---
title: "Change The Minimum Delivery Date Dynamically"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/software/kadence/iconic/delivery-slots/change-the-minimum-delivery-date-dynamically/"
description: "Coming soon: Iconic Delivery Slots is becoming part of Kadence Shop Kit. You may see both names used while we update the product, documentation, and customer ex…"
vertical: "Software"
area: "Delivery Slots"
date: "2021-03-25"
last_modified: "2026-08-12"
---

# Change The Minimum Delivery Date Dynamically

**Coming soon:** Iconic Delivery Slots is becoming part of Kadence Shop Kit. You may see both names used while we update the product, documentation, and customer experience.

## Scenario

Your store normally delivers on the same day (i.e. your minimum delivery date is set to “0”). However, you have one product that requires 4 days to prepare. As such, you want to ensure that the minimum selectable date is set to “4” if a customer has that product in their cart.

![Example of minimum delivery date in WooCommerce](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Enforce-delivery-date-time.png)## Solution

You can use the `iconic_wds_min_delivery_date` filter to modify the minimum selectable date based on items in the cart (or anything else you like).

```
/**
 * Change minimum delivery date.
 *
 * If a certain product is in the cart (ID 100), add
 * 4 days to the minimum selectable delivery date.
 *
 * @param array $min
 *
 * @return array
 */
function iconic_change_min_delivery_date( $min ) {
	if ( empty( WC()->cart ) ) {
		return $min;
	}

	// The product ID to check for in the cart.
	$product_id = 70;

	// If the product is not in the cart, return the original data.
	if ( ! iconic_is_product_in_cart( $product_id ) ) {
		return $min;
	}

	// Add 4 days.
	$days_to_add = 4;

	// This filter returns an array containing the days to add and a timestamp.
	return array(
		'days_to_add' => $days_to_add,
		'timestamp'   => strtotime( "+" . $days_to_add . " day", current_time( 'timestamp' ) ),
	);
}

add_filter( 'iconic_wds_min_delivery_date', 'iconic_change_min_delivery_date' );

/**
 * Is product in cart?
 *
 * @param $product_id
 *
 * @return bool
 */
function iconic_is_product_in_cart( $product_id ) {
	foreach ( WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item_key => $cart_item ) {
		if ( $cart_item['product_id'] == $product_id ) {
			return true;
		}
	}
	return false;
}
```

Drop this code into your child theme’s fucntions.php file.

There are 2 functions in play here. The first is `iconic_change_min_delivery_date`.

This is the function that modifies the minimum selectable date and is called using `add_filter` below the function itself.

Within this function we assign a product ID of 70 to the `$product_id` variable.

This ID is then run through the other function, `iconic_is_product_in_cart`. This will return `true` or `false`, depending on whether that product is in the cart.

**Note**: It’ll need some modifications to work for variations.

Rather than hardcoding this number, you could loop through cart items and check whether they have a specific custom meta, or belong to a specific category, etc. This is just a simplified example.

If it isn’t in the cart, we return `$min` which is the original data for the filter.

Otherwise, we set the days to add to 4 and build out the array of data that the filter requires.

Now if that product is in the cart, 4 days are added to the minimum selectable date.

## Notes

It’s worth noting that you can do exactly the same for the maximum selectable date using the `iconic_wds_max_delivery_date` filter.