Exclude RD deliveries

Hello Dan,

Sure, there is a way to achieve this using this plugin as a starting point.

First, make sure there’s no shipping method assigned for either of the rural shipping zones you’ll see at WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping (these zones are generated when the plugin is activated). At this point, you’ll see if you try to add a rural postcode in the shipping calculator WooCommerce will display a message, “No shipping options were found”.

Next, add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file:

/**
 * Check if rural postcode and display message.
 *
 * @return string
 */
function chthnc_set_message_shipping_not_available() {
  if ( ! is_admin() ) {
    $shipping_packages = WC()->cart->get_shipping_packages();
    $shipping_zone     = wc_get_shipping_zone( reset( $shipping_packages ) );
    $zone_name         = $shipping_zone->get_zone_name();

    if ( 'North Island (Rural)' === $zone_name || 'South Island (Rural)' === $zone_name ) {
      return __( 'Sorry, we do not ship to rural addresses.' );
    }
  }
}

add_filter( 'woocommerce_no_shipping_available_html', 'chthnc_set_message_shipping_not_available' );
add_filter( 'woocommerce_cart_no_shipping_available_html', 'chthnc_set_message_shipping_not_available' );

This little script will do a couple of things:

1. Check if the selected shipping zone is a rural one
2. Replace the generic WooCommerce message with a custom message, “Sorry, we do not ship to rural addresses.”

As an extra step, it’s worth making your postcode form field a required field (if not already), to ensure a customer doesn’t try to slip through a rural address.

I hope this helps.

I’m going to mark this topic as resolved. Please feel free to create a new thread if you have further questions ??