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Duplicate order numbers from stale counter reads

The plugin hands out duplicate order numbers because the counter reads stale cached values during checkouts and after writes.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

6 public reports · first reported 2 July 2026 · last reported 17 September 2026

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners running WooCommerce stores report that since version 2.0 of Custom Order Numbers, two or three orders sometimes receive the same sequential number, occasionally days apart.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 6 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.