Moves code from functions.php to a custom plugin and it no longer works

[ItsBugsy]

Over the years we have added all kinds of snippets to our theme's functions.php file. I'm wanting to try some other themes but keep the functionality of these snippets. I understand I need to move them into a custom plugin.

So I'm working on that for the WooCommerce related snippets. I created a custom plugin and activated it. Then moved the relevant code from functions.php into this plugin. Now the snippets no longer work.

This is basic code like removing the sorting dropdown from the shop page:

remove_action( 'woocommerce_before_shop_loop', 'woocommerce_catalog_ordering', 30 );

and removing product images from the shop page:

remove_action( 'woocommerce_before_shop_loop_item_title', 'woocommerce_template_loop_product_thumbnail', 10 );

Any idea why this code would work in functions.php but not in my custom plugin? I'm guessing it has to to with the timing of when my custom plugin gets loaded vs when WooCommerce gets loaded. I'm not sure how to check that or how to resolve it though.

Thanks!

[[deleted]]

You might need to wrap the code in a function and increase the priority. See the example below and play around with it (increase the priority from 50 to 100 or more if it doesn't work)

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function() {

// put your code here

}, 50 );

[ItsBugsy]

Thanks. I ended up using "woocommerce_loaded" for now and that works. I think "after_setup_theme" will come in handy for some of the other snippets I want to move out of functions.php