How to grab the order status of the last order in WooCommerce via a shortcode

Question

I'm trying to give our customers a better insight in their order status without going to their account. My plan is to print the info on the home page once someone has ordered.

I'm struggling to get the order status to display elsewhere.

Here is the current code I've whipped up based on a code used to grab the product of the last order.

function woostatus() {
    // Not available
    $na = __( 'N/A', 'woocommerce' );
    
    // For logged in users only
    if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) return $na;

    // The current user ID
    $user_id = get_current_user_id();

    // Get the WC_Customer instance Object for the current user
    $customer = new WC_Customer( $user_id );

    // Get the last WC_Order Object instance from current customer
    $last_order = $customer->get_last_order();
    
    // When empty
    if ( empty ( $last_order ) ) return $na;
     
     // Get order date
    $order_items = $last_order->get_status();
    
    // Latest WC_Order_Item_Product Object instance
    $last_item = end( $order_items );

    // Pass product ID to products shortcode
    return $order_items;
}  
// Register shortcode 
add_shortcode( 'display_woostatus', 'woostatus' );

Answer 1

$order_items = $last_order->get_status() will return a string and is therefore not an array. So using end( $order_items ) is a superfluous step.

Use instead:

function woostatus() {
    // Not available
    $na = __( 'N/A', 'woocommerce' );
    
    // For logged in users only
    if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) return $na;

    // The current user ID
    $user_id = get_current_user_id();

    // Get the WC_Customer instance Object for the current user
    $customer = new WC_Customer( $user_id );

    // Get the last WC_Order Object instance from current customer
    $last_order = $customer->get_last_order();
    
    // When empty
    if ( empty ( $last_order ) ) return $na;
    
    // Get order status
    $order_status = $last_order->get_status();
    
    // Return
    return $order_status;
} 
// Register shortcode
add_shortcode( 'display_woostatus', 'woostatus' ); 

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SHORTCODE USAGE

In an existing page:

[display_woostatus]

Or in PHP:

echo do_shortcode('[display_woostatus]');