Cart count goes stale on cached and back-navigated pages
Cart count shows zero or stale totals on cached pages, after navigating back, or when logged out, until the page reloads.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
8 public reports · first reported 21 June 2023 · last reported 12 October 2025
What's going wrong
Many site owners report that the cart number in the menu reads zero, or shows an old total, on some pages even though items are in the cart. The problem shows up with page caching such as WP Super Cache, after using the browser back button, after logging out of the admin, and in Safari in particular. Some owners patch it with snippets copied from forum threads, and one reports the snippet stopped working after a WooCommerce update. Customers see a wrong total and may think the order failed. The root issue is that the cached page keeps an old cart fragment. A fix could be a service that refreshes the cart count safely on cached sites.
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Products affected
Menu Cart for WooCommerce.
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Who has this problem
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