Why do I need to disable WooCommerce Ajax cart fragments?
Performance optimization tools like Pingdom and GTMetrix often put the blame on this little WooCommerce functionality. And disabling it carefully can give you a boost in speed, page load and ultimately sales conversion rate. So here’s all you need to know. What are WooCommerce Ajax Cart Fragments? Why disabling WooCommerce Ajax Cart Fragments?
What does ” get refreshed fragments ” mean in WooCommerce?
Basically, WooCommerce calls “ /?wc-ajax=get_refreshed_fragments ” in order to update the Cart items and Cart total asynchronously i.e. without the need of refreshing the website page you’re visiting.
Where do I update my cart in WooCommerce?
In order to make the Cart update on every page of your website, WooCommerce runs this Ajax functionality every time. Even on the About page. Even on the homepage if you have no products. Even on the Contact page if you just have a contact form.
Why do I need to remove WooCommerce from my website?
Even on the homepage if you have no products. Even on the Contact page if you just have a contact form. If your theme does not provide a WooCommerce cart drop-down widget, and if you have no products that can be added to Cart on a specific website page, then you’d better remove the whole Ajax functionality.
Why does my WooCommerce website keep saying CART is empty?
Possibly, WordPress autoupdated. If you keep a changelog of all your WooCommerce website changes and compare that to the date the Empty Cart error started, you can possibly identify quickly what the issue is, without having to follow the next steps.
What to do when your cart is empty on WordPress?
First of all, if you’re using a child theme, temporarily switch to the parent theme and test the Add to Cart / Cart functionality. This is to exclude issues in your child theme. If that doesn’t do the trick, switch to 2020 theme, Storefront theme or whatever default WordPress theme you find in the most popular themes tab.
How to fix the ” cart is empty ” issue?
One of the plugins is responsible for causing the Empty Cart issue. Now simply reactivate one plugin at a time and test the Cart after each time. As soon as the Cart stops filling and is empty, well, the plugin you just reactivated is the “guilty” one – yay! Disable that plugin.