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Remove Mandatory Fields from Checkout

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You can remove the mandatory requirement for specific fields in the checkout – using the filter eshopCheckoutReqd – via a function in your theme’s functions.php file.

Example:

// Remove zip/ post code from mandatory fields on checkout form.
function my_mandatory_fields ($reqd) {
	$new_reqd = array();
	foreach( $reqd as $item ) {
		if ( $item != 'zip') $new_reqd[] = $item;
	}
	return $new_reqd;
}
add_filter( 'eshopCheckoutReqd',  'my_mandatory_fields');