Title: Shipping calculation postcode/zip not required
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Shipping calculation postcode/zip not required

 *  Resolved [sashatchepourko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sashatchepourko/)
 * (@sashatchepourko)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-calculation-postcodezip-not-required/)
 * Hi,
 * Is it possible to remove postcode/zip input field completely from the cart page
   and don’t require a postcode/zip upon shipping calculation?
 * Using CSS I’ve hidden the input box however if country is US I still get an error
   message: Please enter a valid postcode/ZIP.
 * Any help would be much appreciated.
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 *  [Stefan Nagy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefannagy/)
 * (@stefannagy)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-calculation-postcodezip-not-required/#post-6434223)
 * Since there is this old unanswered topic I decided not to open a new one.
 * Our shop is located in Austria and we want to ship to nearly all countries of
   the European Union, but we won’t need a postcode to calculate the shipping costs.
   There will be one rate for Austria, one for Germany and one for all other member
   states of the EU.
 * It’s quite strange to ask our customers for their postcode if it makes no difference
   at all…
 * Is there a way to disable the postcode-field in the shipping calculator?
 * Thanks,
    Stefan.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
 * (@mikejolley)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-calculation-postcodezip-not-required/#post-6434224)
 * Postcode is required for many country addresses, and its common to collect so
   I don’t see why it would need to be removed.
 * Use [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/tutorial-customising-checkout-fields-using-actions-and-filters/](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/tutorial-customising-checkout-fields-using-actions-and-filters/)
   anyhow.
 *  [Stefan Nagy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefannagy/)
 * (@stefannagy)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-calculation-postcodezip-not-required/#post-6434225)
 * Sorry, that was mistakable…
 * I’m only talking about the calculator on the shopping cart page where customers
   can calculate the shipping costs – before they decide to buy the products and
   check out.
 * In my webshop there is no shipping zone defined by postcodes. So (only at this
   point) it makes no sense to ask for the postcode. However, when customers decide
   to buy the products I actually need the postcode for shipping.
 * In my view the optimal solution for the calculator on the shopping cart page 
   would look like this: only when customers select a country with different shipping
   zones defined by postcode the field is visible.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
 * (@mikejolley)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-calculation-postcodezip-not-required/#post-6434226)
 * You can hide it with CSS.
 *  [Stefan Nagy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefannagy/)
 * (@stefannagy)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-calculation-postcodezip-not-required/#post-6434227)
 * OK, thanks!
 * BTW, I found this and it works for me:
    [https://gist.github.com/WillBrubaker/49ccb5365a8632b8af8e](https://gist.github.com/WillBrubaker/49ccb5365a8632b8af8e)

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