Adding Ajax functionality to your WooCommerce store can make the shopping experience more seamless for your customers. By using Ajax, you can avoid having the page refresh each time an item is added to the cart. This can be a useful tool if you have a lot of products on your site, or if you want to give your customers a more streamlined experience.
To enable Ajax add to cart in WooCommerce, you first need to make sure that the option is enabled in your WooCommerce settings.
To do this, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Products > General and check the box next to ‘Enable AJAX add to cart buttons on products’.
Once this option is enabled, you can then start using Ajax for your add to cart buttons. For example, let’s say you have a product with multiple variations. Rather than having the page refresh each time a customer selects a variation, you can use Ajax to load the new variation without refreshing the page. This can be done by adding a bit of code to your functions.php file.
The code you’ll need to add is as follows:
add_filter( 'woocommerce_ajax_add_to_cart_variation_params', 'woo_variation_add_to_cart_params' );
function woo_variation_add_to_cart_params( $params ) {
$params['i18n_update_in'] = __( 'Updating in %s', 'woocommerce' );
return $params;
}
This code will add a message that will appear when a customer updates their variation selection. The message will let them know that the new selection is being updated without refreshing the page.
You can also use Ajax for other things, such as updating the price display when a customer changes their quantity or selecting different options from dropdowns.
To do this, you'll need to use a plugin or custom code.
Enabling Ajax add to cart in WooCommerce is a great way to improve the shopping experience for your customers.
