# Unit Price Display (Price per kg, litre or item)

> Shows a comparison price such as "4.50 / kg" under the product price, calculated from a unit quantity you enter on each product.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [WooCommerce](https://wpide.com/library/category/woocommerce/)
- Requires: WooCommerce
- Tags: woocommerce, prices, unit-price, display
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/woo-price-per-unit/

## Code

```php
add_action( 'woocommerce_product_options_pricing', function () {
    global $product_object;

    $get = function ( $key ) use ( $product_object ) {
        return $product_object instanceof WC_Product ? $product_object->get_meta( $key ) : '';
    };

    woocommerce_wp_text_input( array( 'id' => '_wpide_unit_amount', 'label' => 'Pack contents', 'data_type' => 'decimal', 'description' => 'For example 0.5 for 500 g.', 'desc_tip' => true, 'value' => $get( '_wpide_unit_amount' ) ) );
    woocommerce_wp_text_input( array( 'id' => '_wpide_unit_label', 'label' => 'Unit', 'placeholder' => 'kg', 'value' => $get( '_wpide_unit_label' ) ) );
} );

add_action( 'woocommerce_admin_process_product_object', function ( $product ) {
    // phpcs:disable WordPress.Security.NonceVerification -- WooCommerce verifies the product save nonce.
    if ( isset( $_POST['_wpide_unit_amount'], $_POST['_wpide_unit_label'] ) ) {
        $product->update_meta_data( '_wpide_unit_amount', wc_format_decimal( wp_unslash( $_POST['_wpide_unit_amount'] ) ) );
        $product->update_meta_data( '_wpide_unit_label', sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_POST['_wpide_unit_label'] ) ) );
    }
    // phpcs:enable
} );

add_filter( 'woocommerce_get_price_html', function ( $html, $product ) {
    $amount = (float) $product->get_meta( '_wpide_unit_amount' );
    $label  = $product->get_meta( '_wpide_unit_label' );

    if ( $amount <= 0 || '' === $label || '' === $product->get_price() || $product->is_type( 'variable' ) ) {
        return $html;
    }

    $unit = wc_get_price_to_display( $product ) / $amount;

    return $html . sprintf( '<br><small class="wpide-unit-price">%s / %s</small>', wc_price( $unit ), esc_html( $label ) );
}, 20, 2 );
```

## Notes

Enter the pack contents (for example 0.5 for 500 g) and the unit on each product's General tab; products without them are unchanged.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Unit Price Display (Price per kg, litre or item)" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/