout-fields/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: How to
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# How to Show Checkout Fields Conditionally

To show a WooCommerce checkout field only in certain situations, use the Visibility Options in [Custom Checkout Fields for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/custom-checkout-fields-for-woocommerce/). Each field can be limited by what is in the cart, who the customer is, where they are, or the value of another field.

![Visibility Options for a custom checkout field](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/Visibility-Options.png)

### How visibility works

By default a field shows for everyone. As soon as you set one or more visibility rules, the field only appears when **all** of them are satisfied. Leave a rule blank to ignore it.

### Open the Visibility Options

1. Go to **WPFactory > Custom Checkout Fields** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Custom Checkout Fields**).
2. Open the field tab and scroll to **Visibility Options**.

### Cart-based rules

| Label | Option ID | Shows the field when |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Categories | `alg_wc_ccf_categories_in_1` | The cart contains a product in a selected category |
| Tags | `alg_wc_ccf_tags_in_1` | The cart contains a product with a selected tag |
| Products | `alg_wc_ccf_products_in_1` | The cart contains a selected product |
| Product shipping classes | `alg_wc_ccf_shipping_classes_in_1` | The cart contains a product in a selected shipping class |
| Virtual products | `alg_wc_ccf_virtual_products_1` | Require or exclude when a virtual product is in the cart |
| Downloadable products | `alg_wc_ccf_downloadable_products_1` | Require or exclude when a downloadable product is in the cart |
| Min cart amount | `alg_wc_ccf_min_cart_amount_1` | The cart total is at least this amount (0 to ignore) |
| Max cart amount | `alg_wc_ccf_max_cart_amount_1` | The cart total is no more than this amount (0 to ignore) |

The **Add shipping cost to cart total** option (`alg_wc_ccf_cart_total_shipping_1`, default Yes) decides whether shipping is counted in the Min and Max cart amount checks.

### Customer-based rules

| Label | Option ID | Shows the field when |
| --- | --- | --- |
| User roles | `alg_wc_ccf_user_roles_in_1` | The visitor has a selected role |
| Countries | `alg_wc_ccf_countries_1` | Combined with the Countries action below |
| Countries action | `alg_wc_ccf_countries_action_1` | Hide in selected countries, or show in selected countries only |

**Guest visitors:** logged-out shoppers count as the special role **Guest**. To show a field to visitors who are not logged in, include Guest in the User roles list.

### Show or hide based on another field

The **By another field** rule reacts live to a value the customer types or selects, without reloading the page.

| Label | Option ID | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| By another field | `alg_wc_ccf_visibility_by_field_1` | Empty |
| Action | `alg_wc_ccf_visibility_by_field_action_1` | Check if not empty |
| Exact value | `alg_wc_ccf_visibility_by_field_exact_value_1` | Empty |

Enter the ID of the controlling field, for example `billing_alg_wc_checkout_field_2`. Choose **Check if not empty** to show your field once the other one has any value, or **Check for an exact value** and set the matching value. A required field that is hidden this way is not enforced while hidden.

### Example

To show a "Company VAT number" field only for wholesale customers spending at least 500, set User roles to your wholesale role and Min cart amount to 500 on that field.

### Get more fields

Visibility rules work on your single free field. [Custom Checkout Fields for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/custom-checkout-fields-for-woocommerce/) Pro lets you add up to 100 fields, each with its own rules. [See what Pro unlocks](https://wpfactory.com/item/custom-checkout-fields-for-woocommerce/).

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- [How to Repeat a Checkout Field for Each Product in the Cart](https://wpfactory.com/docs/woocommerce-duplicate-checkout-field-per-product/)
- [Adding a Checkout Fee Based on a Custom Field](https://wpfactory.com/docs/custom-field-charges/)
- [Configuring Timepicker Fields in Custom Checkout Fields](https://wpfactory.com/docs/timepicker-checkout-fields/)
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