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Can You Disable the Cart in WooCommerce?

Last updated on October 2, 2022 @ 12:38 am

If you’re running a WooCommerce store, you might be wondering if it’s possible to disable the shopping cart. After all, there are times when you might want to take your store offline for maintenance or simply don’t want people to be able to purchase items. Fortunately, it is possible to disable the cart in WooCommerce, and in this article, we’ll show you how.

First, you need to log into your WordPress dashboard and go to the WooCommerce settings page. On this page, you’ll see a tab labeled “Advanced”. Click on this tab and then click on the “Checkout” sub-tab.

On the Checkout settings page, you’ll see a setting labeled “Enable Cart”. By default, this setting is set to “Yes”, but you can change it to “No” if you want to disable the cart. Once you’ve done that, click on the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the page and your changes will be saved.

PRO TIP: If you are thinking about disabling the cart in WooCommerce, be aware that this could have negative consequences for your store.

Without a cart, customers will not be able to add items to their order, and they will not be able to checkout. This could lead to lost sales and disappointed customers.

Additionally, disabling the cart could cause problems with other plugins or features that rely on the cart being active. So, before you make this change, be sure to do your research and test everything thoroughly.

So there you have it! You can easily disable the shopping cart in WooCommerce by following the instructions above.

This can be useful if you need to take your store offline for maintenance or simply don’t want people to be able to purchase items.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.