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WooCommerce Checkout Page: settings, missing options & errors

WooCommerce checkout fields, WooCommerce tutorials

Tomasz Bednarek2 minutes readUpdated: 2021-03-01Updated: 2026-06-08
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Today, I will guide you through all WooCommerce options, missing settings, and FAQ about the checkout page and common error messages. You need to set the checkout correctly to get orders in WooCommerce. I will also show you the free WooCommerce plugin for checkout customization. Let's begin!

Can't you find all settings for the WooCommerce checkout or, what's worse, your checkout is not working at all?!

👉🏽 Let me show you how to set the checkout page, use WooCommerce options, and resolve any errors you may encounter!

Contents

  • WooCommerce Checkout Page
    • Customize WooCommerce Checkout
    • Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce
  • Checkout page settings
    • General
    • Tax → Tax options
    • Shipping
    • Payments
    • Accounts & Privacy
    • Advanced
    • WooCommerce Checkout settings missing?
    • Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce
  • Checkout errors & FAQ
  • Summary
    • Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce
    • Related Articles
  • WooCommerce Checkout - Settings, Shortcode & Configuration Guide
  • Customize the WooCommerce Checkout Page: Tips & Tools for Success
  • How to customize the WooCommerce shop page (checkout & product)?
  • How to Customize your WooCommerce Checkout Page for free
  • Customize the WooCommerce Checkout Page: Top Tips for a Seamless Experience

WooCommerce Checkout Page

WooCommerce uses additional pages to show products and handle order processing.

WooCommerce page setup
Page setup

As you can see, it's necessary to choose some pages (with appropriate shortcodes) to start selling products and receiving orders in WooCommerce!

👉🏼After adding the [woocommerce_checkout] shortcode to one of your pages, your customers will see the default order form and will be able to buy your products.

Default checkout page in WooCommerce
Default checkout page in WooCommerce

It may be enough, but if you like to change a thing or two, you need a plugin!

Customize WooCommerce Checkout

Personalizing the checkout page is possible with a custom code, but there is a better way. A FREE plugin!

Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce

This checkout editor will help you in adding extra WooCommerce checkout options. Add, hide and remove custom chechout fields in a minute.

Download for free or Go to WordPress.org
WP Desk
80,000+ Active Installations
Last Updated: 2026-08-19
Works with WooCommerce 10.7 - 11.1

With the plugin, you may add, remove, reorder, style, and customize the WooCommerce checkout form & checkout page to your needs! Let's see some examples!

WooCommerce checkout page settings
Add a new custom field to the WooCommerce checkout page

 

Remove country from the billing section of the WooCommerce checkout page
Remove country from the billing section of the WooCommerce checkout page

 

WooCommerce custom checkout options
Reorder checkout fields in WooCommerce
💡 Read how to customize the WooCommerce checkout page with the free plugin!

Checkout page settings

You may find the checkout page options in a few subpages of your WooCommerce → Settings → page:

  • General

    WooCommerce general settings
    WooCommerce general settings
  • Tax → Tax options

    WooCommerce tax settings
    WooCommerce tax settings

    Use Display options for prices in the cart and checkout pages.

  • Shipping

    WooCommerce checkout settings - Shipping zones
    Add new shipping methods in WooCommerce
  • Payments

    WooCommerce Payment methods settings
    WooCommerce Payment methods settings
  • Accounts & Privacy

    WooCommerce Accounts and Privacy settings
    WooCommerce Accounts and Privacy settings
  • Advanced

    WooCommerce Advanced settings
    Go to the Advanced tab for WooCommerce checkout settings
💡 Read in detail about all checkout options and WooCommerce settings!

WooCommerce Checkout settings missing?

If your WooCommerce checkout is not working properly or there are some missing settings please:

  1. First, check the above list of the setting pages in WooCommerce that affect the checkout.
  2. 💡  Visit the in-depth article about WooCommerce checkout settings.
  3. Also, make sure you're using the latest versions of WooCommerce, WordPress, and compatible plugins or your theme.
  4. Next, take a look into the options of your plugins or a theme that could interfere with the checkout page.
  5. It's worth seeing FAQ about the common issues with the WooCommerce checkout or checkout fields (below).
  6. Finally, it can also happen that some settings are not missing but the default WooCommerce checkout does not have them. Consider using a checkout editor like checkout fields customizer like Flexible Checkout Fields.

Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce

This checkout editor will help you in adding extra WooCommerce checkout options. Add, hide and remove custom chechout fields in a minute.

Download for free or Go to WordPress.org
WP Desk
80,000+ Active Installations
Last Updated: 2026-08-19
Works with WooCommerce 10.7 - 11.1

👉🏼  This is how it works like:

WooCommerce checkout editor
Flexible Checkout Fields settings

Checkout errors & FAQ

🔴 You may see error messages in the checkout or face some difficulties when setting WooCommerce.

These are examples of some WooCommerce checkout error messages & issues:

  • internal server error,
  • checkout fields are not showing,
  • the checkout page is not working,
  • field editor is not working,
  • you must be logged in to checkout,
  • some missing settings,
  • not enough fields or advanced field options,
  • etc.
💡Read FAQ about common issues, missing settings, and WooCommerce checkout error messages.

Summary

Today, I gave you a bunch of useful information about WooCommerce checkout, settings, and error messages!

Also, you saw the free plugin to customize your WooCommerce checkout fields.

💡Save this Youtube Playlist for later. It might help you resolve any doubts you might have using in the future using Flexible Checkout Fields.

Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce

This checkout editor will help you in adding extra WooCommerce checkout options. Add, hide and remove custom chechout fields in a minute.

Download for free or Go to WordPress.org
WP Desk
80,000+ Active Installations
Last Updated: 2026-08-19
Works with WooCommerce 10.7 - 11.1

If you have any questions let me know!

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Contents

  • WooCommerce Checkout Page
    • Customize WooCommerce Checkout
    • Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce
  • Checkout page settings
    • General
    • Tax → Tax options
    • Shipping
    • Payments
    • Accounts & Privacy
    • Advanced
    • WooCommerce Checkout settings missing?
    • Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce
  • Checkout errors & FAQ
  • Summary
    • Flexible Checkout Fields WooCommerce

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