WooCommerce - Set default state/country for checkout

gistfile1.txt

/** 
 * Manipulate default state and countries
 * 
 * As always, code goes in your theme functions.php file
 */
add_filter( 'default_checkout_country', 'change_default_checkout_country' );
add_filter( 'default_checkout_state', 'change_default_checkout_state' );

function change_default_checkout_country() {
  return 'XX'; // country code
}

function change_default_checkout_state() {
  return 'XX'; // state code
}

This does't work for me. I'm using this piece of code:

add_filter( 'default_checkout_country', 'mhxl_default_checkout_country' );
function mhxl_default_checkout_country()
{
return 'NL';
}

This doesn't work for me either. Here is the code I'm using:

add_filter( 'default_checkout_country', 'change_default_checkout_country' );

function change_default_checkout_country() {
return 'US'; // country code
}

Please help

Not working here either with:

add_filter( 'default_checkout_country', 'change_default_checkout_country' );

function change_default_checkout_country() {
return 'GB'; //country code
}

Possible solution for those having an issue above. If you are logged into WordPress, WooCommerce will set the default country and state to what is available from your profile. If they are not set, it will ask you to choose one. Either fill out your profile details or logout and you will see the correct default country.

• Jon

Thanks mattowc. I checked in a different different browser and it was working just fine.

"Possible solution for those having an issue above. If you are logged into WordPress, WooCommerce will set the default country and state to what is available from your profile. If they are not set, it will ask you to choose one. Either fill out your profile details or logout and you will see the correct default country."

I am still having the issue of a logged-in user not having the country auto-populated, even though their profile shows that they have a country selected. Advice?

This does not work for me - people can only get shipped to Washington, state, our base state - are there any caches we/they need to clear? Browsers they can not use, etc.?

Great! It works with woocommerce 2.4.7!
I added the default city with this snippet too:
add_filter( 'woocommerce_default_address_fields' , 'custom_override_default_address_fields' );

function custom_override_default_address_fields( $address_fields ) {
$address_fields['city']['placeholder'] = 'Gorizia';
return $address_fields;
}

Great its Working :)

Is there anyway to replace 'Select an option' with a state name from woocommerce checkout page (billing_state field). Also needed to show other STATES when click the select box.

(I wanted to set a default state in checkout form and other states will only when click the drop down select box.)

Anyway we get the location based on geolocation?