Tax Switch for WooCommerce

Description

Tax Switch for WooCommerce enhances your WooCommerce store by allowing users to toggle between displaying prices including or excluding VAT. This plugin adds a customizable switch component and provides a flexible way to display both price versions.

Key features

• Display customizable switches where you want
• Gutenberg block support
• Shortcode for easy integration (including shortcode generator)
• Flexible display options for prices with and without VAT
• Remembers the user’s preference for future visits
• Choose between a toggle switch or buttons

For more information about this plugin, please visit the plugin page.

Requirements

• WooCommerce plugin installed and activated
• WooCommerce tax calculations enabled and configured

Configuration

Configure the plugin settings below for proper functionality.

WooCommerce settings

Ensure these WooCommerce settings are configured first:

1. Configure tax calculations

   • Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > General
   • Verify your shop address is complete
   • Enable « Enable tax rates and calculations »
   • Set « Default customer location » to « Shop base address »

2. Set up tax rates

   • Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Tax > Standard Rates
   • Add your regional tax rates

3. Recommended: tax calculation method

   • Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Tax
   • Set « Calculate tax based on » to « Shop base address »
     (This provides instant tax calculation. Other methods require customers to enter their address first.)

4. Individual product configuration

   • Edit products at: Products > [Product]
   • Under Product Data > Tax, set status to « Taxable »

Plugin settings

Configure these plugin-specific settings:

1. Main settings
   • Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Tax Switch
   • Set your preferred text values
   • Optional: Restrict display locations
   • Optional: Generate a shortcode via WooCommerce > Settings > Tax Switch > Shortcode

Usage

After installation and configuration, you can add the tax switch to your pages in two ways:

1. Use the Gutenberg block « Tax Switch for WooCommerce » in your page or post editor.
2. Use the shortcode [wdevs_tax_switch] anywhere in your content.

Shortcode Usage

Switch/buttons

Basic usage:
[wdevs_tax_switch]

Displays a switch to toggle displaying prices including or excluding VAT.

The shortcode accepts several attributes to customize its appearance and behavior:

• class-name: Adds custom CSS classes to the switch.
  • Default: is-style-default
  • Options: is-style-default, is-style-inline, or custom classes
• switch-type: Determines the style of the toggle.
  • Default: switch
  • Options: switch, buttons
• switch-color: Sets the color of the switch handle.
• switch-color-checked: Sets the color of the switch when it’s in the « on » position.
• switch-background-color: Sets the background color of the switch.
• switch-text-color: Sets the text color of the switch labels.
• switch-background-color-checked: Sets the background color of the switch when it’s in the « on » position.
• switch-label-incl: Sets the text for the « including VAT » label.
  • Default: Uses the text set in the plugin settings or « Incl. VAT » if not set.
• switch-label-excl: Sets the text for the « excluding VAT » label.
  • Default: Uses the text set in the plugin settings or « Excl. VAT » if not set.

Example with custom attributes:

[wdevs_tax_switch class-name="is-style-inline" switch-type="switch" switch-color="#ffffff" switch-color-checked="#000000" switch-background-color="#000000" switch-background-color-checked="#4CAF50" switch-text-color="#FF0000" switch-label-incl="Incl. tax" switch-label-excl="Excl. tax"]

Label

Basic usage:
[wdevs_tax_switch_label]

Displays text indicating the currently selected tax setting. The text updates automatically when the tax switch is toggled.

The shortcode accepts several attributes to customize its appearance and behavior:

• class-name: Adds custom CSS classes to the label.
  • Default: is-style-default
  • Options: is-style-default or custom classes
• label-text-incl: Sets the text to display when « including VAT » is selected.
  • Default: Uses the text set in the plugin settings or « Incl. VAT » if not set.
• label-text-excl: Sets the text to display when « excluding VAT » is selected.
  • Default: Uses the text set in the plugin settings or « Excl. VAT » if not set.
• label-text-color: Sets the « excluding VAT » text color.
• label-text-color-checked: Sets the « including VAT » text color.

Example with custom attributes:

[wdevs_tax_switch_label class-name="tax-indicator" label-text-incl="Prices include tax" label-text-excl="Prices exclude tax" label-text-color="#FF0000" label-text-color-checked="#4CAF50"]

PHP implementation

You can use these shortcodes with PHP with the do_shortcode() function:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[wdevs_tax_switch]'); ?>
<?php echo do_shortcode('[wdevs_tax_switch_label]'); ?>

JavaScript events

The switch fires a JavaScript event when the tax display is toggled. You can listen for this event to execute custom code when a user switches between inclusive and exclusive VAT display. This is useful for when you need to perform additional actions based on the tax display state.

document.addEventListener('wdevs-tax-switch-changed', function(event) {
   console.log(event.detail);
   // event.detail contains:
   // - isSwitched: boolean - the raw switch state
   // - displayIncludingVat: boolean - whether prices now display including VAT
 });

If you are loading the switch dynamically (via AJAX), dispatch this event after rendering to initialize the component:

   document.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent('wdevs-tax-switch-appeared') );

WPML

To translate the option texts via WPML:

1. Save your options first in: WooCommerce -> Settings -> Tax Switch
2. Then translate the texts in: WPML -> String Translations and search for your option values in the domain ‘tax-switch-for-woocommerce’

Compatibility

This plugin integrates with WooCommerce’s standard filters and actions for price display and calculation. While most plugins and themes work out of the box, some third-party code use custom price building methods that require specific compatibility integrations.

The following themes have been tested and confirmed compatible:

• GeneratePress
• Blocksy
• Thrive
• Flatsome

The following plugins have been tested and confirmed compatible:

• WooCommerce Product Table Lite (+ PRO)
• Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce (+ Premium)
• Measurement Price Calculator for WooCommerce
• Discount Rules for WooCommerce
• YITH WooCommerce Product Add-Ons (+ & Extra Options Premium)
• JetEngine Listing Grid (Elementor)
• Product Add-Ons for WooCommerce
• B2BKing – Ultimate WooCommerce Wholesale and B2B Solution (+ Premium)
• Advanced Product Fields Pro for WooCommerce
• WooCommerce Quantity Discounts, Rules & Swatches
• FacetWP
• Variation Swatches for WooCommerce (+ PRO)
• Variation Price Display Range for WooCommerce

If you encounter any compatibility issues with other plugins or themes, please let us know. Your feedback helps us improve the plugin and extend compatibility to more third-party solutions.

Incompatibility

After multiple attempts to create compatibility functions, reaching out to the plugin developers several times, and still finding no viable solution, the following plugins remain incompatible:

• Unlimited Elements for Elementor (+ Pro): AJAX pagination and filtering issues
• Barn2: WooCommerce Product Options

Additional Information

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