3rd Party Plugin Compatibility: WooCommerce + Reduce Order Stock

[raamdev]

WooCommerce has some compatibility for WordPress caching plugins via the DONOTCACHEPAGE constant, however there is room for improvement. For example, one user reported that "when the website has a shop order and the stock is reduced, the cache for that product isn’t cleared resulting in stale stock levels being used / displayed".

There may be WooCommerce hooks that we can attach to (such as woocommerce_reduce_order_stock) that will improve compatibility with WooCommerce.

This GitHub issue exists as a place to track improvements to compatibility between ZenCache and WooCommerce.

[mastermikeywwt]

I'm having issues with this on my website at the moment. Stock levels are often out of date and I don't know what to do about it. Clearing the cache frequently isn't an option either because then the site is too slow. Is there any workaround to get it to re-cache product pages when stock levels are updated?

[raamdev]

@mastermikeywwt We don't have an immediate answer, unfortunately. Is there a way? Yes, I'm fairly certain there is, but it will require some research and digging into the WooCommerce codebase. That will happen whenever this gets added to a development cycle. We prioritize bugs over everything else, and then it mostly goes by interest. The more votes this issue gets, the more quickly we can spend time digging into it. :-)

If you dig in and have anything to share, please let us know--that might make closing this a bit easier.

[mastermikeywwt]

Hey sorry is there any update on this? We're still having the same issue unfortunately. Products stock levels change very frequently so its almost impossible to keep up with.

I'd love to help but unfortunately I don't think I have the skills to.

[raamdev]

@mastermikeywwt Improved WooCommerce compatibility to auto-clear the Product cache file when stock changes is coming in the next release; see wpsharks/comet-cache-pro#191

If you're interested in testing a beta release of ZenCache before the next version comes out, please sign-up to be a beta tester here or see ZenCache → Plugin Updater → Beta Testers to automatically receive Release Candidate updates (available since ZenCache Pro v151114).

[raamdev]

Next Pro Release Changelog:

• WooCommerce Compatibility: This release improves compatibility with the WooCommerce Product Stock feature. When the Product Stock changes, ZenCache will now clear the cache file for the associated Product to ensure that the stock quantity that appears on the site remains up-to-date. See Issue #597.

[mastermikeywwt]

This doesn't seem to be working for me still for some reason. are there any special options I need to enable in the new version to enable this feature?

[raamdev]

@mastermikeywwt The new version has not been released yet. We're targeting that for end of next week.

If you're interested in testing a beta release of ZenCache before the next version comes out, please see my comment above: #597 (comment)