Set “flat rate” shipping method as default in woocommerce

Question

I have a woocommerce website and I have set 2 shipping methods:
- Flat Rate
- Local pickup

I would like to set the \"Flat rate\" shipping method as default (sel

Answer 1

You could use the following code to set 'any' shipping method as default.

function reset_default_shipping_method( $method, $available_methods ) {
    $default_method = 'wf_fedex_woocommerce_shipping:FEDEX_GROUND'; //provide the service name here
    if( array_key_exists($method, $available_methods ) )
        return $default_method;
    else
        return $method;
}

Let's say, you're using a Carrier shipping plugin like WooCommerce FedEx Shipping Plugin. You can fetch the value Id (shown below) and paste it under the '$default_method' in the above code.

You will have to copy and paste the code in WordPress Dashboard->Appearance–>Editor–>functions.php of your theme.

Hope that helped. :)

copy the value Id from here