How to Customize the WooCommerce My Account Dashboard (With & Without Plugins)

Customized WooCommerce My Account dashboard with custom tabs and user sections

If you want to customize the WooCommerce My Account dashboard to better reflect your brand, improve user experience, or add functionality — you’re in the right place.

In this guide, we’ll cover:

  • ✅ How to add or remove tabs on the My Account page
  • ✅ How to customize tab content using code
  • ✅ Plugin solutions if you don’t want to code
  • ✅ Real-world examples like loyalty programs, dashboards, and upsells

Why Customize the WooCommerce My Account Dashboard?

  • 🎯 Show customers account-related content that matters
  • 💼 Reflect your brand or membership site structure
  • 📈 Add upsell, support, downloads, or license areas
  • 💡 Remove unused tabs like “Downloads” for physical stores

Option 1: Customize With Plugins (No Code)

If you want to edit My Account tabs and content without touching PHP, here are some great plugins:

🔥 Custom My Account Pages

  • ✅ Add new tabs with WYSIWYG or shortcodes
  • ✅ Restrict tabs by user role
  • ✅ Link to external URLs, custom dashboards, or loyalty programs

🔧 Other Plugins:


Option 2: Customize WooCommerce My Account With Code (Hooks)

Below are real WooCommerce hooks you can use in your functions.php or a custom plugin.

🪝 Remove Tabs

add_filter('woocommerce_account_menu_items', 'remove_my_account_tabs');
function remove_my_account_tabs($items) {
 unset($items['downloads']);
 unset($items['edit-address']);
 return $items;
}

Removes the “Downloads” and “Addresses” tabs from My Account.

🪝 Rename a Tab

add_filter('woocommerce_account_menu_items', 'rename_account_tab');
function rename_account_tab($items) {
 $items['orders'] = 'My Purchases';
 return $items;
}

🪝 Add a Custom Tab

add_filter('woocommerce_account_menu_items', 'add_support_tab');
function add_support_tab($items) {
 $items['support'] = 'Support';
 return $items;
}

🧩 Register a Custom Endpoint

add_action('init', 'add_support_endpoint');
function add_support_endpoint() {
 add_rewrite_endpoint('support', EP_ROOT | EP_PAGES);
}

📄 Display Content for the Custom Tab

add_action('woocommerce_account_support_endpoint', 'support_tab_content');
function support_tab_content() {
 echo '<h2>Need Help?</h2>';
 echo '<p>Contact us at support@example.com or open a ticket.</p>';
}

📍 Important: Flush Rewrite Rules

After registering a new endpoint, go to Settings → Permalinks and click “Save Changes” to flush rewrite rules.


More Ideas to Enhance My Account Page

  • 💬 Add loyalty points summary
  • 🎟️ Show active coupons or credit balance
  • 📁 Include digital product downloads, even if hidden from main nav
  • 🎥 Link to onboarding videos, tutorials, or community forums

Final Thoughts

Customizing the WooCommerce My Account dashboard is a powerful way to elevate your customer experience. Whether you want to clean it up or add powerful new functionality — WooCommerce makes it all possible with hooks, endpoints, and plugins.

Need a fully branded, custom dashboard with unique logic? Contact Babar Ilyas to build your custom customer account experience from scratch.

Check out more advanced WooCommerce customizations:

FAQs: Customize WooCommerce My Account Dashboard

You can customize the My Account page by adding or removing tabs using the woocommerce_account_menu_items filter and creating custom endpoints for new content.

Yes. Use the woocommerce_account_menu_items hook to register a new tab and add_rewrite_endpoint() to load custom content when the tab is clicked.

Yes. Plugins like “Custom My Account Pages” or “Woo Custom My Account Pages” let you create, rename, and reorder tabs without writing code.

Use the unset() function within the woocommerce_account_menu_items filter to remove tabs such as downloadsedit-address, or others.

Yes. You can rename any tab label by modifying the $items array inside the woocommerce_account_menu_items filter.

Create a callback function using the woocommerce_account_{endpoint}_endpoint action, replacing {endpoint} with your custom slug.

Yes. After using add_rewrite_endpoint(), go to Settings → Permalinks and click “Save Changes” to flush rewrite rules and make the new tab work.

With plugins or custom conditional logic, you can restrict visibility of custom tabs to specific user roles like “wholesaler,” “subscriber,” or “vendor.”

Yes, if done properly using WooCommerce hooks. Always use a child theme or custom plugin to avoid losing changes during theme updates.

Yes. When adding custom tabs via plugin or code, you can set the link to open an external dashboard, help center, or third-party portal.

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