znqfabric

I think going forward I am going to keep the plugin enabled and quit switching it on and off, and I will monitor for any inventory issues (I am not able to duplicate the “ghost cart” behavior I was having previously). I’ll mark this resolved and I really appreciate your explanations!

I end up disabling the plugin because when I stock new things I have a lot of customers vying for products that only have a few units in stock, but MOST of the time I have only a few customers who are buying items with plenty in stock (so not competing for the same items.)

So I need the items to expire quickly during the stocking rush (so other customers waiting can buy them), but outside of those times, when customers are buying things with plenty of units in stock they get annoyed if things keep expiring from their cart.

I suppose I can just set the time longer during slow times.

What about an item that is added when the plugin is running, but the plugin is switched off before it expires, and then days later the plugin is switched back on? Do you know what would happen in that case? (I don’t know if I have done this, but could it cause a problem?)

(Also, this plugin overall is amazing and it’s surprisingly SO hard to find plugins with this functionality so I really appreciate your work!!)

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by znqfabric.

This is the comment you wrote on another thread that confused me as to when the items go back in stock.

That gets a bit tricky, since the items don’t technically leave the cart until that user visits the site again and then the “Items have been removed from cart” notice is displayed. At that point the ‘wc_csr_before_remove_expire_item’ action is called but I’m not sure if it is going to be useful in your case since that action will only be fired when that user comes back (if they do).

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by znqfabric.

Hmm interesting, I believe I have that setting enabled but I am having a discrepancy with how much is shown in stock as if items are not expiring. Let me double check and get details.

Do you know if I disable the plugin and then enable it again later, if that would cause any issues with items getting “stuck”? I only use the plugin when stocking limited inventory and I usually disable it between stockings.