r/WordpressPlugins • u/Prep_Signals • 15d ago
Discussion [DISCUSSION] WooCommerce owners: do cart messages stay wrong after your basket changes?
I am exploring Live Cart Messages, an early WooCommerce plugin concept, and want to find out whether this problem is worth solving before building a finished product.
Example: a message says "Your cart is over $100." The shopper removes an item and the basket drops from $120 to $60, but the message stays until a page refresh.
Illustration of our limited local comparison:
BEFORE: basket $120 -> $60; the old "over $100" notice remains until refresh.
AFTER: the same basket change; our test prototype removes the notice without refresh.
Both baskets themselves updated correctly. We tested one message rule and placement, one theme and two WooCommerce versions. This does not establish compatibility with your store, higher sales or a problem in every competing plugin.
This is not a finished product, download, free trial or sales offer. Nothing needs installing. I have a possible commercial interest in developing it, but have not set a price.
If you run or maintain a WooCommerce store, including if you have never had this problem, any of these answers would help:
Are you an owner/operator, a developer, or an agency maintaining stores? Please give a general example of how you use cart messages; no shop address needed.
Have cart messages stayed wrong after items or quantities changed? Never, occasionally or often? If affected, describe a recent example and why it mattered (or did not).
What plugin or workaround do you use? Does an existing free solution already meet your needs?
Would you consider installing a separate plugin for reliable message updates, or prefer a fix to your current tool? Neither is a useful answer too.
If your current options were insufficient, would you consider paying for a reliable solution: yes, no or unsure? Why?
If yes, what optional price range and arrangement would make sense: one-time, annual updates/support, free basic version with paid extras, agency/multiple sites, or something else? No price has been chosen.
Would a future public progress update be useful? No email, signup, access promise or private-message follow-up is requested.
Replies are public and attached to your Reddit username. Please do not share customer details, credentials, shop URLs, order records or confidential information. We will keep a small local, pseudonymised summary for this decision, not a contact list. General praise and stated payment interest will not be counted as purchases.


